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SOLASUNA
Fukuoka, Japan
Wrapping up the park
SOLASUNA (BEACH SIDE HOTEL)
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Hotels in the Park
Nagaihama in Yukuhashi City is located in the northeastern part of Fukuoka City, with a calm sea to the east. Originally a fishing village, Nagaihama was once lined with inns taking advantage of its beautiful seascape, but over time it has fallen into disrepute. In recent years, a beach for beach sports and marine activities and a compact seaside park have been established, and the area is regaining its liveliness.
The client is the company that manages this seaside park. As a catalyst for the revitalization of Nagaihama, a plan was launched to build a resort hotel within the park. The park and the hotel were to be mutually beneficial to each other.
While the park is a public place that anyone can visit, the hotel is a private place that can be rented out by guests. How can architecture, a man-made object, be placed in the vast natural environment of a park or the sea? We have been considering how architecture can gently integrate these contradictory elements.
Create a hill in the park
From the beginning, we thought it would be nice to have a hill-like sitting area in the park. A place that would be part of nature/park and would be a perfect theater to view the ocean.
There is an existing boardwalk in front of the site with a wooden deck. By extending the wooden deck three-dimensionally and creating a large stair-like hill, we thought that the boundary with the park could be eliminated. The staircase covers the architecture and serves as a flow line that directly connects the guest rooms to the ocean and becomes an audience seating area for viewing the ocean.
The staircase becomes an interference space between the park and the guest rooms.
In the middle of the staircase, there is a large landing and a space to sit facing the sea, which will be a terrace for both hotel and park users. The staircase also functions as a large louver, providing a moderate amount of shade from the strong eastern sunlight and from the park. When the entire staircase is step back and take a look, it appears to be a huge seating area facing the sea.
The large staircase serves as a buffer space that belongs to parks, architecture, or nature, and integrates them in a gentle manner. It is not one of them, but a kind of in-between, a state of being that is always in a state of oscillation.
Subdivide large landscapes into body scales
In front of the site is a vast expanse of ocean, sandy beach, and breakwater. How can a small building incorporate and blend into the large, horizontal landscape without going against it?
When the site is viewed from above, the elements that make up the landscape are striped on a large scale. First, we decided to align the horizontal volumes parallel to the sea in order to follow the flow of the landscape. Furthermore, the horizontal planks that make up the staircase further subdivide the stripes in an attempt to transcend scale and incorporate the landscape into the architecture.
When looking at the sea from the guest rooms, the horizontal boards break the landscape down into its elements and abstract it. The large landscape is transformed into the physical scale, and people and the landscape are seamlessly connected through the architecture.
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ARCHITECTURE：axonometric
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER：坪井宏嗣構造設計事務所
CONSTRUCTOR：志道工務店
M&E：シード設計社
LIGHTING DESIGN：ModuleX
GARDENING：relier Co., Ltd．
PHOTO：YASHIRO PHOTO OFFICE
SOLASUNA (BEACH SIDE HOTEL)
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Hotels in the Park
Nagaihama in Yukuhashi City is located in the northeastern part of Fukuoka City, with a calm sea to the east. Originally a fishing village, Nagaihama was once lined with inns taking advantage of its beautiful seascape, but over time it has fallen into disrepute. In recent years, a beach for beach sports and marine activities and a compact seaside park have been established, and the area is regaining its liveliness.
The client is the company that manages this seaside park. As a catalyst for the revitalization of Nagaihama, a plan was launched to build a resort hotel within the park. The park and the hotel were to be mutually beneficial to each other.
While the park is a public place that anyone can visit, the hotel is a private place that can be rented out by guests. How can architecture, a man-made object, be placed in the vast natural environment of a park or the sea? We have been considering how architecture can gently integrate these contradictory elements.
Create a hill in the park
From the beginning, we thought it would be nice to have a hill-like sitting area in the park. A place that would be part of nature/park and would be a perfect theater to view the ocean.
There is an existing boardwalk in front of the site with a wooden deck. By extending the wooden deck three-dimensionally and creating a large stair-like hill, we thought that the boundary with the park could be eliminated. The staircase covers the architecture and serves as a flow line that directly connects the guest rooms to the ocean and becomes an audience seating area for viewing the ocean.
The staircase becomes an interference space between the park and the guest rooms.
In the middle of the staircase, there is a large landing and a space to sit facing the sea, which will be a terrace for both hotel and park users. The staircase also functions as a large louver, providing a moderate amount of shade from the strong eastern sunlight and from the park. When the entire staircase is step back and take a look, it appears to be a huge seating area facing the sea.
The large staircase serves as a buffer space that belongs to parks, architecture, or nature, and integrates them in a gentle manner. It is not one of them, but a kind of in-between, a state of being that is always in a state of oscillation.
Subdivide large landscapes into body scales
In front of the site is a vast expanse of ocean, sandy beach, and breakwater. How can a small building incorporate and blend into the large, horizontal landscape without going against it?
When the site is viewed from above, the elements that make up the landscape are striped on a large scale. First, we decided to align the horizontal volumes parallel to the sea in order to follow the flow of the landscape. Furthermore, the horizontal planks that make up the staircase further subdivide the stripes in an attempt to transcend scale and incorporate the landscape into the architecture.
When looking at the sea from the guest rooms, the horizontal boards break the landscape down into its elements and abstract it. The large landscape is transformed into the physical scale, and people and the landscape are seamlessly connected through the architecture.
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ARCHITECTURE：axonometric
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER：坪井宏嗣構造設計事務所
CONSTRUCTOR：志道工務店
M&E：シード設計社
LIGHTING DESIGN：ModuleX
GARDENING：relier Co., Ltd．
PHOTO：YASHIRO PHOTO OFFICE
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