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架构师提供的文本描述。我们被要求在雅典北郊开一家专门的日本餐厅和酒吧。在广阔的开放式空间中，我们需要将寿司吧、鸡尾酒吧和坐姿餐厅与别致、优雅的设计结合起来，让就餐者从亲密的晚间就餐无懈可击地走向更乐观、更晚的社交活动。

Text description provided by the architects. The brief we were given called for an exclusive Japanese restaurant and bar in the northern suburbs of Athens. Within the extensive, open-plan space we needed to combine a sushi bar, a cocktail bar and seated dining areas with chic, polished design that would take diners seamlessly from intimate evening dining to more upbeat, late-night socialising.

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除了把不同的空间和语言结合在一起，我们还必须在6米高的天花板下建立亲密关系。双高度空间是一个巨大的声学和大气挑战。在设计理念上，我们还必须找到一种方式，为一个独家客户提供奢侈品，同时坚持我们诚实、整体设计的理念。

Other than combining the various areas in one space and with one language, we also had to create intimacy beneath a 6m high ceiling. The double height space represented a significant acoustic and atmospheric challenge. In terms of the design concept we also had to find a way of delivering luxury to an exclusive clientele whilst staying true to our philosophy of honest, holistic design.

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为了在设计中考虑到奢华和排他性，我们从传统的日本建筑中寻找灵感。传统的日本房子通常有一个内部庭院花园供私人使用，一个封闭和亲密的静修。‘Karesansui’或‘Zen’花园的特色是岩石，水池和砾石的各种排列方式，激发和平的和谐。

To design with luxury and exclusivity in mind we looked to traditional Japanese architecture for inspiration. The traditional Japanese house often featured an internal courtyard garden for private use, an enclosed and intimate retreat. ‘Karesansui’ or ‘Zen’ gardens feature various arrangements of rocks, pools and gravel raked in patterns that inspire a peaceful harmony.

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我们用天花板的高度来建造我们自己的倒置花园，由酒吧和餐厅地板上的大餐桌和天花板内的2盏RGB灯所代表的三角形“岩石”组成。悬挂的、起伏的中密度纤维板像花园里的砾石，或者池塘的水，从岩石到岩石，把空间的各个区域结合在一起。

We used the height of the ceiling to create our own inverted garden with triangulated ‘rocks’ represented by the bar and the large dining table on the restaurant floor and the 2 RGB lights within the ceiling. Suspended, undulating MDF panels ripple like the raked gravel of the gardens or the water of the ponds from rock to rock, bringing the various areas of the space together.

空间的质量不仅仅是通过物质性或美学来感觉到的。声音是我们的多感官设计调色板的关键要素之一，我们与我们的声学工程师密切合作，以确保来自空间各个区域的噪音不发生冲突。每个悬挂中密度纤维板在天花板地形已内衬声绝缘，以便空间下是豪华亲密与卓越的声学性能在整个晚上。仔细的声学工程允许充分占据空间，伴随着音乐，随着夜晚的发展，节奏和音量都在增加，从而在整个空间保持一种豪华的平静和谐感。

The quality of the space is not only felt physically through the materiality or by its aesthetics. Sound is one of the key elements of our multisensory design palette and we collaborated closely with our acoustic engineer to ensure the noise from the various areas of the space did not conflict. Each suspended MDF panel within the ceiling topography has been lined with acoustic insulation so that the space beneath is luxuriously intimate with exceptional acoustic performance throughout the night. The careful acoustic engineering allows the fully occupied space, accompanied by music that increases in tempo and volume as the night progresses, to maintain a luxurious calm and a sense of harmony throughout the space.

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