UCHI LOUNGE 01
Within boundless darkness there floats a weightless light
“I want to make this restaurant a conceptual space, where
people appreciate, then consume,
Japanese cuisine,” said the owner of Uchi Lounge.
Looking at it independent of the cuisine provided by the
restaurant, so called “conceptual space”,
is a way to view the world without reference to solidity. However,
an architectural space without
solidity does not exist. There we considered, perhaps a “conceptual
restaurant space” is where it
enables people to simply concentrate on the act of food
appreciation.
A
13m long ribbon of light floating in the space with no structural
support in its length. A massive
8.4m x 1.6m concrete table firmly established at the centre of the
space.
By structuring the space with measures unimaginable in
normal restaurants, people are
overwhelmed by the unusual scale, hence paralysed about the scale
reference within Uchi Lounge.
The walls and ceiling painted in a boundless black seem to continue
into eternity – it is as though
the ceiling does not exist, only the weightless plane of light is
hovering above. “Space” becomes
an abstract concept as common references fail, and at this point in
time, the cuisine on the table, in
front of the eyes, is the only reality; the act of food
appreciation, is where one concentrates all
senses.
Information about the restaurant space disappears into
background; only the food on the tongue is
taking the centre stage in one’s mind. We believe a space of such
abstraction is appropriate for
appreciating the delicacy in Japanese cuisine.
PROGRAM Restaurant Fitout
PROJECT TEAM Yoshihito Kashiwagi, Olivia Shih, Benjamin Chan, Di
Sheng Neo
LOCATION Sydney, Australia
MAIN MATERIAL Timber, Steel
AREA 77m2
BUILT 2011
STRUCTURE Cantilever Consulting Engineers
PHOTO Andrew Chung & Katherine Lu
(2012-08-30 21:12:41) 
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