Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii by Miki Orihara

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii by Miki Orihara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

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Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii

by Miki Orihara

Client: Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki est ornatus interior deversorii in via Miyagawa-suji siti, quae in urbe Kyoto speciem vicorum traditam servat. Consilium ornandi severas regulas locales de coloribus, formis et generibus aedificiorum sequitur. Ratio luminum hospites a luce obscura in aditu ad conclavia clariora ducit, atque lumen indirectum texturam parietum patefacit. Charta washi, cum artifice chartario locali confecta, pluribus modis adhibetur, inter quos tractatio kakishibu, tortio koyori et stratificatio fukuro-bari numerantur. Propositum est spatium tranquillum et calidum ad commorationes commodas efficere.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Rinn Kyoto Miyagawasuji Hitotose Aki Ornatus Interior Deversorii creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

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
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Image #4 / Toshihide Kajiwara