Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel by Wataru Omameuda Daisuke Kusumoto

Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel by Wataru Omameuda Daisuke Kusumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Architectuur, Gebouwen en Constructieontwerp Competition Category.

BronsArchitectuur· 2021

Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel

by Wataru Omameuda Daisuke Kusumoto

Client: Taisei-Yuraku Real Estate Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Architectuur Category

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The Design

About Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel

Dit is een hybride hotel met capsulebedden en gastenkamers voor verschillende verblijfsstijlen in Tokyo. Je kunt hier niet alleen verblijven voor zakenreizen, maar ook voor sightseeing en als buitenlandse toerist die Japan bezoekt. Alle gastenkamers hebben grote ramen voor een ruimtelijk gevoel en uitzicht over de stad. Geniet van ontspanning, koken, eten en dagdromen in gemeenschappelijke ruimtes zoals de keuken en het dakterras.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho Hotel bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This is the hybrid hotel which has capsule beds and guest rooms for various accommodation styles in Hamamatsu-cho. You can stay here not just for business trips but sightseeing and foreign tourists visiting Japan too. All guest rooms have 2 meters square window to feel opened and look out over the town. Enjoy relaxing, cooking, eating, daydreaming at common spaces of kitchen and rooftop and so on.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area 263.91㎡ Building area 146.44㎡ Total floor area 1,298.21㎡ Steel structure, 10 floors above ground
Tags: brightness, share community, scale design, town void, small urban hotel
Production Technology: Steel frame and Extrusion molded cement.
Design Challenge: For the hotel, there is the required size. But this site is too small to give enough wideness. However we make use of this small and get the big brightness into the hotel room by the big, compared this room size, window.
Research: With the theme of "chemical reaction by adding community", this plan makes use of experience such as share house, collective house, hostel and hotel. Based on our track record of accumulating the idea of "designing connections" in both software and hardware, we have realized a hotel for business people and leisure use in Japan and overseas in the Hamamatsucho area of Tokyo. At hostels such as "IMANO TOKYO", in addition to the public cafe lounge, a common space is created in each guest room and on the flow line around the water. It's a different point. A community does not grow with space, but lives because it is created in a place where people come and go as needed. And what is common to the foundation is the attitude of seeking comfort, which has been cultivated by the request of the owner who actually lives as many as the number of dwelling units by designing 19 cooperative houses.
Inspiration: This proposal is mainly derived from the characteristics of this site and the recent hotel situation. Initially, the planned site was being considered for use as a condominium site. However, due to the recent increase in inbound tourists and the trend of hosting the Olympic Games, the Hamamatsucho area has become attractive as a hotel location and has a history of conversion to a hotel plan.
Project Duration: January 2018～January 2020
Operation Flow: Many hotels in the city center have to plan small rooms in order to increase profitability. Under such circumstances, this plan uses the keywords "town VOID," "guest room SCALE design," and "share COMMUNITY." We aimed for a "new hotel life" that realizes a private life that is a little different from everyday life, while keeping comfort and relaxation at the root.
Team Members: Wataru Omameuda, Daisuke Kusumoto
Image Credits: Naoyuki Aoki.