Contract - July/August 2015 - 118
RAW
Architect WEIJENBERG
Client Hasmore
Where Taipei, Taiwan
What 5,000 square feet
on one floor
Cost/sf Withheld at client's
request
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One's experience of a masterful work of art is invariably intimate and,
ultimately, very personal. Award-winning Asian chef André Chiang aims
to evoke similar responses in those who partake of his exceptional food.
So in his quest to create a new restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, that would
set the stage for such an interaction with his gastronomic creations,
he turned to the Singapore-based architecture and design firm
WEIJENBERG. The result of their collaboration is called RAW, a place
where object, subject, and context merge in harmony. And, like a great
work of art, it promises to inspire, too.
"André's artistic vision for food allowed us to discuss the design on
a much deeper level," says Dutch-born architect Camiel Weijenberg, the
firm's principal and founder. "While André had specific ideas about the
interior design, he also provided the creative freedom to actualize a
new entity of restaurant that is fast becoming a hallmark of Taipei."
Situated on Lequn 3rd Road, the chic culinary hub of the city, the
5,000-square-foot, 56-seat restaurant not only reflects the visceral,
primitive qualities its name evokes but it communicates how Chiang
wishes his food to be experienced. As glimpsed through the glass
storefront, the centerpiece of the interior is a curvaceous wine bar
constructed of spruce wood blocks joined with traditional shipbuilding
techniques and resembling a massive piece of driftwood. It twists to
form built-in benches that line the walls of the lounge area in front and
draws the eye further into the restaurant's restrained interior.
"André's food is always presented with artistry," Weijenberg says.
The food served as the muse for the selection of a subdued and
minimal material palette, including concrete walls and copper light
fixtures, which allow the chef's creations to take center stage. The goal,
Weijenberg says, was "to create a close proximity between customer
and food. The experience of Andre's food is intended to be intimate."
Spaces without borders
With the notion of intimacy as a guiding design principle, wood was
implemented "in its pure state," as Weijenberg describes it, to create the
organic form that draws guests into the tranquil lounge in front and
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Editorial
Inudstry News
Columnist: Tracking Internal Metrics for Greater Firm Prosperity
Mixing and Matching
Setting the Stage
U.S. Pavilion Expo Milano 2015
Buenos Aires City Hall
RAW
Swedbank
Exploded Cinema
Competition: Inspiration Awards
Designers Select: Textiles
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