Completed in 08.2023
Program: Restaurant
Location: 42 P. Tăng Bạt Hổ, Phạm Đình Hổ, Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Site area: 350m2
GFA: 840m2
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.
[Design]
Architecture Design: Takashi Niwa, Kyohei Takahashi, Tran Thu Trang, Le Van Bao, Dang Duc Quang, Misaki Tatebayashi, Pham Huy Hoang, Viet Anh
Structure engineer: Tran Phuong
MEP engineer: Theta
Contractor: DCA, Indigostore
[Photographs]
Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki