A restaurant that brings people and greenery

It is a one-minute walk from Aramachi Station, a streetcar line in the center of Toyama City. The plan is to renovate the first floor of a five-story building that was formerly a securities company into a restaurant.

The owner plans to build a new building and a pocket park on the adjacent land, and the owner wants to make the pocket park a place of relaxation for passersby. In order to create a ground-level connection between the entire facility, greenery was incorporated into the interior so that the greenery from the pocket park on the adjacent lot would continue into the restaurant, creating a park-like space where people from all walks of life could casually drop by.

The main planting area is located on the facede, and other plants are placed above the suspended ceiling and lighting fixtures, as well as interfering with dining and staff flow lines.

In addition, considering the connection with the neighboring land, stainless steel and mortar were used for the interior materials, and materials from Bandai Fence were used for the main counter to create a gentle psychological fap between the outside and inside of the restaurant, this introducing external elements.

On the other hand, to avoid an overly radical impression, white was used as the base color for the walls, and wood was used for the counters and tables thet peopleʼs hands com in contact with to create a popular atmosphere easily accepted by various generations.

Once very common, Mandaibei is a concrete fence that is used less and less these days. Our idea for its use was also to revisit this industrial art form which, although firmly rooted in the collective memory of the Japanese, is in danger of disappearing.