WAY Studio’s latest restaurant design in Beijing’s urban jungle — the new “White Tiger Village,” incorporates a ceiling installation symbolic of the scent from Yunnan-grill inspired cuisine paired with carefully curated natural wines floating outwards to reach pedestrians from near and far. “酒香不怕巷子深“ is a traditional Chinese saying expressing “good wine does not falter no matter how deep the alley”. Yet in this day and age of refined tastes, we believe it is still a challenge for good food and good design to reach its customers. The idea was to create something that echoed the finesse of Parisian bistros, light but classy, yet integrated with Beijing. The owners wanted to offer something open and fun to add to the fabric of Beijing’s existing dining experiences.

The new restaurant is located on the ground floor of a newly renovated building. Although situated at ground-level, its ex-terior entrance is the farthest from the street corner, on an elevated platform behind a strip of urban landscape, hidden deep behind scenic trees. This proved to be a challenge — to reach out. Therefore, WAY Studio devised a ceiling installation that reaches outward, visible from afar, on top of a 45 degree twist to the seating plan in order to “invite” and welcome guests from near and far.

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