The project took place in Kichijoji – one of Tokyo’s suburban towns. Harmonica Yokocho is a wondrous bystreet that still retains the atmosphere of black-market stalls during the post-World War II period. Kengo Kuma and Associates designed the interior for a small Yakitori bar that sits on the edge of the street.

The bar interior is mostly made of recycled materials. The company applied recycled LAN cables over every surface which created a shaggy, wooly look. As a result, an amazing interior emerged, where form becomes invisible and only materiality and various colours appear as if floating in the air. It also came to match well with the wall painting by Teruhiko Yumura.

Throughout the project at Tetchan Kichijoji, Nakadai – a company which handles scrap materials – helped develop an idea using LAN cables, acrylic balls and 300 bicycle wheels with exposed rims, that were used to cover the entire facade of the building. Inside, the tables and chairs are also made with the same, allowing the design team to build a consistent space using the wheel rims as the basic particles.