The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Iṣẹ́ Alákọ́kọ́: Àtúnṣe by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara 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
The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Iṣẹ́ Alákọ́kọ́: Àtúnṣe
by Takenori Katori and Fumi Habara
Client: Kintetsu Miyako Hotels International,Inc.
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Iṣẹ́ Alákọ́kọ́: Àtúnṣe
Àkọsílẹ̀ Ìwé: Tí a pinnu láti fi ẹ̀mí tuntun ti Kyoto hàn, ṣọ́ọ̀ṣì tí ó lárinrin gidigidi yìí ní agbára láti gba oríṣiríṣi ọ̀nà ìgbéyàwó tí ń pọ̀ sí i tí àwọn tọkọtaya òde òní ń wá, kìí ṣe àwọn ayẹyẹ ṣọ́ọ̀ṣì ìbílẹ̀ nìkan ṣùgbọ́n pẹ̀lú àwọn ayẹyẹ Shinto àti àwọn ayẹyẹ tí kìí ṣe ti ẹ̀sìn. Ó lo púpọ̀ nínú ìlànà tí ó wà tẹ́lẹ̀ bí ó ti ṣeé ṣe, ní àfikún àwọ̀nà igi lórí àjà tí a hun pọ̀ mọ́ ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí kò tààrà láti mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ oòrùn tí ń rọ̀ gba àárín ẹ̀ka àwọn igi wọlé wá sí ọkàn. Àbájáde rẹ̀ jẹ́ àyè mímọ́ tí a fi ẹwà ìbílẹ̀ Japan àti ìbọ̀wọ̀ jíjinlẹ̀ fún àyíká àdánidá rẹ̀ tí ó pọ̀ yanturu kún.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Iṣẹ́ Alákọ́kọ́: Àtúnṣe 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 The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Iṣẹ́ Alákọ́kọ́: Àtúnṣe 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. The Westin Miyako Kyoto Chapel Iṣẹ́ Alákọ́kọ́: Àtúnṣe ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
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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