Wagon Remodeling Plaustrum Cibarium by Taichi Hirata is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Socialis Competition Category.
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Wagon Remodeling Plaustrum Cibarium
Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Socialis Category
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The Design
About Wagon Remodeling Plaustrum Cibarium
Plaustrum cibarium Iaponicum batatarum dulcium lapide tostatarum iam pridem praesentia insignis hiemium Iaponicarum fuit, calorem afferens et oppidum leniter illuminans nocte cadente. Arte designandi hodierna reconceptum est. In Kyoto, ubi facies urbana rhythmum elementorum horizontalium verticaliumque sicut fenestrae cancellatae praebet, ita designatum est ut elementa obliqua, ob rationes structurales adhibita, modo quo vias Kyoto ut solum complementent et figuram intra eas forment, integrentur.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
Wagon Remodeling Plaustrum Cibarium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Wagon Remodeling Plaustrum Cibarium opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Wagon Remodeling Plaustrum Cibarium creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
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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