Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele by Miki Orihara

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele by Miki Orihara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KalaLoko Hale· 2025

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele

by Miki Orihara

Client: Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele

He hoʻolālā kūloko hōkele ʻo Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki e kū ana ma Miyagawa-suji, he alanui ma Kyoto e mālama mau ana i ke ʻano kuʻuna o ke alanui. Ua hahai ka hoʻolālā i nā lula paʻa o ia wahi e pili ana i nā waihoʻoluʻu, nā kino a me nā ʻano o nā hale. Alakaʻi ka hoʻolālā kukui i nā malihini mai ka mālamalama pōwehiwehi ma ke puka komo a i nā lumi ʻoi aku ka mālamalama, a hōʻike ka mālamalama kūhelu ʻole i ke ʻano o ka ʻili o nā paia. Hoʻohana ʻia ka pepa washi i hana pū ʻia me kekahi mea hana pepa kūloko ma nā ʻano like ʻole, e like me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kakishibu, ka wili koyori a me ka hoʻopaʻa papa fukuro-bari. ʻO ka pahuhopu, he wahi mālie a mahana no ka noho ʻoluʻolu ʻana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ka Hoʻolālā Kūloko o ka Hōkele e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This facility is located on Miyagawa-suji and features a design that emphasizes harmony with its surroundings. The lighting plan makes full use of materials and cooperation with a local washi paper artist has been designed with local production for local consumption in mind. Kakishibu washi paper and the koyori technique are used to add shading, aiming to create a facility with concern and warmth in the traditional streetscape.
Dimensions & Packaging: Although Japanese paper is used extensively, it is expressed in a variety of ways. Japanese paper mixed with clay and colored Japanese paper plus plastering, kakishibu, which has been used since ancient times for its antiseptic and water-repellent properties koyori, in which Japanese paper is picked up and twisted by hand fukuro-bari, in which the surface is covered to seal the cavity, and furthermore, lighting is installed in the cavity.
Tags: Interior Design, Hotel Luxury, Living space, Guesthouse, Asia , Japan
Production Technology: Kyoto has strict regulations in place to protect its traditional landscape, and the colors, shapes and designs of buildings must conform to a prescribed style. We have actively worked to comply with these regulations, incorporating external lighting into the interior of the first floor without any sense of incongruity, and creating a “stillness” and “movement” atmosphere on the second floor, created by Kyoto artisans.
Design Challenge: While overcoming the strict landscape regulations, how can we create a new style without destroying the good image that many people have of Kyoto's machiya? We also carefully considered what kind of measures would be needed to ensure that guests would be comfortable in the hot summers and cold winters.
Research: We held discussions with the Japanese paper artists about colors and construction methods, and solved the problem in a variety of ways. We also reread works such as Junichiro Tanizaki's In Praise of Shadows, E. Oryong's The Shrinking Japanese Mind and Bruno Taut's Nippon and summarized our way of thinking.
Inspiration: The space has been created to reflect the Japanese aesthetics of drawing in, with the intention of capturing the atmosphere of Miyagawa-cho, Kyoto, inside the room. To change from the dim light upon arrival at the inn to the brightness of the interior, the lighting is based on Junichiro Tanizaki's In ei Raisan. In the guest rooms, indirect lighting is used to accentuate the texture of the walls, and the materials and lighting are carefully selected.
Project Duration: 605-0801 4-297-10 Miyagawasuji Higashiyama-ku Kyoto city
Completed on October 26, 2023.
Operation Flow: Design plays an important role in shaping cities. I also think it has a role to play in passing on culture to the next generation. I hope this book will be a chance for many people to learn about the importance of design.
Team Members: Lead Designer : Miki Orihara
Interior Designer : Mao Namikawa
Graphic Designer : Kei Sakai
Washi paper-making artist : Wataru Hatano
Image Credits: Main Image / Toshihide Kajiwara
Image #1 / Toshihide Kajiwara
Image #2 / Toshihide Kajiwara
Image #3 / Toshihide Kajiwara
Image #4 / Toshihide Kajiwara