About The University DINING
The student cafeteria, "The University Dining," enhances the living space for students who spend the majority of their days on campus, providing a relaxing and comfortable space where students can come up with new ideas one after another with their friends, not just for meals but also during free time between classes and after school.
(23,151KB)School cafeteria planning and architectural design
Architectural Concept
Students and faculty gather under the sunlight filtering through the trees.
The new dining room is a space enveloped in gentle light, like sunlight filtering through the trees, with wooden beams recreating the random rhythm of natural fluctuations.
The perimeter is transparent, creating a cozy, intimate space that is connected to the outside. The light from the skylights diffuses softly through the delicate wooden ceiling, creating a place where you can feel the passage of time and the changing weather of the seasons.
In addition to being a place to eat and drink, we aim to create a space that can accommodate a variety of on-campus activities, such as a place to meet up and chat between classes or hold small seminars.
Approximately 1,000 pieces of wooden LVL (Laminated Wood Lumber) are assembled in two layers, top and bottom, and supported by thin steel columns, creating a variety of expressions depending on the viewing direction and seating position. Sunlight filters through the delicate wooden beam ceiling, creating an interior space that feels like sunlight filtering through the trees. The rhythm of 1/f fluctuations, which people find comfortable in the natural world, was programmed, and the arrangement of the wooden beams was determined through structural analysis. The width of the wooden pitch is made to oscillate like a wave, creating a soft environment.
Architecture
- Location: Konodai, Ichikawa City
- Main purpose: University (canteen) 350 seats
- Structure: Steel frame, some wood
- Foundation: Direct foundation
- Number of floors: Single-story
- Floor height: 4.86m
- Site area: 75,994.49㎡
- Building area: 1,213.65㎡
- Total floor area: 1,120.30㎡
- School cafeteria planning and architectural design: Coelacanth K&H Co., Ltd.
- Design
- Construction: Coelacanth K&H Co., Ltd. (Kazumi Kudo, Hiroshi Horiba, Akira Yoshimura)
- Structure: Jun Sato Structural Design Office (Jun Sato and Midori Tsuzuki)
- Facilities: Environmental Engineering (Takafumi Wada, Michinori Matsuishi, Minako Goto)
- Lighting: Tsuki Lighting Office (Yoshiraku Hiroatsu)
- Cooperation: Takashi Chiba (1/f fluctuation program creation)
- Construction: Takenaka Corporation
School cafeteria production
Transit Hospitality Management Co., Ltd.
With the concept of "creating a playground with fashion, architecture, music, design, art, and food and drink as content," the company operates cafes and restaurants, including "bills," a restaurant that serves the world's best breakfast, and "MAX BRENNER," a popular chocolate bar in New York, as well as planning shared offices and commercial facilities, creating a number of popular spots.
Creative
- Interior design: Takao Katsuta, CEO of Line Co., Ltd.
- Bakery menu supervision: Mitsuru Asamoto, CEO of Unite Co., Ltd.
- Graphic design: Naoyuki Suzuki, CEO of Diagram Inc.
- Uniform design: Hiroshi Ozawa, CEO of Future Inn Ltd.
- Mural design: Illustrator SHOGO SEKINE
- Project Advice: Yoshitsugu Nagasaki, Paragraph Co., Ltd.
DINING SERVICE DESIGN LAB
Using "The University Dining" as a stage, we plan and implement workshops to develop students' sensibilities, initiative, and creativity, as well as events aimed at making the cafeteria open to the local community.