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Fumihiko Sano Studio

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Daisuke Shima
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JURY VOTES
Bar
6.09
6.00
6.42
6.84
6.34
Haijie Hu
Haijie Hu Cofounder and Creative Director at VAVE Studio
5.41
5.29
5.58
5.41
5.42
Kim Tchai
Kim Tchai Founder and CEO at Tchai International
it's cool to see how stunning this...
6.63
6.07
7.4
8.23
7.08
Geoffrey Timmer
Geoffrey Timmer Creative director at Colliers
5.8
6
6.8
7.4
6.5
Mijail Gutierrez
Mijail Gutierrez Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will
A fantastic example of repurposed m...
7
6
7
8
7
Christophe Penasse
Christophe Penasse Cofounder at Masquespacio
6.05
6.05
6.05
6.35
6.13
Hongchao Wang
Hongchao Wang Creative Director and Cofounder at Benwu Studio
5.98
5.49
5.57
6.02
5.77
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
Great to see how cohesive the resul...
6
7
7
7
6.75
Miriam Zuurbier
Miriam Zuurbier Associate Partner and Creative Director at TANK
6
5.5
7
7
6.38
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay Director of Architectural Design at ATÖLYE
Great atmosphere and materiality...
6
7
7
8
7
Rosha Ehsan
Rosha Ehsan Head of Design at Gastronomica Middle East
7.1
6.14
6.49
8.33
7.02
Madhubala Ayyamperumal
Madhubala Ayyamperumal Design Experience Leader at Gensler
Great combination of design experie...
7.03
5.83
6.87
8.31
7.01
Elliot March
Elliot March Cofounder at MAWD
5.91
5.76
5.85
5.75
5.82
Kamna Malik
Kamna Malik Design Curator & Content Strategist at Kamna Malik
5
5
5
5
5
Dan Wang
Dan Wang Cofounder and CEO at Prominence Consulting Group and PLUTO
5.36
6.81
6.2
5
5.84
Client
Spirits&Sharing
Floor area
39 ㎡
Completion
2022

We were consulted on the idea of creating a bar based on the concept of a sake called 'kokushu', which is made in Japan. Alcoholic drink has been produced spontaneously in many parts of the world. In Japan, sake, a brewed liquor made from rice, and shochu, a distilled liquor made mainly from rice, barley and potatoes, have been produced. Sake represents local culture, and descriptions of sake appear in ancient texts such as the Kojiki ; Japan’s oldest surviving historical account and was completed in 712. How to create a bar that embodies such Japanese climate, history and culture? The idea was then to bring together textured materials with different stories to form a single space with the counter at its centre.

In addition to the timbers I have collected for some time, the materials from different parts of Japan, each with a different time and story - rafters from a temple in Nara, pillars from a private house in Kanagawa, boards from a townhouse in Kyoto, shelves from a house in Nagano, shingles from a temple in Yamagata, bamboo from a thatched roof and floor boards from a private house in Nagano - were gathered under a sloping roof-like ceiling and replaced with elements and functions different from their original. Textured materials with different stories emerged and came together to create a space centred around the counter. 

The history and culture of the various regions of Japan are mixed with these materials, which are unique, creating a space where you can feel the time that the materials have passed through without being aware of it.