Nishinakasu TAKESHI DOROKAWA by TAKASU GAKU DESIGN AND ASSOCIATES INC.
Name of Company or Individual: TAKASU GAKU DESIGN AND ASSOCIATES INC.
Country: Japan
Website: http://www.gaku-design.com
Project Name: Nishinakasu TAKESHI DOROKAWA
Project Completion Date: 9/9/2019
Project Completed City: Fukuoka
Interior Division: Restaurants
This is the design of the Italian restaurant's second store so popular that one cannot even make a reservation. The restaurant name “nishinakasu Takeshi Dorokawa” is, just as its name suggests, only made up of the newly selected land name and the chef’s real name.
It does not bear the word Italian intentionally. The chef, Mr. Takeshi Dorokawa, carefully prepares the dishes using multiple essences of Japanese cuisines and natural ingredients from the earth, a unique cooking style with Italian cooking methods as a base. His method and garnishes are beautifully calm, just like a full course of Japanese cuisines.
The design as a whole is like a dish; with an aim to fuse Italy and Japan, it is composed of delicate details that maximize natural materials and craftsmanship. The entrance approach is made from the Italian spoltedwood* “truffle beech” with a wainscot-like finish. The light and shadow of indirect light reflected on the Echizen handmade Japanese paper* pasted on the wide arched ceiling, and the small “crawl-in entrance (small door)” at the entrance to the customer seats create an atmosphere that features the "fusion of Italy and Japan".
Passing through the “crawl-in entrance (small door)” from the narrow entrance passage is a sudden, leisure, and special space with only seven counter seats. The Chef's counter top, which consists of a counter made of Italian walnuts, is structured 5 cm above the customer counter so that every customer can see all of the chef's handiwork. It is designed so that all of the chef's calm and beautiful dishes, including the garnishes, can be seen.
Also, the background music flowing in the store is commissioned to a composer, and the sound of nature such as wind, rain, air, etc. is imagined and produced and used as original.
*Echizen Handmade Japanese Paper: We used the handmade Japanese paper from the chef's hometown of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture. We requested it from Taki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which has a particularly long history among the 1,500 years of Echizen Japanese paper history. The beautiful cloud-patterned Japanese paper becomes even clearer and highlights the restaurant space because of the indirect lighting.
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