David Rockwell与Nobu Matsuhisa最早在曼哈顿特里贝克社区合作设计了一间小型饭店，也就是在这里，Nobu店主的创新料理方式及他出生并长大的日式乡村文化得以在设计中实现。23年后，Nobu Tribeca在金融中心的标志性建筑中，打造了全新的旗舰店Nobu Downtown。David Rockwell与Nobu Matsuhisa期望让饭店延续二十多年前的日式工艺，而此次设计中对材质的探索也反映了主厨别出心裁的烹饪方法。

David Rockwell’s collaboration with Chef Nobu Matsuhisa began with one small restaurant in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood. It was there the duo conceived a design concept inspired by Chef Nobu’s innovative cooking and the culture of the Japanese countryside, where the chef was born and raised. Twenty-three years later, Nobu Tribeca has been closed to make way for a new flagship – Nobu Downtown – set in a landmark building in the Financial District.David Rockwell and Nobu Matsuhisa’s vision for the space is a continuation of their story of Japanese craft that began more than two decades ago. This exploration of materiality is a reflection Chef Nobu’s inventive, non-traditional cuisine.

▼入口层包含酒吧区，休息区，及休闲用餐区，the ground floor features a bar, lounge, and informal dining area

这栋旗舰店包含历史建筑的底层和地窖，结合了建筑的新旧部分。地面层形成酒吧，休息室和用餐空间。Botticino大理石柱子，天花板高度和剖光的石灰岩地板，形成了4500平方英尺内部空间，打造成为室内空间的标志。

Occupying the ground floor and cellar level of the historic building, Nobu’s design connects old and new. The ground floor features a bar, lounge, and informal dining area. An interior landmark, the 4,500 SF space is framed by heroic Botticino marble columns, a 30’ high ceiling, and polished limestone flooring.

▼古典与现代结合的用餐环境，combining the old and new

设计师在酒吧和休息空间的设计中融合了日本书法艺术。中央圆形主吧台底部发光形成独特的空间流动效果。用餐空间由一排波动的木质纹理组织成波动的墙壁装饰，这种设计灵感来源于剪纸艺术。源自Nobu家乡的抽象的白蜡树装饰，仿佛将天花板支撑起来。

For the bar and lounge area, Rockwell conceived a design influenced by the Japanese art of calligraphy. A centrally located circular bar volume features a backlit onyx bar, die-cast and resin-cast candle holders along the back bar that cast a subtle, luminous glow in the space. The dining area is organised into a series of experiences connected by an undulating wooden canopy inspired by kirigami, a type of origami involving the folding and cutting of paper. Abstracted ash trees, inspired by Nobu’s original location, seem to support the canopy.

▼发光的圆形吧台，the centrally located circular bar

▼波动的立面装饰灵感来自于剪纸艺术，the dining area is organised into a series of experiences connected by an undulating wooden

主用餐空间侧翼的寿司吧台包含13个座位，由白蜡树及黑色的钢材所制。定制的吧台工具延续了和服上的设计元素并垂挂在椅背上。另一边，两个陈列架形成亲密的饮酒空间。这里陈列着亲手酿制的日本酒。

The main dining room is flanked by a sushi bar. The 13-seat sushi bar is made of ash and blackened steel. The upholstery of the custom bar stools continue the idea of a kimono draped over the back of the chair. Off to the side, two shelving units form the walls of an intimate sake room. The shelves are filled with handmade ceramic sake carafes by Girardin.

▼主用餐区，the main dining space

▼寿司吧台，sushi bar

▼酒架陈列着酿制日本酒，the shelves are filled with handmade ceramic sake

▼细节设计，detail

▼底层平面图，the ground floor plan

▼地下平面图，the underground floor plan

Photography:Images by Eric Laigne