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Chaos Theory: Using innovative modern construction techniques, this restaurant brings clarity and calm to Japanese chaos.


The Ho Chin Ro Chinese restaurant See:
  • Chinese cuisine
  • American Chinese cuisine
  • Canadian Chinese cuisine
  • Chinese restaurant syndrome
  • Chinese restaurant process (a concept in probability theory)
  • Cantonese restaurant
  • The Chinese Restaurant, a second season episode of Seinfeld
 makes a wonderfully clear statement in a very messy street in downtown Kawasaki-shi, near Tokyo. The site was very tight, with a building at the back, as well as each side, and the owner wanted to achieve as much internal clear space as possible.

So the architects came up with the idea of creating the shell out of prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate  
tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates
1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and
 rusted steel panels. Each panel is 2000mm wide, 8000mm long and 115 mm thick and each is stiffened with H-shaped steel members welded to the sheets. It was put up in two days by a small gang of builders working with a crane, but without scaffolding. Simplicity of structure was echoed in planning and handling of finishes. You can see the whole public space through the big planar A technique developed by Fairchild Instruments that creates transistor sublayers by forcing chemicals under pressure into exposed areas. Planar superseded the mesa process and was a major step toward creating the chip.  glass window that rises from pavement to roof on the street side. Downstairs are tables for small groups, and on the balcony are relatively larger and more formal meals. Behind the dining area at this level is the tatami ta·ta·mi  
n. pl. tatami or ta·ta·mis
Straw matting used as a floor covering especially in a Japanese house.



[Japanese.]
 room, over which is a terrace reached by a straight stair stair  
n.
1. A series or flight of steps; a staircase. Often used in the plural.

2. One of a flight of steps.



[Middle English, from Old English
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The jury was impressed by the clarity and simplicity of the project, qualities carried through into all aspects of its execution.
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Title Annotation:Ho Chin Ro restaurant, Tokyo
Publication:The Architectural Review
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9JAPA
Date:Dec 1, 2001
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