Press Release
Hamacho Hotel by Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc. Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc. for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Hamacho Hotel by Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc., designed for Yasuda Real Estate Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding 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.
About Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc.
UDS is a design firm dedicated to creating sustainable, fun and lively urban spaces by pursuing an optimum balance of social responsibility and business profitability. We are a one-stop provider of business planning, architectural design, and commercial operation services, all under one roof. Whatever the use or function, every space we create is truly unique to the community it serves, and we achieve it by integrating all aspects of the physical environment.
Award Record
Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc. is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2019 - 2020 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/102839
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/102839
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!102839
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/212245
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.yasuda-re.co.jp/business/building/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hamacho Hotel
- Function
- Hotel
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Light Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Light Sky Blue and Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yasuda Real Estate Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Uds Ltd. and The Range Design Inc.
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #102839
Credits
- Team
- Yasuda Real Estate Co., Ltd. Kazuya Sugawa, Nobuyuki Kasai, Yoshifumi Hirata, Sayaka Ogawa, Yasuda Facility Works Co., Ltd. Kazunori Nakamura, UDS Ltd. + the range design INC. Ryo Takarada, Daishi Yoshimoto, Ayako Kobayashi, MHS Planners, Architects & Engineers Ltd. Arata Watanabe, Nobuaki Kago, Shinya Tanaka and Yuji Sato and others
- Image Credits
- All Image: Nacasa and Partner Inc.
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 and Location
- The project is located in Nihonbashi Hamacho, Tokyo, Japan. Its construction period is from September 2016 to January 2019.
- Specifications
- 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.
- Keywords
- Hotel, Design, Nihonbashi, Hamacho, Tokyo, Japan, Lifestyle, Craft, Green, Plants
