Anshuka Restaurat, Hangzhou Interior, Chinese Commercial Development, Architecture Images

Anshuka Restaurant in Hangzhou

17 Apr 2020

Anshuka Restaurant

Interior design: WJ Design

Location: Hangzhou Shi, China

photo © Qiang Shen

Anshuka was founded in 2010 on Nanshan Road, Hangzhou, next to the famous West Lake. It is named after the owner’s name “An”, meaning “kindness “. It is the first Western-style pastry store to bring semi-cooked cheese products into China, leading the domestic market, and it has been recognized by customers for nearly ten years.

photo © Qiang Shen

When designer Leo HU talked about the inspiration for ANSHUKA, he mentioned that when he was walking on Nanshan Road, the leaves of the phoenix trees were dancing on both sides. It felt very good and quiet to walk in the shadow. And he was thinking about how to present the building in such an environment.

photos © Qiang Shen

Nanshan Road is familiar to people in Hangzhou, and the memory of the phoenix tree is always with peace. The fast pace of modern urban life makes it easy for people to ignore small tiny nice things around them. The designer hopes that ANSHUKA can make a space where people are willing to slow down and stay, to feel the life for a while, even if it is just for a cup of afternoon tea or for a dessert.

photo © Fangfang Tian

In the overall renovation of ANSHUKA, the designer transforms the original milky yellow simple wall into a dark facade, supplements by a golden frame, so that the whole building can echo to the surrounding environment and blend perfectly. He uses white and wood as the main tone to create a more natural bright feeling. In order to attract more attention and people, he makes the best use of the large arch-shaped floor windows to solve this problem appropriately. Whether at dusk or at night, the indoor activities reflect through the window have become a beautiful scenery on the street.

photo © Qiang Shen

The arched glass that extends from the first floor to the second floor reflects the lush phoenix trees along the roadside. The entire building’s facade becomes alive covered with different coats as natural as it.

photo © Qiang Shen

Throughout the design process, the designer uses simple materials to echo the pursuit of ANSHUKA in the ingredients. Therefore, he uses wood and metal materials in interior space. The ultimate goal of doing subtraction in interior space is to highlight the product’s presentation. When customers see the product on the shelf, the delicacy of the dessert is as well presented as expected.

The designer uses glass and skylights to conduct sunlight into the room. When it’s sunny, when customers are enjoying dessert in the store, they will be surprised to discover that the flowing lights and shadows have become the souls of the whole space; they come from passing pedestrians, street trees, bicycles, passing cars. These interlaced images often bring inadvertent excitement at different times.

When the customers sit down to enjoy their dessert, they may find that all the designs may be casual. While they sit next to the phoenix trees seeing the light and shadow change, they may watch people passing by and see the sunlight through the skylight casts on the plants. The gentleness of light and shadow makes them forget the passage of time, they lean on the sofa quietly, feeling maybe this comfort is just right.

photo © Qiang Shen

About WJ Design
WJ Design was founded in 2014. Nowadays, aesthetics and style have attracted too much attention from interior designers however, we have a lager vision. When we do an interior design project, we think of connections with the architecture, exterior and landscape design. WJ Design has the ability to offer extensive, comprehensive design services to our clients. Through strategic cooperation with supply chain professionals, and adopting new concepts, technologies and materials, we have been able to explore the connection between space, people and nature, with combining the demands of design styles with spatial function.

Professional interior design is a vital feature of WJ Design. Our advantages are too diversified thinking about design and connecting resources. We are cooperating with the best corresponding technical companies in China, which are materials and equipment we are using in our projects. From lightning to floor, each project is made into a high-quality complete work.

Design: WJ Design

photo © Qiang Shen

Photographer: Qiang Shen and Fangfang Tian

Anshuka Restaurant in Hangzhou, China images / information received 170420

Location: Hangzhou Shi, China

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