Thermal Spring Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Orísun Omi Gbígbóná (Thermal Spring) by Yohei Akao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
WúràInú Ilé· 2021
Thermal Spring Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Orísun Omi Gbígbóná (Thermal Spring)
by Yohei Akao
Client: Strickland
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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The Design
About Thermal Spring Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Orísun Omi Gbígbóná (Thermal Spring)
Thermal Spring jẹ́ ilé ìwẹ̀ orísun omi gbígbóná tí ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀ àkọ́kọ́ (basement) ti ilé ìtura kan ní Kyoto, orílẹ̀-èdè Japan. Inú ilé náà bo agbègbè tí ó tó ọ̀rúndinlẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta ó lé mọ́kàndínláàádọ́rin (469) mítà onígun mẹ́rin, pẹ̀lú ẹnu-ọ̀nà àti ọ̀dẹ̀dẹ̀, ó sì ń lo omi gbígbóná àdánidá tí ó ń ru sókè láti inú ilẹ̀ náà. Ìmísí àgbékalẹ̀ yìí wá láti inú ìmọ̀ nípa ilẹ̀ (geology) ti Kyoto, láti inú àṣà ẹ̀mí ìlú náà àti láti inú ìrántí ilẹ̀ náà. Àwọn òkúta ọgbà tí a rí ní ibi náà ni a tún ṣe àtúnṣe sí, tí a sì tún lò fún iṣẹ́ ọnà gbígbẹ́ òkúta àti fún ilẹ̀ ilé. Ògiri amọ̀ tí ó ní àwọ̀ aró dúdú jíjìn rán wa létí àṣà rírin aṣọ ti agbègbè náà, nígbà tí ògiri òkúta gíránáítì tí ó ní ojú àdánidá dúró fún àwọn ọ̀nà omi abẹ́lẹ̀.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
Thermal Spring Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Orísun Omi Gbígbóná (Thermal Spring) jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Thermal Spring Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Orísun Omi Gbígbóná (Thermal Spring) yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Thermal Spring Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Orísun Omi Gbígbóná (Thermal Spring) ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
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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