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Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan by Taichi Hirata

Perak Sosial · 2025

Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan

by Taichi Hirata

  • A' Design Award Perak 2025 in Sosial
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About Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan

Kereta makanan ubi jala panggang batu Jepang lah lamo manjadi kahadiran nan penting dalam musim dingin Jepang, mambaok kahangatan dan mancarangi kota wakatu malam tibo. Dirancang baliak malalui pandekatan desain kontemporer. Di Kyoto, dimano bentang kota manampilkan irama elemen horizontal jo vertikal seperti tingkek jariang, dirancang untuak mangintegrasiakan elemen diagonal, nan diadopsi dek alasan struktural, jo caro nan malangkapi jalan-jalan Kyoto sabagai landasan dan mambantuk figur di diangnyo.

About the A' Design Award Perak

Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Wagon Remodeling Van Makanan adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

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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
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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