Excerpt: Yazawa Restaurant, a refurbishment project by Takashi Niwa Architect, aims to create an original place using iron as a versatile material. The design incorporates cast iron, Bengala (iron oxide pigment), iron bars, and plates, as well as iron-coloured spaces, allowing for interaction between people, objects, and spaces. The iron itself contrasts with the elements, allowing for a harmonious and visually appealing experience.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] The fascination of Yakiniku (Japanese-style BBQ) is to enjoy the way raw meat changes its state as it is cooked on the griddle. Yazawa Yakiniku Restaurant has a great effort on not only its ingredients but also its meat grilling equipment, especially its griddle and grill, which directly leads to the quality of its food.
In considering the design for their new restaurant in Hanoi, iron as a material for multiple uses was focused on creating an original place that encompasses everything from the landscape of the food to the architectural space.
The iron itself, and the things that are being changed by the iron are contrasted and fused. A scenery of landscape expressed by cast iron, Bengala (Iron oxide pigment), iron bars, and plates, as well as spaces colored by iron, was created to let things, people, and spaces interact with each other.
The site is a typical French villa in Hanoi that has been renovated and extended again and again. Renovating the building by giving it the power of iron in various forms, creates a contrast between old and new.
The scenery in a restaurant where one enjoys the changing ingredients on the iron obtained more depth in meaning and space by bringing various iron landscapes connected to the local culture into the place. An interactive experience in this space which will be a backdrop of the precious time spent by guests, is expected.
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