国际著名室内设计公司SLD （全称︰Steve Leung Designers Ltd.，梁志天设计师有限公司）以现代的设计手法，从中国传统四合院汲取灵感，打造棕榈岛亚特兰蒂斯度假酒店的迪拜中餐厅——元餐厅，而此优秀杰作更于国际设计大赛 "Commercial Interior Design Awards 2014" 中，一举夺得中东区休闲娱乐组别的年度室内设计大奖 Interior Design of the Year。
元餐厅整体布局和谐对称，在设计师的现代演绎中，透过引人注目的设计元素，营造热情时尚的氛围；配合幽韵十足的家具饰品，将优雅隽逸的中式意蕴和雍容典雅的高贵气质展现得淋漓尽致，为宾客呈现一方精致华美、风雅备至的饕餮圣地。
元餐厅是亚特兰蒂斯度假酒店的第一家高级中餐厅，设计师从传统中式建筑“四合院”中汲取灵感，透过现代设计手法，融合传统中式建筑之美，为整个空间营造传统文化的优雅气质。独特的灯光布置与尊贵雅致的用餐氛围，让宾客远在中东也能享受地道的中式餐饮体验。
一扇精心雕琢的深色木门引领宾客步入餐厅，迎面一道“万”字纹通花木格墙透出融融暖光，映衬着前方精美的瓷器装饰，向客人传达着来自东方的殷切问候。
前行数步，恢弘敞阔的大厅随即映入眼帘。大厅以优雅的蓝灰二色为主调，由中央一座巨型天窗引入自然光线，在古色古香的中式通花窗棂的装饰下，犹如四合院中四面环墙的庭院。天窗下悬挂了著名日本设计师泽田广俊为餐厅量身定制的艺术装置，仿似成千上万振翅欲飞的银色飞鸟盘旋其中，气宇非凡。米黄色透光云石铺就的舞台之上，安放着一排精致的长桌和蓝色织锦高背座椅，打造格调高雅的用餐环境。大厅一侧的吧台设计华丽大气，由米黄色缟玛瑙和珍珠母贝马赛克拼成的背景墙璀璨夺目，宾客可惬意地在这一片瑰丽之中细味醇酒，尽享欢愉。
穿过大厅，踏着烟灰色橡木地板来到一片暖咖色的卡座区。其坐北朝南的位置恰似四合院之中的正房。壁墙上一幅幅隽逸灵动的中国画刺绣为空间注入丝丝雅趣，搭配线条优美的弧形米色织锦长椅和柔软舒适的地毯，让宾客恍若穿越千年，步入古时文人墨客云集的清雅幽居。
贵宾厅坐落餐厅南侧入口处，其位置犹如四合院之中的倒座房。中式通花门板墙衬托着两侧以“锦鲤”为主题的特色墙，在湖水绿地毯的映衬下，幻化出一幅 “锦鲤跃清塘” 的优美画卷，趣味盎然。厅内还安装了一排可灵活划分空间的折迭门，以满足不同场合的需求。
设计师以现代手法，把四合院建筑的艺术精髓与东方元素重新演绎，加上细腻的布局，把餐厅打造成和谐雅致、品味高尚的中式食府，让宾客在亦古亦今的优雅氛围下，乐享饕餮中式盛宴。
Steve Leung Designers Ltd. (SLD), the internationally-renowned interior design company, proudly releases its brand new restaurant design: Yuan at Atlantis the Palm Dubai. With a distinguished modern touch and inspirations rooted in traditional Chinese culture, Yuan successfully wins the “Interior Design of the Year: Leisure & Entertainment, Middle East” in "Commercial Interior Design Awards 2014”.
In a harmonious and symmetric contemporary approach, the designer tactfully infuses distinctive style and warmth into the space through exquisite design elements, furniture and embellishments, fully depicting the ethereal grandeur of oriental culture, present a culinary paradise soaked in unparalleled charm and elegance.
As the first fine dining Chinese restaurant at Atlantis The Palm Dubai Hotel & Resort, Yuan demonstrates the aerial beauty of old China, with the recapture of traditional Chinese quadrangles ‘Siheyuan’, literally meaning a courtyard surrounded by buildings on all four sides. The design unfolds the fundamental yet aesthetic Chinese architecture, with a contemporary touch and delicate use of lighting scheme, providing a graceful environment for discerning guests to enjoy an authentic Chinese dining experience in Middle East.
Passing through a pair of dark wooden doors with exquisite carvings at the standalone entrance from the hotel, guests are warmly welcomed by a large piece of glowing latticed façade and delicate porcelains in the foyer.
A few steps inside comes to the spacious and magnificent dining hall in blue and grey, which is compared to a courtyard of a Siheyuan. This area is enriched by a dramatic skylight embellished with Chinese screens and a hanging enchanting art piece tailor made by the famous Japanese designer Hirotoshi Sawada, recalling an elegant movement of a thousand of fluttery silver birds. Running underneath there is a series of exquisite tables and high back chairs with beautiful blue brocade, sitting on a glimmering raised platform in beige for dancing. A dazzling bar is located aside, with a luminous backdro of beige onyx stones and a mosaic of mother of pearl shells. People can enjoy drinking in such glamorous yet relaxed dinning environment.
Traversing the smoked oak flooring is the upper dining hall in brown palette, positioned to the north of the layout and acting as an adjoining principal house of a Siheyuan. It is adorned with Chinese paintings embroidered on wall panels while curved benches with refined cream brocade sit on a soft rug, projecting a tranquil, elegant and glamorous place for literati in old days.
In the south, next to the entrance sits the private room, serving as an opposite room of a Siheyuan. Large screen doors and panels offset the koi-patterned feature walls and the aquamarine carpet, conjuring up a beautiful picture of a fish leaping out of a pond in a Chinese courtyard house and filling the space with a sense of pleasure. Folding doors are installed to flexibly separate the room to serve clients in different occasions.
Serving with splendid flair and ultimate comfort, Yuan seamlessly combines the unique characteristics of Siheyuan and reveals a strong classical tone of old China in a Middle East city. The designer tactfully blends the contemporary design with classic elegance, creating a harmonious and impeccable place for guests to enjoy distinctive Chinese cuisines.
设计大腕 梁志天
