08.10.2012

Bistro La Miell, Ehime, Japan by Suppose Design Office.

Bistro La Miell, Ehime, Japan by Suppose Design Office.

The idea of wrapping a building in a “tea cosy” (a bizarre woollen garment the English use to put over their teapots in order to keep their tea warm) is an appealing one to a certain kind of architect. There have been a few attempts to explore the aesthetic that might result, but this project from the Japanese Suppose Design Office from 2007 appears to take the idea more towards that of a veil. The soft aesthetic qualities of the exterior cladding suggest what the spaces on the interior might be like, but there is a surprise. Whilst the interior spaces are atmospheric and moody they are not at all what might be expected from outside. Paper thin walls recalling the Japanese tradition of screens that divide the space into “dining rooms”. The rooms become intimate, although they are not fully enclosed. There is some kind of game being played between light and dark, solid and void. Some rooms have the interiors finished in what looks like dark wood and the between spaces in white, but other rooms look to have a metallic interior finish. The result is to modulate the mood, providing a subtlety varied dining experience depending on where you sit. Bistro La Miell Japanese dining room Suppose Design Office
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