The Grand Blue Express Restorant by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The Grand Blue Express Restorant by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Çmimi i Argjendtë A' Design Award in Dizajni i Hapësirës së Brendshme dhe Ekspozitës Competition Category.

ArgjendiBrendësi· 2022

The Grand Blue Express Restorant

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Nautilus Ueno

Çmimi i Argjendtë A' Design Award Winner in Brendësi Category

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The Design

About The Grand Blue Express Restorant

Grand Blue Express është një restorant luksoz për ngrënie në akuarium në Ueno, Tokio. Hapësira e rinovuar e kufizuar në 95m2 ndodhet në katin e 5-të të një pallati të përdorur. I frymëzuar nga trenat luksoz, dizajni përpiqet të kapërcejë kufizimet e vogla të hapësirës për të akomoduar akuariumet dhe për të ofruar atmosferën luksoze që restorant synon të zbatojë. Dhoma e ngrënies merr formën e një karrige korridori që u shërben kabinave individuale në të dyja anët. çdo kabinë është e pajisur me akuariumin e saj të instaluar për të imituar dritaret e trenit, duke krijuar përshtypjen se jeni brenda një treni që lundron nën ujë.

The Recognition

About the Çmimi i Argjendtë A' Design Award

The Grand Blue Express Restorant është fitues i Çmimit të Argjendtë A' Design Award, një njohje jashtëzakonisht prestigjioze që u akordohet dizajneve të nivelit më të lartë, mahnitëse dhe mbresëlënëse. Fituesit e Argjendtë janë vepra tejet brilante dhe jashtëzakonisht krijuese që ilustrojnë ekspertizën, talentin dhe mprehtësinë e shquar të dizajnerëve të tyre. The Grand Blue Express Restorant pritet të jetë një vepër e mrekullueshme, vitrinë e vërtetë e mjeshtërisë, jashtëzakonisht profesionale dhe thellësisht inovative. Ky dizajn fitues i Çmimit të Argjendtë A' Design Award është një shpikje shumë e shquar dhe e admiruar që sjell dobi dhe zgjeron kufijtë e artit, shkencës, dizajnit dhe teknologjisë. The Grand Blue Express Restorant është një krijim shumë i dëshiruar që ngjall dëshira, sjell ndjenja pozitive dhe zgjon habi e mahnitje.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The renovation work for the aquarium dining restaurant took place on the narrow 5th floor of a mixed used building in Ueno, Tokyo. The restaurant is inspired by luxury cruise trains and imitates them to produce a small yet luxurious atmosphere for the dining room. The seats are made into train cabins where the windows are replaced by aquariums. The space turns on to offer an immersive experience with the impression of being inside a train cruising underwater.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 95sqm
W15325mm x D8300mm x H2390mm
Tags: Japan, dining, aquarium, restaurant, Tokyo, blue, train, immersive, hospitality, commercial
Production Technology: The walls are made using dry wall techniques. The floor is covered in ceramic tiles. While the ceiling is finished in vinyl cloth mainly, except for the central corridor ceiling which is covered in special stainless panels that imitates water waves. The aquariums are surrounded by steel frames with a golden baked painting finish. On the top of the frame another round steel panels that allows access to the aquariums for maintenance purposes.
Design Challenge: The client abstract when starting this project is to produce a luxury aquarium dining experience, however the total floor area to be used, including the kitchen is no larger than 95sqm and the height under the beams is limited to 2.3m. How can such a narrow place offer a luxury experience was the main challenge leading to the concept of luxury cruise trains. the second challenge was to integrate the aquariums in this composition without altering the concept.
Research: The experiment of this project was to find a way to imitate a luxury train experience on a concrete building inside the urban jungle of Tokyo. How can a built interior space offer the same experience than a moving dynamic wagon and how can interior materials be used to simulate an automotive space? The combination of material use, dimensional canons, and geometrical shapes were the core of this design exercise.
Inspiration: The space was inspired by luxury trains rides which offers various services. The trains are composed of several wagons with special functions and special layouts. The restaurant combines two types of wagons, the cabin and the dinner and merge them to create a dining cabin, and since the restaurant theme is aquarium dining, the train windows are replaced by aquariums to create a simulation of a train cruising under the water.
Project Duration: Project start: July 2021.
Construction start: December 2021.
Project/Construction End: February 2022.

Location:
Ueno, Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow: Since the restaurant is located on the 5th floor of a building the access is done through the elevator that opens to a small welcoming hall. At the corner a circular shaped sofa. Then the corridor along the space serving the cabins on both sides. on the left, four two-seaters cabins and on the right four other four-seaters cabins. At the end of the corridor the VIP cabin. The kitchen is accessed on both extremities of the corridor on the right side.
Team Members: Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Risa Iriyama
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, Nautilus, 2022.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, Nautilus, 2022.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, Nautilus, 2022.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, Nautilus, 2022.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, Nautilus, 2022.