Wagon Remodeling Taavale Meaai by Taichi Hirata is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Agafesootai Competition Category.
ArioAgafesootai· 2025
Wagon Remodeling Taavale Meaai
A' Design Award Ario Winner in Agafesootai Category
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The Design
About Wagon Remodeling Taavale Meaai
O le taavale meaai Iapani mo pateta suamalie tunua i ma'a ua leva ona avea ma se mea taua i tausaga maalili o Iapani, e aumaia ai le mafanafana ma fa'amalamalama filemu le taulaga pe a oo i le po. Na toe mafaufauina lea e ala i se faiga mamanu fa'aonaponei. I Kyoto, lea o lona va'aiga o le taulaga e fa'aalia ai se fati o elemene fa'alava ma tu sa'o e pei o puipui fata, na mamanuina e tu'ufa'atasia elemene fa'asalafa, na fa'aaogaina mo mafua'aga o le fausaga, i se auala e fetaui lelei ai ma auala o Kyoto e pei o le fa'avae ma fa'atupu ai se ata i totonu.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Ario
O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Wagon Remodeling Taavale Meaai, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Wagon Remodeling Taavale Meaai e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Wagon Remodeling Taavale Meaai o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.
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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