Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu by Chris Chen

Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu by Chris Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu

by Chris Chen

Client: Chris Chen

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu

Yamadera bụ ọnụ ụlọ ndina dị na Jiaoxi, Taiwan, a kpọrọ aha ya site n'ụlọ arụsị ugwu dị na Yamagata, Japan. Ọnụ ụlọ ahụ kpuchiri mita kwụrụ atọ 30, e kewaakwa ya n'akụkụ atọ site na ihe ndozi ọba dị n'ọtụtụ oyi akwa: ọnụ ụzọ mbata, mpaghara izu ike na mpaghara ịsa ahụ. Ngwongwo otu ụdị agba na agba dị nro na-ewulite mmụọ udo na mbudo. A gwakọtara diatomaceous earth n'ime ihe mkpuchi mgbidi nke mpaghara ndina iji jikwaa iru mmiri gburugburu ọdọ mmiri ọkụ. E jikwa ihe mkpuchi mineral na-eguzogide mmiri na mpaghara ịsa ahụ. Nhazi mpaghara dị nkenke ahụ na-azaghachi maka oke ohere ala dị nta.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Yamadera Ọnụ Ụlọ Ndina Nnukwu na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Yamadera Suite of Hotel Yamagata Kaku is aiming to transport guest remotely by creating a nature-like enclosing environment and monotone materials.

Layers of Arch elements neatly divided suite into three sections:
Foyer/Resting/Bathing, based on the nature of the suite program.

The compact spatial organization also solves the size limitation of the space.
Low chromatic tone creates a sense of solitude and yet archly surrounding provides embraced intimacy, fulfill the need of five senses.
Dimensions & Packaging: Suite Area: 30 sqm
Tags: Hotel, Yamadera, Taiwan
Production Technology: Wall coating materials are selected to create unique sense of nature. In sleeping area, diatomaceous earth are mixed into wall coating, adjust the humidity of room with hot spring tub. In Bathing area, water-proof mineral paints are employed to give out caving earthy tone with water proofing function
Design Challenge: With the size limitation of the room (30 sqm.), how to create an isolate hot spring area and yet guest can also feel like being in wide open nature. A room can purify the mind physically and psychologically.
Research: The coherency to interpreted Japanese historical and geographic background into design details are the primary task of designing this suite. For example, we embed the abstract of pilgrimage path (In order to reach to the Mountain Temple in Yamagata Japan, people need to climb up 1015 steps along the mountain path) on the headboard, by flipping through the folding fabric steps on headboard, guest virtually climb up to their mountain temple in heart. We use shimmering thread to embroider the image of Mountain Temple at the end of path, so it will be only visible when you are up and closed to the top. Shimmering embroidery hints the temple never dimmed.
Inspiration: Yamadera meaning Mountain Temple in Japanese. As the heart of Hotel Yamagata Kaku Jiaoxi Taiwan, the exclusive Yamadera suite was named after the symbolic Mountain Temple in Yamagata Japan to deliver the main philosophy of the hotel(sister hotel of Yamagata Prefecture).

“A threshold access to inner world
Explore the deepest beauty of your mind
Cave within cave
Layer after layer
Finding the light of your life”
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 and finished in Feb 2019 in Jiaoxi, Taiwan
Operation Flow: Cave-like resting/sleeping area forms an enclosed space, an isolated space to enjoy solitude. A small concave space inter-mediating the foyer and bedding area is an abstract shrine to paint a sacred tone to space
Team Members: Designer: Chris Chen
Client: Ben Liao
Image Credits: Photographer: Andrew Kan