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Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن by Taichi Hirata

Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن by Taichi Hirata is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Civakî Competition Category.


ZîvCivakî· 2025

Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن

by Taichi Hirata

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Civakî Category

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The Design

About Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن

ڤاگۆنی خواردنی پەتاتەی شیرینی برژاوی بەردینی ژاپۆنی ماوەیەکی زۆرە ئامادەبوونێکی گرنگە لە زستانەکانی ژاپۆن، گەرمی دەهێنێت و بە نەرمی شارۆچکەکە ڕووناک دەکاتەوە لەگەڵ نیشتنەوەی شەو. لە ڕێگەی ڕێبازێکی دیزاینی هاوچەرخەوە دووبارە وێنا کرایەوە. لە کیۆتۆدا، کە دیمەنی شارەکە ڕیتمێکی توخمە ئاسۆیی و ستوونییەکان وەک پەنجەرە تۆڕەییەکان تێدایە، دیزاین کرا بۆ یەکخستنی توخمە لارەکان کە بۆ هۆکارە بیناسازییەکان هەڵبژێردراون، بە شێوەیەک کە یارمەتیدەری شەقامەکانی کیۆتۆ دەدات وەک بناغەیەک و شێوەیەک لەناوەوە پێکدەهێنێت.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Wagon Remodeling ڤانی خواردن afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The Japanese stone roasted sweet potato food wagon has long been an important presence in Japan's winters, bringing warmth and gently illuminating the town as night falls. I reimagined it through a contemporary design approach. In Kyoto, where the cityscape features a rhythm of horizontal and vertical elements like lattices windows, I focused on integrating diagonal elements, adopted for structural reasons, in a way that complements Kyoto's streets as the "ground" and forms a "figure" within it.
Dimensions & Packaging
l1880, h1225, w1385 (main)
l3400, h1920, w1450 (include truck)
Tags
food wagon, food truck, architecture, lighting, car design
Production Technology
Initially, the budget was limited, but as professionals in architecture and construction, we decided to adopt an architectural approach rather than a high-precision industrial one. The frame, serving as the main structure, was made with wooden framing by carpenters, and the surface was finished with FRP membranes by waterproofing and painting specialists. By treating it as an extension of our usual work, we maintained quality and reduced intermediate costs with trusted colleagues.
Inspiration
In Japan, during winter evenings, people with frozen hands from the cold buy warm roasted sweet potatoes, warming both their hands and hearts with the heat as they make their way home. It is a very familiar scene. When designing, I wanted to capture the nostalgia that resonates in the hearts of the Japanese. I aimed to express this warmth, like the soft orange light seen through a house's shoji screen, in office districts, in front of train stations, and in residential areas.
Project Duration
The project started in summer 2020 in Kyoto, with the first unit being developed, followed by the second unit in 2021 and the third unit in 2022 with minor updates. In 2023, the development of the fourth unit was carried out, incorporating the insights gained from the previous models
Patents
Copyrights studio tata, 2024
Team Members
Taichi Hirata
Image Credits
Image #1: ryo kotaka, unit1, 2020
Image #2: ryo kotaka, unit1, 2020
Image #3: taichi hirata, unit3, 2022
Image #4: taichi hirata, unit4, 2023
Image #5: taichi hirata, unit4, 2023

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