The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Kazi ya Msingi: Ukarabati by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Nafasi za Ndani na Maonyesho Competition Category.
DhahabuMambo ya Ndani· 2021
The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Kazi ya Msingi: Ukarabati
by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara
Client: Kintetsu Miyako Hotels International,Inc.
Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Mambo ya Ndani Category
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About The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Kazi ya Msingi: Ukarabati
Maandishi ya Kitabu: Ikiwa na lengo la kudhihirisha roho mpya ya Kyoto, kanisa hili la kipekee lina uwezo wa kuchukua mitindo mbalimbali inayozidi kuongezeka ya harusi inayotafutwa na wanandoa wa kisasa, ikiwa ni pamoja na sio tu sherehe za kawaida za kanisani bali pia sherehe za Kishinto na sherehe zisizo za kidini. Lilitumia kadri iwezekanavyo muundo uliokuwepo, likiongeza dari ya mbao yenye mistari iliyofumwa pamoja na taa zisizo za moja kwa moja ili kuibua mwangaza wa jua unaomwagika kupitia matawi ya miti. Matokeo yake ni nafasi takatifu iliyojaa urembo wa jadi wa Kijapani na heshima ya kina kwa mazingira yake ya asili yenye wingi.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award
The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Kazi ya Msingi: Ukarabati ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Kazi ya Msingi: Ukarabati inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Kazi ya Msingi: Ukarabati huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.
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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