T0 Sumibi Yakiniku, Shanghai Japanese Restaurant, Huangpu District Commercial Interior, Chinese Architecture Photos
T0 Sumibi Yakiniku in Huangpu District
21 Feb 2022
Architecture: Nong Studio
Location: 2F, No.1247, South Suzhou Road, Shanghai, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

Photos by Hei Nong
T0 Sumibi Yakiniku Shibuyanaka Sushi
The overall design for T0 Japanese cuisine brand is inspired by five Chinese elements – namely metal, wood, water, fire, and earth – which coincide with their different series of products. Through one entrance, there are two dining zones, and the water and fire concept is respectively adopted in T0?????| ???? restaurant, an establishment combining OMAKASE sushi and charcoal fire roasts. First, for the fusion of two elements, the designers borrowed the concept of the traditional Japanese architectural wooden frame structure to build up and divide the interior space.
Additionally, two circulations for sushi (water) and yakiniku (fire) are arranged in an irregular layout, with different dining zones also distinguished by different floor heights. Two zones are divided by a bidirectional glass wine cabinet in the middle, which can be opened at both sides and enables either zone to be seen from the other side.

By means of ?creating spaces within a space?, the firm also embedded private dining rooms into the space, where layers of space achieved through different floor heights, a collision of different textured materials, a va...