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Shinagawa, Japan
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S-Gotanda
Shinagawa, Japan
S-Gotanda
-Tiny Japanese Restaurant in Unique Space -
Concept
S-Gotanda is a Japanese restaurant located in Higashi-Gotanda where many residents grew up or have lived for a long time [with many longtime residents], near an upscale residential area. The confines of small unique shape of the site have prompted us to create multiple scenes by designing a counter table and making a gap between interior and exterior. In contrast to its pop looking from outside, the interior is in Japanese style. The design details reflect high-quality tastes of the owner/chef for plates/bowls and dish presentations.
Process
We have known the owner/chef and felt sympathy with his character since years ago when he was chef de cuisine of an old established restaurant. It was a challenge for us to express the client’s character and his high quality presentation of dishes in this tiny space.
Exterior
The site is in the middle of a slope along a highway. We wanted the restaurant to be like a lantern illuminating this dark slope, like a café painted in Café Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh. From outside, it has pop and bright looking. By contrast, the interior is rather sophisticated with Japanese elements. Even though the site is small, we created a buffering space between the entrance and the dinning area, because we valued Ma(間),one of Japanese aesthetics, referring to a gap. We Japanese think “It’s not classy or elegant if you can see immediately what’s inside.” This Ma would make guests aware that they are now a entering beautiful dining area, at the same time, raise their expectations for dinner.
Interior
It took a lot of time to design a white wood long counter table (7 meter in length), and we discussed with the client about its height and width, even by a millimeter. White wood works as ambient light when lit by ceiling lights, moreover, expresses a sense of cleanness in Japanese culture.
To create multiple scenes in a tiny space, the floor plan and the ceiling plan are intricately intersected. Two sets of parallel and perpendicular lines make the restaurant look more spacious, and make a view from one seat is quite different from another.
Ceiling
The motif of check patterns on the ceiling is a Japanese traditional cut glass “Edo-Kiriko” used in this restaurant for serving sake.
-Tiny Japanese Restaurant in Unique Space -
Concept
S-Gotanda is a Japanese restaurant located in Higashi-Gotanda where many residents grew up or have lived for a long time [with many longtime residents], near an upscale residential area. The confines of small unique shape of the site have prompted us to create multiple scenes by designing a counter table and making a gap between interior and exterior. In contrast to its pop looking from outside, the interior is in Japanese style. The design details reflect high-quality tastes of the owner/chef for plates/bowls and dish presentations.
Process
We have known the owner/chef and felt sympathy with his character since years ago when he was chef de cuisine of an old established restaurant. It was a challenge for us to express the client’s character and his high quality presentation of dishes in this tiny space.
Exterior
The site is in the middle of a slope along a highway. We wanted the restaurant to be like a lantern illuminating this dark slope, like a café painted in Café Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh. From outside, it has pop and bright looking. By contrast, the interior is rather sophisticated with Japanese elements. Even though the site is small, we created a buffering space between the entrance and the dinning area, because we valued Ma(間),one of Japanese aesthetics, referring to a gap. We Japanese think “It’s not classy or elegant if you can see immediately what’s inside.” This Ma would make guests aware that they are now a entering beautiful dining area, at the same time, raise their expectations for dinner.
Interior
It took a lot of time to design a white wood long counter table (7 meter in length), and we discussed with the client about its height and width, even by a millimeter. White wood works as ambient light when lit by ceiling lights, moreover, expresses a sense of cleanness in Japanese culture.
To create multiple scenes in a tiny space, the floor plan and the ceiling plan are intricately intersected. Two sets of parallel and perpendicular lines make the restaurant look more spacious, and make a view from one seat is quite different from another.
Ceiling
The motif of check patterns on the ceiling is a Japanese traditional cut glass “Edo-Kiriko” used in this restaurant for serving sake.
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