seating places at restaurant;image © Erieta Attali

The project took place in Kichijoji (one of Tokyo’s suburban towns)’s Harmonica Yokochi, a wondrous bystreet that still retains the atmosphere of black-market stalls during the post-World War II period. Kengo Kuma and Associates designed the interior for a small Yakitori bar that sits on the edge of the street.

bar of the restaurant;image © Erieta Attali

It is mostly made of recycled materials.Kengo Kuma and Associates applied recycled LAN cables, which we call Mojamoja – to describe its shaggy, wooly look – and what is called acrylic ball (left-over melted acrylic byproduct pieces) to everything from interior materials to furniture.As the result, some amazing interior emerged, where form becomes invisible and only materiality and various colors appear as if floating in the air.It also came to match well with the wall painting by Teruhiko Yumura.

bar seatings,image © Erieta Attali

bar seatings look like an ice that makes untouchable feeling,image © Erieta Attali

''ice'' bar seatings are mixed with the colour painting on the wall which was intentionally used to ease the space,image © Erieta Attali

image © Erieta Attali

image © Erieta Attali

image © Erieta Attali

Project Facts

Location:1-1-2 Kichijoji-Honmachi Musashino city Tokyo Japan
Date:2014.10
Service:Restaurant

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