Bello Restaurant

Design Inspired by New York City

The spatial design of Bello Restaurant assimilates the local landscape of New York, adopting the city as a construction blueprint and reflecting the historical context of the "Big Apple" in the 1960s. The idea of a city block was adopted as a seminal design concept to create the overall dining environment. A city block is the epitome of an entire city, reflecting the conflicting yet reverberating cultures from the past to the present. Contemporary elements were added to the design to complete the image of a miniature city.

The partition pattern integrates the gauze and glass textures to symbolize natural mountain scenery and high-rise buildings, adding chemistry to the relaxing atmosphere of the space. The camel-leather sofa, mottled antique tiles, and subtle lighting from pendant lamps reconstruct an atmosphere of New York in the 1960s, rendering a space where customers can enjoy gastronomic delicacies and an exquisite view.

Modeled on a New York streetscape in the 1960s, the overall dining environment is contrasted with high-rise building backgrounds, revealing an overview of a city; it is created by overlapping scenes that contrast and echo a nostalgic setting. With a dining area displaying scenes of multiple terrains and cityscapes and a transitioning partition mass design, the space takes on streetscape characters that embody the epitome of a city.

The project started in January 2015 and finished in April 2015 in Taichung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.). The total area of this case is 250 square meters. The ceiling design in the dining area alternately applies ground materials, reinterpreting the cultural features of a city block.

Bello Restaurant was awarded Silver in A' Design Award in 2016. The Silver A' Design Award is rewarded to top-of-the-line, creative, and professionally remarkable designs that illustrate outstanding expertise and innovation. These designs, admired for their strong technical characteristics and splendid artistic skill, showcase a remarkable level of excellence and introduce positive feelings, amazement, and wonder.


Project Details and Credits

Project Designers: Chin-Hsu Huang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Chun-Chieh Liu, Dining Room, 2015. Image #2: Photographer Chun-Chieh Liu, Counter, 2015. Image #3: Photographer Chun-Chieh Liu, Dining Room, 2015. Image #4: Photographer Chun-Chieh Liu, Dining Room, 2015. Image #5: Photographer Chun-Chieh Liu, Dining Room, 2015.
Project Team Members: Liao Yi-Jing Chan Chun-Chieh
Project Name: Bello Restaurant
Project Client: Chin-Hsu Huang


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