ANAN
JAPANESE NOODLE RESTAURANT – WOLFSBURG, GERMANY
Competition 2005 – 1st prize
The geometric structure developed for the project consists of a series of distorted hexagonal cells organized by a geometric pattern on the floor and the ceiling. The cells are developed and can be inhabited in different manners. The cells are made of 20mm thick acryl panels that span 3.5 m from floor to ceiling and are covered with graphic patterns produced by a selection of young graphic designers from Japan.
The constituting grid in the floor is expressed as aluminum lines in the white polyurethane floor; in the ceiling as light strips that illuminate the restaurant. An algorithm has been developed that runs as a Maya plug-in to minimize the number of angles and radi for the different panels.
CREDITS
| Project: | AnAn |
| Competition: | 2005 |
| Client: | Autostadt GmbH |
| Location: | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| Program: | Restaurant |
| Area: | 370 sqm |
| Year: | 2005 – 2007 |
| Architect: | Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG, Zürich |
| Kitchen Planner: | Promafox |
| Media: | Shiftcontrol |
| CI and Graphics: | Büro Destruct, Furi Furi Company, Fuyuki, GWG inc., Keiko Hirasawa, Kentaro Fujimoto, Maniackers Design,
Power Graphixx, Yamafuji-Zuan |
| Photos: | Iwan Baan, Marc Räder, Udo Meinel |