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Complied by Leah Linhares Photography: Zooey Braun; courtesy the architects Ippolito Fleitz Group introduces a cocktail-flavoured lounge experience in their pan-Asian restaurant at Stuttgart’s Milaneo shopping mall… Conceptualized by successful restaurateur and cofounder of restaurant chain Vapiano: Kent Hahne, GinYuu is the new gastronomic departure, offering a pan-Asian Pacific kitchen combined with a lounge concept and cocktail menu. Resembling Vapiano, GinYuu employs elements like front cooking and chip payment; however, it creates a distinctively charged spatial situation inviting visitors to dive into the world of leisure, leaving the shopping mall environment behind them. The architects carve out the interiors with a relaxed ambience: round tables, bar stools and seating along a lengthy deep-cushioned sofa, offering a distinguished choice of mood and ambience. And for those, who prefer a private meal, there are cubicles separated by tall wooden filters. The spatial topography of GinYuu centres around the core areas of reception desk, bar and kitchen counter; each area anointed by its distinctive signature element. Like the reception desk is positioned beneath a suspended canopy of lamps; the open kitchen complete with front cooking stations extends along the long wall highlighting the corporate colours. It is an interestingly culled all-wood palette, where handmade wooden panels of driftwood cover the walls; oak floorboards on the floor and counter front provide a keynote; violet barstools, dark stained roughly-sawn table-tops and bleached ceiling shutters provide accents of colour. Pan-Asian motifs include a free arrangement of shutter struts and tall metal filters, taut ropes stretched against wooden walls in the cubicles and large ceiling fans. Pillars covered in white tiles from floor-to-ceiling are visualized and hand-rendered by Stuttgart-based illustrator Claudia Wagner, who draws directly onto the tiles. The GinYuu world is all about a relaxed atmosphere brought about by the use of different types, colours and surfaces of wood – a beautiful juxtaposition of hard and soft lines, which brings the crossover of cocktail bar and restaurant chain to life. Click here to view the images on indiaartndesign.com
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