Goose House Restaurant

Yanshe Restaurant sits in Xidan Joy City, a commercial street in Beijing's Xicheng District. For years, Beijingers associate Yanshe with warmth and sincerity; for young people far from home, Yanshe is an imagination of home. As the fifth branch, the design does not seek to change the brand, but to preserve its warm tone, giving the space a spring-breeze comfort, a relaxed, even languid harbour for the mind. The rectangular site has a ceiling height of only 2,500 millimetres; how to avoid oppression is the design entry point. House and tree continue the brand's visual language, conveying love centered on home. The repeated roof ridges are the designer's interpretation of Yanshe's love, a new and distinctive reading. Undulating, layered roof folds stretch freely, the rhythm of the ridges blending with quiet space; without high-profile design, modern materials create a wabi-sabi simplicity that returns to essence. The tree forms under the eaves respect the relaxing, leaning-on nature of trees, giving guests space to relax and imagine without pressure. The team repeatedly refined the structure, feeling the rhythm of house within tree and tree within house. It yields to formalism, expressing through seemingly impractical decoration the particular warmth of an ordinary family home's eaves. Considering sightlines, two materials are used: white metal mesh and wood veneer, preserving transparency while adding mystery to dining. The rhythmic roof ridges and abstract garden, in an apparently complete space, actually carry the extension of a life young people aspire to: a house, two people, three meals, four seasons, sharing a good meal with loved ones, and even idling time beautifully.