EQUIPMENT
/ CONCEPT CAR
TAMAGOCHI WITHOUT MOTOR
TEA HOUSE
FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGIES
TEXT / SERGEY KANUNNIKOV
For a European, this white polyhedron with four wheels will cause associations except with medicine. To hide inside no less than a computer tomograph, put the appropriate symbolism on the sides, add emergency lights … On this "ambulance" they will certainly pay attention.
But the designers, creating the Nissan Chappo, thought about something completely different and now patiently reveal to Europeans the secrets of the eastern mentality. Those who are not very familiar with Japanese culture will hardly come to mind that the shape of the windows, the pattern and texture of the decoration materials resemble … a traditional tea house. Of course, modernized in accordance with the age of high technology.
Designers carefully rounded the edges of the body, drew an X-shaped line of the middle pillar and an L-shaped skylight. Nissan calls its creation "a house above the garden." True, the role of the latter, most likely, will be played by a multi-lane freeway or noisy Tokyo street.
Of course, “Chappo” is unlikely to win the beauty contest, but you can’t blame the car for eclecticism. According to the plan of the parents, the car is made for those who are alien to automotive gourmet. We do not require special elegance from a refrigerator or computer - their form is dictated by the content. Behind the wide doors of the Nissan (by the way, the right one can be opened in any direction - the hinges are electronic locks) - a spacious triple room. The front seat can be deployed or turned into a convenient bench. And around - the realm of the ubiquitous Japanese electronics. However, now almost every concept is stuffed with super-flat monitors (in Chappo there are two of them - 7- and 15-inch), powerful computers and navigation systems.