Third Kitchen is located on the first floor (central garden area) block G INVENTRONICS BinJiang District HangZhou, It’s a collaboration between JIANGJIE Design and Solife Furniture in catering and space design. Stay away from the traditional shopping mall and noisy streets, and different from the model of the traditional canteen and pipeline processing, The project of Third Kitchen focuses more on privacy and mobility between individuals and communities, T heir mealtime with real experience, and more diversified demands and choices for daily meals. The choice of remote places are is to find more accurate areas and people, and try to inject modern catering space into the environment of office buildings through design and practice: Brings a comfortable transition atmosphere to the high-density and fast-running office buildings; Through the modern sense of space to create with traditional local dishes , let the idea (commensality) from scattered regional distribution to the most compact center of the city, form what a modern city restaurant should look like.
“commensality” This means that people eat together at a table to get closer。It comes from Latin “commensalis”, The word consists of two parts” com “and “mensa“. “Sharing meals with others conveys a strong sense of trust, and this sense of closeness far beyond spatial proximity is what forms social groups, so sharing meals is precious and indispensable ”——《Meals: from diet to carnival》Third Kitchen make the valuable and indispensable behavior of “commensalis”, modern comfortable space with social attribute and sense of connection, extended and reproduced in the office environment. From the regular closed office, step into the spacious central garden, The restaurant is located in an irregular space on the side of the garden, The internal environment is integrated with the external natural light and the Open view.
In the Third Kitchen project , designers try to guide the completion of design through real experience: From entering the restaurant, the Capacity feeling of hallway, Comfort level for each seat, The connection between the seats, Proper lighting, Balance and complement between each materia, All around the specific dining scene and experience.
The restaurant consists of a cash register and a bar, Multi-person and single-person dining area, Balcony area, It covers the demands of different time periods and different customer groups in the office environment. The window area has large areas of French windows , Bring a see-through view to the guests . Multiperson dining area builds the comfortable distance between table with reasonable layout , The Settings of balcony and long table correspond to the social scene of different properties. Settings for each area , All around the overall comfort and sense of experience, Both independence and the possibility of regional interaction and connection; In a relatively regular office environment, Form a hierarchical change of “commensalis” and social atmosphere.
The space was designed by JIANGJIE INTERIOR DESIGN OFFICE. Dark terrazzo as the main material , the facade is made of relatively light aluminum, It’s connected with teak by precise structure proportion. It combines the modern aluminum sheet with the warm texture of teak, form the contrast between vision and perception, Let the space be full of young temperament and lasting aesthetic feeling. The lamp of &Tradition and TOUCH FEELING, Concise and contemporary modelling and the coriaceous table and chair of Solife furniture It looks so harmonious, match with light color table cloth , Improve the overall comfort and saturation of the space.
The final design becomes the background and the foreshadowing , And people actually dining experiences, The connection between people, The transmission and promotion of trust and affinity in the office community, It’s Third Kitchen’s Continuing theme and Wishes.
