Eco-cycle Pavillion is a restaurant which demonstrates various approaches toward sustainable challenges. This facility is developed and designed together with “Becamex Tokyu Hikari Complex,” where 15 other F&B brands are located in the center of Binh Duong New City in Vietnam.

The restaurant has been working on sustainable restaurants in Vietnam and Cambodia with the idea of sharing experience with customers through edutainment - an entertainment space through educational approaches. In order to spread this experience more widely, Takashi Niwa Architects and the client have collaborated alongside Becamex Tokyu to introduce a sustainable lifestyle for the new city.

<Eco-circulation is visualized in circulation>

The pavilion is surrounded by the diverse landscape of fruit trees (banana, star fruit, mango, pomelo...) providing shade, green view and edible fruits. Passing the pond with edible fish, guests are welcomed at the restaurant entrance with a large bench made of recycled plastic. At the arrival of the dining space, an interior garden within a void space reveals the charming sunlighting changing throughout the time of day. Main circulation is centered around this interior garden, extending toward the dining and exterior garden. 

The full cycle process of waste sorting, solid composting and herb gardens are also demonstrated in the restaurant space, highlighting the sustainability initiatives. The edutainment approach invites guests to enjoy and experience these sustainable activities, as well as the greenery garden. 

<Farm to table, rubbish for space>

The restaurant delivers food with “Farm to table” concept to achieve an eco-cycle of food production, such as recycling whoey from cheese to make drinks. That idea is expanded and visualized in space with the motto of “rubbish for space” to utilize the unused resources from their activity as interior material. For example, the recycled plastic for benches and cabinets; Glass Bottles on the floor finishing as a pattern; Recycled bricks for wall; Recycled steel for handrails; Durable recycled wood from timber boats for doors, tables; Recycled concrete block for foundation testing is utilized as the step in the inside garden.