Oita Soho Nowoczesna Japońska Restauracja by Mika Kanayama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Srebrna Nagroda A' Design Award in Projektowanie Wnętrz Competition Category.
SrebrnaWnętrza· 2024
Oita Soho Nowoczesna Japońska Restauracja
Client: Muzo
Srebrna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Wnętrza Category
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The Design
About Oita Soho Nowoczesna Japońska Restauracja
Oita Soho zostało zaprojektowane w celu stworzenia wyrafinowanej, relaksującej przestrzeni z japońskimi wpływami, zachowującej część tożsamości ustalonej w pierwszej restauracji Oita, nieformalnej i obfitującej w rośliny. Przestrzeń wymagała czegoś więcej niż konwencjonalne podejścia minimalistycznego, nowoczesnego japońskiego designu, aby zapewnić wyjątkowe, niezwykłe doświadczenie stanowiące syntezę elementów estetycznych i kulturowych. Praca została zainspirowana esejem Tanizakiego „Pochwała cienia", który omawia zastosowanie, znaczenie i estetykę ciemności i cieni w japońskiej sztuce, designie i architekturze.
The Recognition
About the Srebrna Nagroda A' Design Award
Oita Soho Nowoczesna Japońska Restauracja to laureat Srebrnej Nagrody A' Design Award, niezwykle prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego przepięknym, imponującym projektom z najwyższej półki. Laureaci Srebrnej Nagrody to niezwykle błyskotliwe i wyjątkowo twórcze dzieła, które ukazują wybitną wiedzę, talent i przenikliwość ich twórców. Oita Soho Nowoczesna Japońska Restauracja ma być wspaniałym, reprezentacyjnym dziełem, które jest niezwykle profesjonalne i głęboko innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Srebrną Nagrodą A' Design Award to bardzo godny uwagi, podziwiany wynalazek, który przynosi korzyści i przesuwa granice sztuki, nauki, designu i technologii. Oita Soho Nowoczesna Japońska Restauracja to dzieło, któremu wielu zazdrości, które budzi pragnienia, wprowadza pozytywne uczucia oraz wzbudza zdumienie i zachwyt.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- It was designed to create a sophisticated, relaxing space with Japanese influences, and carrying some of the identity established in Oita's first restaurant, informal and verdant with plants throughout the space. The space required more than the conventional approaches of minimalistic modern Japanese design to deliver a distinct, remarkable experience that is a synthesis of aesthetic and cultural elements.
The space required more than the conventional approaches of minimalistic modern Japanese design, to deliver a distinct, remarkable experience that is a synthesis of aesthetic and cultural elements.Backlit paper parasols are placed overlapping in a flowing pattern that follows the stairs creating a feature wall to surprise and delight leading visitors to the upper level. The warm light of the parasols is accentuated in the dark. Lighting is careful and muted throughout relying on position and shades. Two mirrors placed parallel in opposite directions reflect the lights infinitely in their depths, adding to the glow and mystery of the space. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The area of project is
Ground Floor - 67sqm
First Floor - 69sqm - Tags
- Japanese restaurant design, muzo, Oita, interior design, restaurant design, Japanese design, chinatown
- Production Technology
- Grade II Listed Building
Material: Fire retardant timber & veneered oak MDF throughout. - Design Challenge
- As it was a Grade II listed building, the history of the premises was researched in depth prior to work. Great consideration was given at design stage and fit-out work was carried out carefully. Any finishes that needed repairing was matched to the original finish.
- Research
- The space is abundant with plants and botanical imagery bringing a sense of exotic night garden or conservatory. Artworks by Imao Keinen featuring birds in seasonal settings with plants and flowers feature throughout, furthering the theme, Keinen’s masterful use of colours is utilised to play with the décor palette introducing flashes of bright colour that are echoed elsewhere, harmonising with the greenery and midnight shades to effect a unique, spectral contrast. The effect has almost the feeling of Japanese lacquerware artwork made real where living forms are presented luminously against the deep dark of lacquer surfaces.
- Inspiration
- The work was inspired by the Tanizaki essay 'In Praise of Shadows' which discusses the use, meaning and aesthetics of darkness and shadows in Japanese art, design and architecture.
- Project Duration
- The project was completed in January 2023 in London.
- Operation Flow
- Backlit paper parasols are placed overlapping in a flowing pattern that follows the stairs creating a feature wall to surprise and delight leading visitors to the upper level. The warm light of the parasols is accentuated in the dark.
Lighting is careful and muted throughout relying on position and shades.
Two mirrors placed parallel in opposite directions reflect the lights infinitely in their depths, adding to the glow and mystery of the space. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Muzo, 2023
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Sara Hibbert
Image #2: Photographer Sara Hibbert
Image #3: Photographer Sara Hibbert
Image #4: Photographer Sara Hibbert
Image #5: Photographer Sara Hibbert
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