Djoko Murdowo, Nadia Sigi Prameswari, Allicia Sandra Meirissa
This paper examines the engagement of the Yin and Yang concept in restaurant design to enhance visitors' comfort and spatial experience. The aim is to provide the right solution that positively affects Chinese restaurants and form the basis for future research. It aims to establish a method that may invest in a specialty restaurant a culturally rich identity, by implementing the concept of Yin and Yang. It adopted a qualitative case study of the Ta Wan Chinese Restaurant in Indonesia. The respondent was a visitor to Ta Wan restaurant. The results showed that a restaurant designed with the concept of Yin- Yang (Chinese cultural philosophy) with a focus on five aspects, including the organization of space, facilities, atmosphere, colour, and furniture will provide balance to the interior of the restaurant. The concept of this restaurant is proven to solve the problem of comfort and experience of the visitor's room. © 2021. All Rights Reserved
Telkom University, Bandung, Indonesia; Visual Arts Department, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia