TONKATSU

Wright St

Unit 1/102-104 Wright St, Adelaide SA 5000 2022 (under construction)

TONKATSU Restaurant Wright St

Unit 1/104-106 Wright St, Adelaide SA 5000

Will Open in 2023

Located at Wright Street, City of Adelaide.

TONKATSU is a Japanese restaurant that designed by SOKO Design Studio. The project emphasis traditional Japanese style by using timber, concrete as main material. The selection of colour brings bright, soft vibe to the customers.

As lead designer of this project, my jobs including but not limited to:

-Meeting with client, manager, engineer & builder.

-Planning, Design Concept, Rendering etc.

-Construction Documentation, Details, Graphics & Signages etc.

-Application of DA, make amendments in accordance with Australian Standards and NCC under guidance of certifier.

WARONG Restaurant Darwin

Located Casuarina Square, Darwin. WARONG is an restaurant that designed by SOKO Design Studio. The project emphasis southeast Asian, Malaysian style, which perfectly corresponding to the environment & tropical weather of Darwin.

As lead designer of this project, my jobs including but not limited to:

-Meeting with client, manager, engineer & builder.

-Planning, Design Concept, Rendering etc.

-Construction Documentation, Details, Graphics & Signages etc.

-Application of DA, make amendments in accordance with Australian Standards and NCC under guidance of certifier.

IKKAI Japanese Restaurant & Bar

176 Franklin St, 5000, Adelaide, SA

Under construction, open soon

Located at Franklin Street, City of Adelaide. IKKAI is a Japanese restaurant & bar that designed by SOKO Design Studio. The project emphasis traditional Japanese izakaya & omakase, which is a place for people to have some drinks & japanese tapas. Therefore, the style within this project is fusion of traditional & modern, like streets in Shibuya.

As lead designer of this project, my jobs including but not limited to:

-Meeting with client, manager, engineer & builder.

-Planning, Design Concept, Rendering etc.

-Construction Documentation, Details, Graphics & Signages etc.

-Application of DA, make amendments in accordance with Australian Standards and NCC under guidance of certifier.

SITE: 151 May Terrace, Ottoway SA 5013

SA Zhu Lin Buddhist Association

Strategy

Erase the boundary

Issue

Renovated landscape design in Zhu Lin Temple

SA Zhu Lin Buddhist Association was founded in 1991. Over the past decades, the temple has been providing holistic Buddhist education, meditation classes, facilitating individual spiritual and mental support for the South Australian community.

It is now under construction and there will be a space situated between the pagoda and the parking lot, where need to be designed as a “small oasis” so that any visitor who visits the temple with troubled minds are able to find a sense of peace and tranquillity when entering this area.

From a to b. How? The Infinity symbol is a mathematical representing the concept of infinity and endlessness. Coincidently, in Buddhism, the Knowledge of the Buddha is infinite. “space and creatures also are infinite. Space does not have boundary. Creatures in the universe cannot be counted.”

By abstracting the symbol into a end to end curve, the basic form of bridge has confirmed.

Transferring the curve into a bridge with 300mm deep pond underneath and in-between, which connects between earthly world and heaven. The end to end form also indicates Reincarnation refer as “Samara” in Buddhism. Live to death, start to the end. The bridge material is cast-in-situ concrete.

Tinted Glass rail with amber colour. Fully parametric flowing along the bridge.

Aluminium Circular Arch with built-in Mist Maker establishing an invisible boundary between ordinary life and haven. The artificial mist blurred people’s vision as well as the form of the bridge. The circular form in Buddhism representing completeness. Live long and prosper. Everything is in the karmic realm.

Reflective Quartz Terrace with built-in Speakers simulates the form of cloud, it plays Buddhism music in temple’s daily life. This also adding a sense of peace and tranquillity (ZEN)

Exploded Axonometric