black inked walls + dim lighting devours ‘sushi senju’ in tokyo

a glimpse of the excellent ‘sushi senju’ restaurant

Kubo Tsushima Architects He has just lately accomplished the inside design of the extremely unique, members-only ‘Sushi Senju’. restaurant with six counter seats and 4 personal rooms. Situated in a residential cul-de-sac, a bit off Tokyo’s bustling Omotesando road, the unique eating venue occupies the primary ground of a constructing and sports activities glass partitions throughout. “We determined to create one other facade behind the glass wall and designed the constructing to appear like a small tea home enclosed in a glass field, seen from the road,” the architects say.

Sushi Senju has an all-glass exterior | photos © Emon Osaki, Nacasa and Partners Inc.

Kubo Tsushima Architects have interaction the 5 senses of diners

Kubo Tsushima Architects (see extra) who need to sharpen the 5 senses of diners and fully immerse them within the ritual of getting ready sushi here) designed ‘Sushi Senju’ as a dim inside that minimizes visible info. ‘Mild from the ground is used to create a dim and blurred sense of spatial distance. The partitions have been plastered with a black Japanese sumi ink shade theme, making a blurred impact on the partitions because the sumi ink shade modified from a light-weight sumi ink shade to a darkish sumi ink shade. particulars the studio.

six-person bench the place a sushi chef enjoys their preparation

Upon getting into ‘Sushi Senju’, diners are greeted by a comfortable pebble backyard with stepping stones – evocative of a tea ceremony room – with a ready space and a six-person bench space the place a sushi chef enjoys their gastronomic preparations. The transition from the white cobblestone gravel backyard to the darkish, black inky room exemplifies the architects’ sensual strategy to design, inviting curiosity and a way of discovery as you discover the restaurant. Reaching the top of the backyard, visitors enter the restaurant’s personal rooms with a personal cloakroom and bathroom. ‘Regardless of its diminutive dimension, the void is summary and symbolic, like an ink portray, with a foggy sense of distance.‘ ends the observe.

harking back to a tea ceremony room