Interior design project of a teppanyaki restaurant by the Japanese chef Koji HASHIMOTO in Paris. Teppanyaki is a kind of cuisine where the chef cooks in a hot steel plate in front of the customers.

This project wants to reconsider the traditional Japanese architecture into a contemporary space. The permeability of light, the rich emptiness of space and flexibility are main features that create the spatiality of Japanese architecture. In addition, we incorporated a traditional “Roji” into the design as a symbolic intermediate space between the urban space of Paris and the inner Japanese architecture.

Sophisticated woodwork such as “Kumiko” made with traditional knowledge and skills of Japanese “Daiku” bring dignity to this hospitality place.

Team:

Architects: Atsushi Kitagawara Architects

Photographer: Nicolas Fagot Studio9

Materials Used:

Entrance Facade: Japanese “Kigoshi” (wood louvers)           

Main Ceiling:  Japanese red ceddar, bamboo

Dining Room Ceiling: Japanese Red ceddar Ajiro Ceiling  

Wall finishing: Shikkui (japanese lime plaster)

Sliding translucent doors: Japanese “fusuma”, custom design by AKA

Hexagonal wooden lattice: Japanese “kumiko”, custom design by AKA

Interior lighting: Washi paper lamps, custom design by AKA

Teppanyaki counter: Japanese hiba wood

Wood individual plates: Japanese cypress, custom design by AKA

Interior furniture: Japanese cypress, custom design by AKA