Auro Totonu · 2021
Thermal Spring Le Mamanu Totonu o le Vaipuna Vevela
by Yohei Akao
- A' Design Award Auro 2021 in Totonu
- CLIENT: Strickland
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 27,816
- Verification code 3DC4953E34 · Verify this award
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About Thermal Spring Le Mamanu Totonu o le Vaipuna Vevela
O le Thermal Spring o se nofoaga taele i vaipuna vevela o loo i le fogafale muamua i lalo o le eleele o se faletalimalo i Kyoto, Iapani. E aofia ai le totonu i le 469 sikuea mita, e aofia ai le faitotoa ulufale ma le auala savali, ma e faaaogaina ai le vai vevela faalenatura e alu ae mai le nofoaga lava lea. O le mamanu e musuia mai le tulaga faafanua o Kyoto, mai tu ma aga faaleagaga o le aai, ma le manatuaga o le laueleele. O maa o togalaau na maua i le nofoaga na toe faafouina ma toe faaaogaina mo faatagata maa ma le fola. O se puipui omea i le lanu moana loloto e faamanatu ai le aganuu faalanulanu ie a le atunuu, a o se puipui maa kaneite ma ona foliga faalenatura e faailoa mai ai alavai i lalo o le eleele.
About the A' Design Award Auro
O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Thermal Spring Le Mamanu Totonu o le Vaipuna Vevela, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Thermal Spring Le Mamanu Totonu o le Vaipuna Vevela e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Thermal Spring Le Mamanu Totonu o le Vaipuna Vevela e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.
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- Unique Properties
- This Thermal Spring is located in B1 at Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto in Japan. Being located in Kyoto, which has a deep history and culture in Japan, and being located in front of Nijo castle, which is valuable historical heritage that has looked at Japan's long history elevate the value even more. Utilizing the natural hot springs that spring up from this site and the design derived by scenic beauty of Kyoto also produce the luxury space in the basement floor.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total area of Thermal Spring including the entrance and corridor is 469 square meters.
The basement 1 has also other facilities, Spa treatment and fitness area. - Tags
- hotel, wellness, luxury, hospitality, Spa, relaxing,
- Production Technology
- ・ Modify the scenic stones on this land and reuse them for stone sculpture and floor stone.
・ A clay wall that expresses water using the indigo dyeing culture of Kyoto
・ Granite wall with natural skin inspired by groundwater veins - Design Challenge
- Realizing a space that combines a sacred atmosphere and geology was the most challenging content.
The story of how to reach the final destination, the thermal spring, is not artificial, and maintaining the most natural state for the guest,
and the material is like designing the air, not the shape.
The design was completed by paying close attention to the selection of the material and the level of light. - Research
- In design, researching on the "location" and "history" of its land is very important. What happened in this place, what was happening in this place?
The town of Kyoto, in front of Nijo Castle, a World Heritage Site, the residence that was the root of the client. Gradually narrowing the scope of research, we carefully narrowed down the appropriate way of land. Ultimately, it should be the only space with a story that can only be expressed in this land. - Inspiration
- The facility is inspired by three cores. The first is "geology of Kyoto". The underground of Kyoto is a water basin that stores abundant water, and we have got the inspiration by the groundwater veins covered with rocks 1000 meters underground. The second is "spirituality of Kyoto". There are many sacred temples and shrines in Kyoto. We have been inspired by the spiritual experience of water, light and sound that can be obtained there. The final "memory of this land" is the value of revisiting the original scenery stones (garden stones) of this land and placing them in this facility again.
- Project Duration
- The project has started in 2017 and finished in November 2020, located in Kyoto, Japan.
- Operation Flow
- Arriving at basement, you will encounter a stone object that has been here for a long time. The sound of dripping water and the very underground water vein surrounded by the bedrock are followed by a deep indigo plastered clay wall. Beyond that, there is a corridor where you can feel the continuity of Shiraki, and when you proceed, you will arrive at the reception. And when passing through the changing room, a thermal spring just like a water garden spreads out in front of you.
- Patents
- copyright @ STRICKLAND
- Image Credits
- Photographer Yoshio Shiratori
