Project Details
- Project Name
- We Hotel Tōya
- Architect
- Kengo Kuma & Associates
- Project Types
- Hospitality
- Project Scope
- Interiors
- Size
- 57,372 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2018
- Shared by
- Miabelle Salzano
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
We transformed a nursing home located by the Lake Toya (in Hokkaido, Japan) into a boutique-typed hotel of wood and fabric.
Locally produced cedar logs were applied both for the façade and the interior in order to create a space of comfort.
We also designed a cave-formed space with pleated cloths in the interior over which a magnificent view of the lake’s surface emerge right in front.
In the balcony of each guest room, a hinoki (cypress) bathtub is placed so that the guests can enjoy both the spectacular landscape of the lake and the fresh aroma of the tree.
Project Team: Hiroaki Akiyama, Yayoi Saruta, Asami Igarashi, Léon Dussault-Gagné, Yohei Mochizuki (CG), Yuzuru Ikiya (Model), Takaya Yamawaki *, Pablo Otero Sanchez *
* Former employee
