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Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar by Taichi Hirata
Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar by Taichi Hirata

Argent Social · 2025

Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar

by Taichi Hirata

  • A' Design Award d'Argent 2025 in Social
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 43,058
  • Verification code AD9F687C86 · Verify this award
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About Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar

La camioneta japonesa de patatas dòças rosidas a la pèira es dempuèi longtemps una preséncia importanta dels ivèrns japoneses, aportant calor e illuminant docament la vila quand tomba la nuèch. Es estada repensada segon un aproche de concepcion contemporanèa. A Kyoto, ont lo paisatge urban presenta un ritme d'elements orizontals e verticals coma las fenèstras de reisilh, es estada concebuda per integrar d'elements diagonals, adoptats per de rasons estructuralas, d'una manièra que completa los carrièrs de Kyoto coma fons e que fòrma una figura dins aqueste espaci.

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Wagon Remodeling Camioneta de Manjar es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

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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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