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The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara

The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Złota Nagroda A' Design Award in Projektowanie Wnętrz Competition Category.


ZłotaWnętrza· 2021

The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja

by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara

Client: Kintetsu Miyako Hotels International,Inc.

Złota Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Wnętrza Category

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The Design

About The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja

Tekst książki: Zaprojektowana, by wyrażać nowego ducha Kioto, ta wysoce oryginalna kaplica jest w stanie pomieścić coraz bardziej zróżnicowaną gamę stylów ślubnych poszukiwanych przez współczesne pary, obejmującą nie tylko tradycyjne ceremonie kościelne, ale również ceremonie sintoistyczne oraz świeckie. Wykorzystano w niej możliwie jak najwięcej istniejącej konstrukcji, dodając drewnianą kratownicę sufitową przeplecioną oświetleniem pośrednim, aby przywołać obraz światła słonecznego przenikającego przez gałęzie drzew. Rezultatem jest sakralna przestrzeń przepełniona tradycyjną japońską estetyką oraz głębokim szacunkiem dla obfitego, otaczającego ją środowiska naturalnego.

The Recognition

About the Złota Nagroda A' Design Award

The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja to laureat Złotej Nagrody A' Design Award, ogromnie prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego pierwszorzędnym, wspaniałym i znakomitym projektom. Laureaci Złotej Nagrody to niezwykle innowacyjne, wizjonerskie i olśniewające dzieła, które odzwierciedlają geniusz, mądrość i kunszt ich twórców. The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja ma być wysoko chwalonym, wyznaczającym trendy i monumentalnym wynalazkiem, który dostarcza bezprecedensowej wartości. Ten projekt nagrodzony Złotą Nagrodą A' Design Award to spektakularne, szanowane dzieło, które w znacznym stopniu przynosi korzyści i przesuwa granice sztuki, nauki, designu i technologii. The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Funkcja podstawowa: Renowacja wywołuje intensywne uczucie pożądania, budzi pasję, zachęca do kreatywności i fascynuje nas.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Founded 130 years ago, the Westin Miyako Kyoto is an elegant hotel with a proud history nestled into the foothills of the city’s Higashiyama district. The same elegance and quality were essential in this major renovation and earthquake retrofit of the chapel, which occupies a separate building on the hotel property. Intended to express the new spirit of Kyoto, the highly original chapel is able to accommodate the increasingly diverse range of wedding styles sought by contemporary couples, including not only conventional church ceremonies but also Shinto and non-religious ceremonies.
Dimensions & Packaging
We were asked to create a new space without altering the building’s existing framework. Because this condition ruled out the installation of skylights, we used artificial lighting to replicate the appearance of natural light. Regulations required that the wooden latticework on the ceiling and walls be semi-fireproof, so we used fire retardant lumber.
Tags
Chapel Renovation, Chapel design,
Production Technology
We strengthened the connection with the woods behind the building by redesigning the windows to remove mullions and increase transparency, as well as by shining a sunny light on the natural-stone wall in order to bring the exterior space into the interior. We valued the atmosphere created by materials themselves, expressing the contrast between delicacy and strength through the use of stained, fire-proofed cedar woods and unpolished granite from the mountains of Shodoshima.
Design Challenge
The construction plans and specifications taking up most effort in the project is the lighting design and form and density (spacing) of the ceiling lattice, which together replicate light shining between trees, the building’s most distinctive characteristic. The wooden louvers on the walls create a sense of depth and rhythm, both tying the entire space together by linking to the ceiling lattice and ensuring the high quality, serene reverberations required in a chapel.
Research
Founded 130 years ago, the Westin Miyako Kyoto is an elegant hotel with a proud history nestled into the foothills of the city’s Higashiyama district; the present main building and Kasui-en Annex were both designed by Togo Murano and completed in 1960 and 1959 respectively. The same elegance and quality were essential in this major renovation and earthquake retrofit of the chapel, which occupies a separate building on the hotel property.
Inspiration
As a show of respect to the abundant natural surroundings, rock and wood take center stage in this sacred space imbued with a traditional Japanese aesthetic. we utilized as much of the existing framework as possible while also incorporating elements of traditional shrine and temple architecture, adding a wooden ceiling lattice interwoven with indirect lighting that evokes sunlight pouring through the branches of trees and highlights the beauty of the shadows and gradations that are created as light falls through the multi-layered lattice.
Project Duration
Location, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Renovation Area, 237m2
The project started in April 2019 in Kyoto and finished in April, 2020
Team Members
Takenori Katori
Fumi Habara
Image Credits
WMH_1.jpg:Photographer Tomohiro Sakashita, 2020
WMH_2.jpg:Photographer Tomohiro Sakashita, 2020
WMH_3.jpg:Photographer Tomohiro Sakashita, 2020
WMH_4.jpg:Photographer Tomohiro Sakashita, 2020
WMH_5.jpg:Photographer Tomohiro Sakashita, 2020

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