Qinyuan Lamb Hotpot Restaurant
Opening Date｜Dec. 2025， Address｜South gate of Jinxiu Garden, Yulong Street, Songshan District, Chifeng City
Between the Land and the Hearth
The design of Qinyuan Lamb Hotpot Restaurant originates from an imagination of the Mongolian grasslands, yet it does not stop at a literal translation of regional imagery. Rather than reproducing a stereotypical “Mongolian style,” the project begins from a more fundamental point of reference: the land, nature, and the ingredient itself. The vast grasslands, the red-hued mountains characteristic of Chifeng, and the earth tones shaped by time and wind form the emotional foundation of the space and define its core design language.
◉ Region
The restaurant specialises in naturally raised Mongolian lamb, emphasising purity, quality, and confidence in the ingredient—so much so that it requires nothing more than clear water to reveal its authentic flavour. This respect for the ingredient sets the premise for the spatial approach. Accordingly, the design deliberately refrains from expressive forms, instead shaping the space through light, materiality, and proportion, allowing the relationship between people, food, and the shared hearth to unfold naturally.
◉ Atmosphere
The interior is grounded in an earth-toned palette. Materials are warm and restrained, while light is softly absorbed into the space—much like the grasslands at sunset: calm, enveloping, and quietly layered. What we aim to offer is not a themed experience, but a sense of effortless comfort—an atmosphere that requires no explanation, where guests can simply sit down and focus on dining.
◉ Authenticity
Spatial planning is driven not by form, but by long-term observation of local dining habits. Hotpot remains a deeply family-oriented and social way of eating. Responding to the regional emphasis on privacy, security, and family gatherings, the design intentionally increases the proportion of private and semi-private dining rooms.
The ground floor accommodates more fluid, everyday dining through open and semi-enclosed seating. At the same time, the upper level concentrates on private rooms of varying sizes to support family meals and social gatherings.
Circulation and partitions are carefully calibrated to minimise overlap between private rooms and public areas. Precise yet restrained circulation allows guests to enter private spaces naturally and without disturbance. Partitions are not fully sealed but are balanced to maintain both privacy and spatial continuity—creating a dining environment that feels secure yet breathable.
The increased proportion of private rooms is not a gesture toward formality or luxury, but a response to real life— allowing families to gather with ease, and conversations to unfold at a comfortable pace.
◉ Deliberate
The façade design is guided by clear commercial reasoning. Located on a street dense with competing hotpot brands, the restaurant adopts a large-scale luminous white volume to establish immediate visibility at night, standing apart from the visually saturated surroundings.
Upon entering, however, the bright exterior gives way to a calm, earth-toned interior. This deliberate contrast—from outward clarity to inward quiet—enhances immersion and refocuses the experience on the meal itself.
We believe that a good dining space does not need to speak loudly. When design responds to real needs with restraint and closeness to nature, the space completes its role the moment steam rises from the pot. Here, the land, the ingredient, and the people gathered around the hearth become the true protagonists.
