Bronze Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2020
Hamacho Hotel
by Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc.
- A' Design Award 2020 Bronze Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Yasuda Real Estate Co., Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 20,054
- Verification code 0277EB240F · Verify this award
About Hamacho Hotel
Hamacho is a hotel located in Nihonbashi Hamacho, Tokyo, Japan. The building has 15 floors and one basement level, and the structure is reinforced concrete. The hotel occupies the front half of the building, while apartments are placed at the back. There are 170 guest rooms in total. The ground floor holds a restaurant and a shop that are open to the public. Board-formed concrete and plaster express local craftsmanship. Planting is stacked across the facade to form a vertical landscape and to reduce energy use. Lightweight artificial soil limits the load and controls root growth.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Hamacho Hotel is the nucleus of an ongoing effort to vitalize the Hamacho area in Eastern Tokyo. Bold visual expressions of "Greenery and Craftsmanship" became the principal design theme, while the development aimed to become a social hub for locals, as well as becoming a destination for diverse hotel guests seeking a new cultural experience and local engagement.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- This is a 15 story building with 1 basement floor. Its structure is reinforced concrete. The hotel occupies the front half of the building being divided vertically with apartments on the back. The project site area is 1423.28 square meters, and the total floor area is 13,010.79 square meters with a total of 170 keys. The ground floor is a common area open to public with a hotel restaurant and a shop, the floors 2 to 14 are guestroom floors, and the 15th floor accommodates 4 executive rooms with private balconies in each room.
- Tags
- Hotel, Design, Nihonbashi, Hamacho, Tokyo, Japan, Lifestyle, Craft, Green, Plants
- Design Challenge
- The architectural design interprets “craftsmanship” in selecting materials and detailing. Adopting board-formed concrete and plastering as the main technique, volumes of “green” is stacked three-dimensionally to create its articulated facade with a vertical landscape so that the building is covered with the essential concept of Hamacho from the ground to the top at 45 meters in height, not only aesthetically contributing to the streetscape but functioning as an energy reduction effort.
Considering all of the landscaping weight that the building has to bear, a light-weight artificial soil is used. It is effective in controlling root growth and stabilizing their size in a long-term. - Project Duration
- The project is located in Nihonbashi Hamacho, Tokyo, Japan. Its construction period is from September 2016 to January 2019.
- Inspiration
- Yasuda Real Estate Co., Ltd. had owned real estates in Nihonbashi Hamacho area since 1886 and developed the neighborhood with offices and residential buildings during Japan's post war economic growth. In the recent years, they are committed to vitalizing the neighborhood through not only hardware developments but also a community making under the concept of "greenery and craftsmanship." As a solution to creating a building that attracts residents, workers and a constant inflow of new visitors, the site was given its use as a hotel.
- Image Credits
- All Image: Nacasa and Partner Inc.