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Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ by Yohei Akao

Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ by Yohei Akao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ወርቂ ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ውሽጣዊ ቦታን ምርኢትን Competition Category.


ወርቂውሽጣዊ· 2021

Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ

by Yohei Akao

Client: Strickland

ናይ ወርቂ ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ውሽጣዊ Category

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The Design

About Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ

ተርማል ስፕሪንግ ኣብ ኪዮቶ፡ ጃፓን ኣብ ቀዳማይ ትሕቲ ምድሪ ደርቢ ናይ ሓደ ሆቴል ዝርከብ መሐጸቢ ትካል ናይ ውዑይ ማይ ምንጪ እዩ። እቲ ውሽጣዊ ክፍሊ፡ መእተውን መተሓላለፍን ሓዊሱ 469 ትርብዒት ሜትሮ ዝሽፍን ኮይኑ፡ ካብቲ ቦታ ዝልዓል ባህርያዊ ውዑይ ማይ ይጥቀም። እቲ ዲዛይን ካብ ጂኦሎጂ ኪዮቶ፡ ካብ መንፈሳዊ ባህልታት እታ ከተማን ካብ ተዘክሮ እታ መሬትን ተመስጦ ዝረኸበ እዩ። ኣብቲ ቦታ ዝተረኽቡ ኣእማን ገነት ተቐይሮም ንቕርጻ እምንን ንመሬትን ተመሊሶም ተጠቒሞም። ብዓሚቕ ሕብሪ ሰማያዊ (ኢንዲጎ) ዝተሰርሐ መንደቕ ጭቃ ነቲ ናይቲ ከባቢ ባህሊ ምቕባእ ዘዘኻኽር ክኸውን ከሎ፡ ባህርያዊ ገጽ ዘለዎ መንደቕ ግራናይት ድማ ትሕቲ ምድራዊ ስርዓተ-ማያት ዝእንፍት እዩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ወርቂ ሽልማት A' Design Award

Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ ናይ ወርቂ ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንቀዳምነት ደረጃ ዘለዎም፣ ዘገርሙን ዝተፈልዩን ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ወርቂ ጥበብን ፍልጠትን ክእለትን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘንጸባርቑ ኣዚዮም ሓደሽቲ፣ ርእይቶ ዘለዎምን ዘንጸባርቑን ፍጥረታት እዮም። Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ ዘይተራእየ ዋጋ ዘምጽእ ኣዚዩ ዝተሞገሰ፣ ዝንባሌ ዘቐምጥን ሓውሲ ዝመስልን ፈጠራ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ወርቂ ሽልማት A' Design Award ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ብብዙሕ ጥቕሚ ዘስፍሕ ዘደንቕ ዝኽበር ፕሮጀክት እዩ። Thermal Spring ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ተርማል ስፕሪንግ ሓያል ድሌት ዘሕድር፣ ተሃዋሕዋሕ ዘበራብር፣ ፈጠራ ዘተባብዕን ንዓና ዘማርኽን እዩ።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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
Team Members
Lighting Designer : Worktecht lighting Design & Consultant
Art Consultant : Ilya
Image Credits
Photographer Yoshio Shiratori

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