The K11 MUSEA is located in the heart of Hong Kong. In this composite shopping centre the three-storied “Donut Playhouse”, connected by slides from ground floor to basement, is designed to be the very first kids-oriented shopping arcade in the city.
Bean Buro was tasked to design an agile workspace for Jardine Restaurant Group, one of the leading restaurant groups in Asia, in a 22,000sqft (2,040sqm) space across two floors in an office tower in Hong Kong.
The new workplace would deviate from traditional offices to move towards a highly agile, sociable and paperless work environment. The unique features in the client’s brief included a highly productive front of house that can cater for food demo tasting events, food filming, staff training, as well as company ‘town hall’ events.
Bean Buro was tasked with the design of Yakinikumafia on Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, a restaurant brand from Japan specialised in high-quality yakiniku (“grilled meat”). The floor space is situated in a vibrant district in the heart of the city, where there is a mixture of residents, tourists and office workers. The neighbourhood of Sheung Wan especially has a strong characteristic of art, antiques, nightlife and restaurants. The restaurant would have booth seating where food can be cooked directly at each booth, a standing bar in front of an open kitchen where chefs can serve the customers directly, as well as a couple of VIP rooms for exclusive in-room cooking parties and function events. The restaurant was designed and constructed throughout the lockdown. It opened just as the city began to ease its restrictions. The client’s ethos was to ride out the contextual challenges, entice new customers and support the communities of farmers and producers.
By imagining, making, communicating, and sharing within the pavilion’s activity spaces on the ground, a bright and open future is revealed in the clouds above. We developed our concept for the pavilion to respond to the idea of communicating, openness, hospitality, and change. Design Partner, Paul Rodgers said: “10 DESIGN’s vision was to create a memorable pavilion that celebrates the country today, and shares the hopes, achievements, and creativity of the future. By removing the pavilion walls, we are removing barriers to interaction, allowing spaces to flow and movement to be fluid and relaxed.”
The concept was to use a set of arched metal portals to create a sense of thresholds between different spaces, and to create a layered experience. They also frame the beautiful mountainous views of Southside Hong Kong .” – Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, co-founder of Bean Buro
“The children’s play space is called a ‘Bean House’ inspired by fairy tales. It is made entirely in timber, with wiggly curves, two sleeping platforms, peg holes, and lots of storage.” – Lorène Faure, co-founder of Bean Buro]
Nina Ballroom is the pilot project for the re-branded L’ hotel Nina et Convention Centre, a hotel rooted in Hong Kong and founded by the late business icon Nina Wang. The brand takes Generosity and Social Responsibility as its key attributes, which are well expressed in Nina Ballroom.
For an international city at pace with the world’s best, Hong Kong was missing an internationally recognized home of comedy. Extruded high above the bustling Hong Kong streets, The Riff is a comedy centric space established to provide its patrons with a world class venue, with the sole aim to entertain.
The site located on the 8th floor above D Agulair street is in the centre of Lan Kwai Fong’s active night scene. The Riff chose this space as the perfect spot to bring the comedy club to life. The aim was to create a dedicated comedy auditorium with an adjoining bar that offered respite from the hustle below. The physical space had infinite possibilities, but the operational and regulatory restraints soon created a more rigid design brief.
“We interpreted the natural and primitive ethos of the brand into an eclectic arrangement of display elements that would contrast with each other to feature different products, but still being cohesive as an overall experience.” – Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, co-founder of Bean Buro
“It is a tasteful palette of timber and fresh paint colours, accentuated by terrazzo, leather and metal details. It is about balancing the hard architectural forms with soft materials and colours.” – Lorène Faure, co-founder of Bean Buro
H Code is a unique architecture project that provides an urban design solution. Located near the top of Pottinger Street, the long side of the site is along Ezra Lane, a narrow back lane that connects Pottinger Street to Cochrane Street where the Central escalator is located.
At the heart of Soho, the entertainment and art district of Hong Kong, this project aims to integrate the urban texture with a low rise block on the historic Pottinger street and a dense highrise block behind.
Located in the Southern District of Hong Kong and with only 6 minutes away from the city centre by MTR, the Ocean Park Marriott Hotel provids convenient accommodation for guests for business or vacation, creating a premier international resort destination for Hong Kong.
To respect and address the sensitive context of the site, located at Ocean Park’s entrance, the hotel’s massing has been broken down into three L-shaped blocks which are positioned together to create a private landscaped and pool oasis at the heart of the project.
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