Thermal Spring Diseño interior de aguas termales by Yohei Akao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Oro in Diseño de Espacios Interiores y Exposiciones Competition Category.
OroInterior· 2021
Thermal Spring Diseño interior de aguas termales
by Yohei Akao
Client: Strickland
A' Design Award de Oro Winner in Interior Category
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The Design
About Thermal Spring Diseño interior de aguas termales
Thermal Spring es una instalación de baños termales situada en el primer nivel del sótano de un hotel en Kioto, Japón. El interior abarca 469 metros cuadrados, incluidos el vestíbulo de acceso y el corredor, y utiliza el agua caliente natural que brota del propio emplazamiento. El diseño se inspira en la geología de Kioto, en las tradiciones espirituales de la ciudad y en la memoria de la tierra. Las piedras de jardín halladas en el lugar fueron reconfiguradas y reutilizadas en esculturas pétreas y pavimentos. Un muro de arcilla en índigo profundo evoca la cultura local del teñido, mientras que un muro de granito de superficie natural sugiere las vetas de agua subterránea.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Oro
Thermal Spring Diseño interior de aguas termales ha ganado el A' Design Award de Oro, un reconocimiento inmensamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de primera categoría, maravillosos y sobresalientes. Los ganadores de Oro son creaciones sumamente innovadoras, visionarias y glamorosamente deslumbrantes que reflejan el prodigio, la sabiduría y la destreza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Thermal Spring Diseño interior de aguas termales sea una invención muy elogiada, pionera y monumental que aporta un valor sin precedentes. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Oro es un proyecto espectacular y respetado que beneficia enormemente y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Thermal Spring Diseño interior de aguas termales crea intensos sentimientos de deseo, despierta la pasión, fomenta la creatividad y nos fascina.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This Thermal Spring is located in B1 at Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto in Japan. Being located in Kyoto, which has a deep history and culture in Japan, and being located in front of Nijo castle, which is valuable historical heritage that has looked at Japan's long history elevate the value even more. Utilizing the natural hot springs that spring up from this site and the design derived by scenic beauty of Kyoto also produce the luxury space in the basement floor.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total area of Thermal Spring including the entrance and corridor is 469 square meters.
The basement 1 has also other facilities, Spa treatment and fitness area. - Tags
- hotel, wellness, luxury, hospitality, Spa, relaxing,
- Production Technology
- ・ Modify the scenic stones on this land and reuse them for stone sculpture and floor stone.
・ A clay wall that expresses water using the indigo dyeing culture of Kyoto
・ Granite wall with natural skin inspired by groundwater veins - Design Challenge
- Realizing a space that combines a sacred atmosphere and geology was the most challenging content.
The story of how to reach the final destination, the thermal spring, is not artificial, and maintaining the most natural state for the guest,
and the material is like designing the air, not the shape.
The design was completed by paying close attention to the selection of the material and the level of light. - Research
- In design, researching on the "location" and "history" of its land is very important. What happened in this place, what was happening in this place?
The town of Kyoto, in front of Nijo Castle, a World Heritage Site, the residence that was the root of the client. Gradually narrowing the scope of research, we carefully narrowed down the appropriate way of land. Ultimately, it should be the only space with a story that can only be expressed in this land. - Inspiration
- The facility is inspired by three cores. The first is "geology of Kyoto". The underground of Kyoto is a water basin that stores abundant water, and we have got the inspiration by the groundwater veins covered with rocks 1000 meters underground. The second is "spirituality of Kyoto". There are many sacred temples and shrines in Kyoto. We have been inspired by the spiritual experience of water, light and sound that can be obtained there. The final "memory of this land" is the value of revisiting the original scenery stones (garden stones) of this land and placing them in this facility again.
- Project Duration
- The project has started in 2017 and finished in November 2020, located in Kyoto, Japan.
- Operation Flow
- Arriving at basement, you will encounter a stone object that has been here for a long time. The sound of dripping water and the very underground water vein surrounded by the bedrock are followed by a deep indigo plastered clay wall. Beyond that, there is a corridor where you can feel the continuity of Shiraki, and when you proceed, you will arrive at the reception. And when passing through the changing room, a thermal spring just like a water garden spreads out in front of you.
- Patents
- copyright @ STRICKLAND
- Team Members
- Lighting Designer : Worktecht lighting Design & Consultant
Art Consultant : Ilya - Image Credits
- Photographer Yoshio Shiratori
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