Pitsou Kedem Architects

Taizu Restaurant

LOCATION
Tel Aviv-yafo, Israel

CATEGORY
Restaurant

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The interior is rooted in two main themes - the five elements of ancient Chinese Philosophy (Fire, Water, Metal, Wood and Earth) and the culinary DNA of the menu.

Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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The flavors, textures and colours are based on celebrated chef Yuval Ben Neria’s personal interpretation of street foods of five countries in South East Asia – India, China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

The restaurant belongs to the fine casual dining category delivering the highest level of food, design and hospitality in an informal and accessible setting.

Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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The interior evokes a sense of Asia without being traditional or literal.

An underlying thread connects the design of the space with the chef’s travels through the Far East and the resulting menu. 

Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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The organic form and texture of the banana leaf, for example, is found as a pattern on the concrete walls along the main axis of the space and on tall, pivoting space partitions.

The space is divided into five main seating areas: a lounge area with an informal set up of bar stools along a large, custom made slate table, inspired by the communal street-food set up typical for Asia.

Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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A long wine refrigerator, designed for the space with stained glass doors stretches along the space emphasizing the common aspect.

The main dining space is more formal but the dynamics of the adjacent bar area and open kitchen balance this formality, adding both energy and movement to the experience.

Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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The chef room, separated from the main dining space by glass pivoting doors, is a private as well as an open-to-all dining room.

It is sheltered by two walls from bamboo blocks, which lend the space intimacy and privacy.

A large terrace furnished with custom designed black slate tables and closed off by tall lemongrass plants for their scent and light movement completes the restaurant. 

Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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While much of the finishing on the walls, space partitions and surfaces are designed by the architects, the furniture, comprising custom pieces of Foscarini

And Vibia lamps, Vitra chairs and Boffi appliances, was carefully chosen to be prominent but not overpowering and to give the spaces a classic contemporary feel.


Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
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Taizu Restaurant
© Amit Geron
Taizu Restaurant
Taizu Restaurant
© Amit Geron
Taizu Restaurant
© Amit Geron
Taizu Restaurant
© Amit Geron


Taizu Restaurant

Pitsou Kedem Architects
T +972 3 6204493 F +972 3 6292835
Pitsou Kedem Architects
Maze St 39, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel