Mystic餐厅丨加拿大哈利法克斯丨DesignAgency

悬浮于哈利法克斯港的码头上，Mystic与其独特的环境展开对话，将陆地、海洋与天空连接起来，创造出一种属于加拿大海洋省份的现代高级餐饮体验。

Perched on a pier extending into Halifax Harbour, Mystic strikes up a conversation with its singular setting, connecting land, sea, and air to cultivate a contemporary fine dining experience unique to Canada’s Maritime provinces.

▼餐厅外观，Exterior view © Doublespace Images

▼悬浮于哈利法克斯港的码头上，

Perched on a pier extending into Halifax Harbour © Doublespace Images

DesignAgency为这家拥有75个座位的餐厅设计了一个室内设计概念，既体现了其深耕本地的理念，也展现了全球化的雄心。通过自然与创新、想象与技巧的平衡，设计工作室创造了一个充满活力、乐观氛围的沉浸式环境，融入了地方的精髓。

▼周边环境，Surrounding context © Stephen Harris

DesignAgency developed an interior design concept for the 75-seat restaurant that embodies both its hyper-local approach and global aspirations. Through a balance of nature and innovation, imagination and technique, the studio created an immersive environment infused with energy, optimism and essence of place.

▼餐厅立面，Facade © Doublespace Images

▼室外甲板，Deck © Doublespace Images, Stephen Harris

Mystic位于哈利法克斯新建的Queen’s Marque区的标志性建筑内，这是一个充满活力的综合用途建筑群——由哈利法克斯本土的Armour Group开发，著名新斯科舍省建筑师MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple设计——为该市的市区海滨带来了新的生机。该区域的动感雕塑“Tidal Beacon”由艺术家Ned Kahn创作，贯穿餐厅的用餐区，直冲大楼顶部，象征性地纪念过去，同时展望未来。与此类似，Mystic赋予了传统新的生命，为客人提供了一种激动人心的新方式来体验沿海美食。

Mystic is housed in the signature building of Halifax’s new Queen’s Marque district, a dynamic mixed-use complex – developed by Halifax-based Armour Group and designed by famed Nova Scotian architect MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple – revitalizing the city’s downtown waterfront. The district’s kinetic sculpture “Tidal Beacon”, by artist Ned Kahn, extends through the restaurant’s dining room to soar above the building, symbolically honouring the past while looking optimistically into the future. Similarly, Mystic breathes life into tradition, offering guests an exciting new way to experience coastal cuisine.

▼室内主要空间概览，Interior space overall view © Doublespace Images

▼客坐区近景，Guest seating area © Doublespace Images

▼餐厅夜览，Night view © Stephen Harris

DesignAgency的创始合伙人Matt Davis表示：“Queen’s Marque代表着东加拿大新兴的自信，而Mystic则是其皇冠上的明珠。我们从海洋省份层叠的质感和朴实的细节中汲取了无穷的灵感，并享受以奢华触感来诠释这些元素。对我们来说，设计既要呈现出这个地方的氛围，又要体现出面向世界舞台的美好未来愿景，同时根植于这片土地。”

“Queen’s Marque epitomizes a new confidence emerging in Eastern Canada, and Mystic is the jewel in its crown,” says Matt Davis, Founding Partner, DesignAgency. “We found endless inspiration in the layered textures and humble gestures of the Maritime terroir, and enjoyed interpreting them with a luxurious touch. It was important to us that the design feel of the place and embody the vision of a bright future on the world stage while staying firmly grounded in the landscape.”

▼开放厨房，Open kitchen © Stephen Harris

▼制作美食，Cuisine making © Stephen Harris

DesignAgency设计了一个室内布局，让每位客人都能拥有近距离欣赏厨房表演和全景的视角。当客人进入餐厅的钢面板前厅时，他们可以偷看到厨房备餐区的忙碌景象，为到达餐厅的体验注入能量。这种亲密而又高雅的氛围在酒吧区域得到了进一步强化，酒吧同时也是餐厅的活跃储藏室，最后在正式用餐区的中央呈现出大型开放式厨房。通过将厨师餐桌的元素放大到更大规模，开放式厨房和储藏吧台让每个人都能感受到自己是厨房一部分，打破了前台与后台的传统界限，培养了客人与工作人员之间自然的互动。

DesignAgency devised an interior plan that grants every guest a front-row seat to the theatre of the kitchen and the drama of the panoramic view. Entering the restaurant’s steel-panelled vestibule, guests can steal glimpses into the hustle and bustle of the kitchen’s prep areas, immediately energizing the arrival experience. This intimate yet elevated atmosphere is amplified in the bar area, which also functions as the restaurant’s active pantry, and culminates with the large open kitchen in the centre of the formal dining room. By adapting the vocabulary of a chef’s table to a grander scale, the open-concept kitchen and pantry bar allow everyone to feel like part of the action, dissolving traditional notions of front and back of house, and nurturing natural interactions between guests and staff.

▼酒吧区，Bar area © Doublespace Images

▼食材置物架，Food storage rack © Doublespace Images

▼置物架近景，Rack close view © Stephen Harris

随着客人深入Mystic的用餐区，他们会发现自己被建筑的三面角度玻璃墙包围，激发出与不断变化的景色合而为一的感觉。为了增强这种效果，DesignAgency将该地区的自然色彩、质感和字体元素引入室内设计。宁静的调色板包括港湾蓝、松林绿、古老的漂木和风化石材，这些色调遍布座椅、地板、家具和表面，创造出一种平静却充满活力的氛围。在餐厅的顶部，石膏天花板被塑造成曲线雕塑形态，唤起了船体底部的形状。长而细的壁灯和隐藏式天花灯照亮了天花板的设计，使餐厅散发出耀眼的光辉。圆形家具形状进一步柔化了空间，就像下方码头的海水拍打一样，营造出一种自由流动的感觉。

As guests move deeper into Mystic’s dining room, they’re enveloped on three sides by the building’s angular glass walls, prompting the sense of becoming one with the ever-changing scenery. To enhance the effect, DesignAgency brought interpretations of the region’s natural colours, textures and typography indoors. A quiet palette of harbour blue, pine grove green, ancient driftwood and weathered stone plays out across upholstery, flooring, furniture, and surfaces, creating a calm yet spirited ambiance. Overhead, the restaurant’s plaster ceiling was molded into a curved, sculptural form evocative of the underside of a ship’s hull. Long slim sconces and hidden cove lights highlight the ceiling treatment and cast the restaurant in a radiant glow. Rounded furniture shapes further soften the space and, like the water lapping at the pier below, foster a feeling of free-flowing movement.

▼总平面图，site plan © DesignAgency

▼平面图，floor plan © DesignAgency

▼剖面图，section © DesignAgency

Project Facts

Location: Halifax, Canada

Client: The Armour Group

Completion Date: September 2024

Design:DesignAgency

Architecture:Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects

Photography:

Images 01, 02, 03, 04, 08, 09, 10, 16, 18, 22, 23: Doublespace Images 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24: Stephen Harris