Han Restaurant
2012 | Odeon Towers, Singapore | Commercial, Hospitality
A dine-in experience inspired by the poetics of materiality and space.
HAN is a boutique Japanese restaurant specialising in Naniwa (old Osaka) kushikatsu. Our concept was to approach materials like a chef would his ingredients—to make the best of their inherent qualities.
The hero material in this restaurant is a byproduct of the wood processing industry: the slender Acacia wood core, which we lined up in a calming order to form a sequence of interior screens. The willowy poles are left unstained and held on end by discreet pins, leaving their grain and texture in view to be accentuated by soft light from below.
