Azumaen Japanese Restaurant by Go Fujita

Azumaen Japanese Restaurant by Go Fujita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.

BronzeInterior· 2022

Azumaen Japanese Restaurant

by Go Fujita

Client: GOSIZE Co., Ltd.

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Azumaen Japanese Restaurant

It is a plan of a restaurant on the shore of a lake in a national park. The booth in the private room is shaped like a mandarin duck, and the space is like a bird resting its wings quietly in a pond. Indirect lighting is also installed at the counter of the open kitchen and at the feet of the table seats to create a floating feeling like a mandarin duck floating in a pond. The height of this booth changes spirally, so it becomes a private space when you sit down. If you stand up, you can see the whole thing.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Azumaen Japanese Restaurant is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Azumaen Japanese Restaurant is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Azumaen Japanese Restaurant splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: PartialBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Interviews

Grand Interview

Your innovative approach to integrating the natural surroundings of the national park into Azumaen Japanese Restaurant, particularly the mandarin duck-inspired booth design, is remarkable - could you elaborate on how this connection between wildlife and architecture evolved during your creative process?

The inn is located in a national park and there is a lake in front of it, where many migratory birds visit throughout the year. We wanted to incorporate these birds into the motif of the architectural space.

The interplay of light and space in Azumaen Japanese Restaurant creates an ethereal floating effect - what inspired your decision to incorporate timer-controlled lighting systems, and how does this technical feature enhance the dining experience throughout different times of day?

As the space can be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the dimming system works based on the seasonal sun altitude to calculate the illuminance, so the space is always filled with a comfortable light.

Given the strict material and color restrictions within the national park setting, how did these limitations influence your design choices for Azumaen Japanese Restaurant, and in what ways did they potentially lead to more creative solutions?

The colors we could use were limited, and we mainly used natural materials, focusing on earth tones. This made the boundary with the outside scenery unclear, creating a space where the inside and outside seemed to be one.

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Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: It is a plan of a restaurant on the shore of a lake in a national park. The booth in the private room is shaped like a mandarin duck, and the space is like a bird resting its wings quietly in a pond. Indirect lighting is also installed at the counter of the open kitchen and at the feet of the table seats to create a floating feeling like a mandarin duck floating in a pond.
Dimensions & Packaging: Space area 2700 Square meter
Tags: restaurant、Japanese restaurant
Production Technology: Each booth was made of bent structural plywood and finished with a cloth that was glossy with natural light.
The lighting plan of the restaurant has a timer set, and the atmosphere changes from day to night.
Design Challenge: Due to the restaurant in the national park, there were many restrictions on the materials and colors that could be used.
It was difficult to make a circular booth whose height changes.
Inspiration: Various migratory birds visit the lake in front of the restaurant every season. It created the atmosphere of a bird resting its wings on a stage that juts out into the lake.
Project Duration: Nagasaki Japan
Image Credits: All photo gosize