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Korrekte Korokke

christoph wanzel — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:29:46 +0000

Das ist der Titel unter dem man suchen muss. Wird man fündig, stellt man fest dass Severin Corti uns wieder mal beehrt hat.
Das Ergebnis ist ein sehr freundlicher Artikel im RONDO, der Beilage des “DerStandard” vom 28. Oktober 2016.

Hintergründe über unser Leben werden da ausgeplaudert, aber was solls. Das Interior des Lokals ist in der Tat handgeschnitzt. Zumindest im übertragenen Sinne, denn tischlerisch ausgeführt hat es Ferdinand Krug von KRUG Design. Sehr feine Klinge, übrigens.

Überlegt habe ich es vor dem Hintergrund meiner Impressionen und Erfahrungen in Japan über viele Jahre. So ist es möglich dass ein Gaijin (so heissen die Ausländer dort) sich drüber traut ein nach Möglichkeit authentisch japanisches Lokal zu planen.

Die Idee ist direkt inspiriert von einer Jahrhunderte alten japanischen Konstruktionstechnik. An japanischen Tempeln zumeist erkennbar sind die weit ausladenden Dächer und Vordächer. Das lässt sich machen indem mehrere Lagen von Streben übereinander angeordnet werden und jeweils ein klein Stück weiter nach aussen kragen. Nennt sich “Mochi Okuri” und bedeutet sinngemäß “give to send”.

Alles andere ist fein verarbeitete Eiche als Arbeits- und Tischplatten, ist bisschen Glas für die Vitrine UND viel viel ZAKKA. So nennt sich japanischer Krimskrams den wir in Form von Schalen, Geschirr und Kokeshi (zumeist in Form von Antiquitäten) in Japan zusammen gekauft und auf den Mochi-Okuri-Tischen ausgestellt haben.

Am besten selber anschauen:
MARI’S METCHA MATCHA.
Neustiftgasse 7 in 1070 Wien.
Reservierungen unter +43 1 5222115

Credits:
Craftsmanship and execution: Ferdinand Krug / KRUG DESIGN

Do you know what I did last summer?

christoph wanzel — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:47:54 +0000

Here is the story. We got 4 months. We had a house which was crap. So we needed another house to live in. This other house was located in Zushi. And we had a deadline for leaving this house: 30th of June which was 6 weeks after moving in. 6 weeks to make our own house in SHIOIRI habitable.

The house is on a mountain. No roads, no trucks. Just human power. At a temperature of 30° centigrade average, humidity 95%. Weightloss within 3 weeks: 5kg.

After 6 weeks we moved into the kitchen, where we cooked (certainly), slept, lived, played, did the homework (Noah went to school), loved (not so much):

The remaining time I finished as much as I could do. A Living room, a terrace, I installed an oven, I fixed the siding, the roof.

Nice Rice

christoph wanzel — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:20:00 +0000

Authentic japanese dishes based on rice: the concept.

A deconstructed shinto temple: the concept for the interior design.

Credits:
Craftsmanship and execution: Günter Garger / katapult

MA_KU_HA_RI House

christoph wanzel — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:57:20 +0000

We also have a KU_RI_HA_MA house, by the way. Same syllables, our 8 year old mentioned.
Equipped with a lot (!) of experience in renovating japanese houses, the third one was the oldest house. Situated in Makuhari/Chiba it required again to move there and while working on the construction inhabit the house at the same time.
So we went back to the roots.

The size of the house was already impressive: a total of more than 100sqm. So it became subject to another partition. See the section of the final division and learn about the difficulties in it.

We had space to work with and light, which is not standard in densely populated japanese suburban areas. We created two spacious apartments, the yellow and the blue one following our color coding.

IN THE HILLS OF YOKOHAMA

christoph wanzel — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:41:03 +0000

The second house in greater Tokyo: Yokohama.
Die Idee, nachhaltig. Abbruchreifen Häusern neues Leben einhauchen.

Es war einfach 1 Haus. Wir machten 2 draus. Für japanische Verhältnisse immer noch groß.

Platz auf 27m2 und auf 29m2 in 2 Maisonetten.

Eine Verquickung europäischen Denkens mit japanischen Erfordernissen.

Der romantisch abgelegene Winkel bietet überraschend großartigen Fernblick.

Designed, Planned and built from March 2007 till March 2008

A bathroom in Yokohama

christoph wanzel — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:36:29 +0000

Ofuro is a central element of Japanese culture. The execution of the bathroom in the Yokohama house should reflect this appreciation. The bathroom became THE element in the open maisonette space of this apartment.

The crystal shape turned out to be also a great space saver, which is an asset as the whole apartment comprises of only 27m2.

It’s been hand shaped from scrap. A simple 1:1 mockup helped to make the decision whether to do it or not.

MY FIRST HOUSE IN JAPAN

christoph wanzel — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:15:10 +0000

Kurihama, Greater Tokyo. It was an experiment.

The idea: Low Budget – High…

Quality – Renovation, of an old abandoned house. Nobody wanted it. We took it.

A house aged 30something which would not have been renovated by the japanese construction industry. Just torn down.

It was an average house in the hills south of Tokyo.

We found it because a European gaijin needed some „green“ in front of the window. After months in Asakusa, the historic downtown of Tokyo.

	So we moved in. Very soon I realized this is not exactly the house I want to live in.
	Tearing down the first walls was the easy part.

Eventually the thing needed a concept. As everything in Japan and especially a house is very rectangular I wanted something different. Something refreshing for the eyes of the visitors and the residents of this house. I wanted it „round“. And I wanted the challenge. I should have known …

Reconstruction was based on European thoroughness. Only the main structure remained and basically everything was reinforced including an insulation which Austrians consider as minimum.

Life changed.

Front desk for AD office

christoph wanzel — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:47:23 +0000

Creative Direction in an Advertising Agency somethings includes interesting responsibilites. In this case it was setting up a completely new office for more than 100 people. In providing the interior designs. The public face of the office is the front desk. The meet to protect the girls sitting there and directing the heavy traffic in this spec was the obstacle in this case. Low cost and uniqueness as well of course.

interior design, space and object.
a structure for the communication center of an ad-agency – the lobby. clients, employees, service personnel, bosses, move and communicate thru this room. formal and informal communication takes place. main object in the lobby is the reception bar data.
2003. steelplates, acrylic. furniture by ligne roset, kare.
client. publicis group austria.