Anteroom Naha ホテル by Uds Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀賞 in インテリア空間・展示デザイン Competition Category.

銀インテリア· 2021

Anteroom Naha ホテル

by Uds Ltd.

Client: Hotel Anteroom

A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in インテリア Category

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The Design

About Anteroom Naha ホテル

ホテルアンテルームナハは、現代アートと地域文化の融合を通じて、周辺コミュニティの活性化を目指しています。ギャラリーのホワイトキューブ空間にインスピレーションを得たインテリアデザインは、シンプルでミニマルな設計により、宿泊客がホテル全体に展示されたアート作品に集中できるよう配慮されています。ファサード、インテリア、家具はアーティストとの緊密な協働によってデザインされ、空間そのものを一つのアート作品へと変容させています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀賞

Anteroom Naha ホテルは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Anteroom Naha ホテルは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Anteroom Naha ホテルは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Hotel Anteroom Naha aims to revitalize its neighborhood community through collaboration with contemporary art and its local culture. Inspired by the white cube space of galleries, the interior design is intended to be simple and minimal, which allows guests to focus on the artworks exhibited throughout the hotel. The façade, interior, and furniture were designed in close collaboration with artists, which convert the space itself into a piece of art.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is a 7 floors building of a steel-framed structure, 5756 square meters of total floor area, consists of 126 guest rooms, a restaurant, a bar lounge, a gallery, and a roof-top area.
Tags: Hotel, Anteroom, Naha, Okinawa, Art, Culture, Community, UDS, Collaboration, Art Hotel, Design Hotel
Production Technology: The minimal interior finishes like skeleton ceiling, mortar floor, and plain white paint on walls are utilized to emphasize the view of the harbor and art pieces on display. The design of the guest room was inspired by the ship, the furniture is detailed with round shapes, and the color of the space is toned in blue-gray pallets of the sea. The exterior walls are constructed with Glass fiber reinforced concrete panels, which can be flexibly shaped while retaining their durability. It serves as a protection against the tropical sun and wind, while it is the largest art installation of the facility.
Design Challenge: Taking advantage of starting a building from the ground up, the project started a collaboration with artists from the early stages of design and was challenged to create an architecture that also is an art installation. The façade was designed in collaboration with Kohei Nawa, the pattern of the GRC panels was inspired by his artwork series "Direction" in the attempt to showcase the entire building as an artwork. Other spaces like the entrance hall and concept suites were also made in collaboration with the artists.
Research: The site's neighborhood has long been classified as a low-income area, there are very few hotels or other business facilities that attracted visitors. Through the research, our team discovered the fact that there are not enough galleries in the Naha region where contemporary art can be exhibited properly. Therefore, by creating a hotel that combines an art gallery in this location, this project aims to create a facility that serves as a place of interaction between guests and locals while contributing to the local art community.
Inspiration: As the project site is in a relatively deserted area, a unique and distinctive accommodation facility was necessary to create a new clientele. Therefore, the Hotel Anteroom brand has been extended to Naha, its brand signature is to merge the hotel and art seamlessly. The entire hotel takes on the role of a gallery, the artworks are showcased throughout the building, it creates an opportunity for the guests to enjoy art in an out-of-the-ordinary setting and allows them to participate in a one-of-a-kind accommodation experience.
building, it creates an opportunity for the guests to enjoy art in an out-of-the-ordinary setting and allows them to participate in a one-of-a-kind accommodation experience.
Project Duration: The project has started in April 2016 in Naha city, Okinawa, Japan. Naha is the largest city in Okinawa, a prefecture comprising more than 150 islands in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan's mainland. Okinawa is known for its tropical climate, broad beaches, and coral reefs, as well as World War II sites. The hotel is completed and started its operation in February 2020.
Operation Flow: The hotel’s gallery will regularly host exhibitions and provide opportunities for upcoming artists to showcase their works. Market events featuring local small businesses are organized regularly as well, to make the facility a place for interaction between guests and locals. The hotel also contains multiple concept rooms that were designed in collaboration with artists, the number of concept rooms will increase in coming years, to continue to encourage young artists of Okinawa.
Patents: Copyrights belong to UDS Ltd.,2020
Team Members: Designer: Norito Nakahara, Koichi Tomiyama, Anna Naganuma, Anna Oide, Dao Tran Ai Nhi, Tang Ke
Landscape Designer: Satoshi Koizumi, Jyunya Yamashita
Producer and Creative Director: Yusaku Takahashi, Kumiko Fujisawa
Architecture Design Partner: ARG Ltd.
Lighting Design: RAYDESIGN INC.
Art Direction: sandwichi Inc.
Artwork(Entrance Hall): Mio Yamato
Graphic Design: UMA / desing farm
Hotel Management: Okinawa UDS Ltd.
Debeloper: ASAKA co.,Ltd.
Image Credits: All images: Nakasa and Partners Inc.