MALDA KYOTO
Photography by:Kohei Yamamoto
A vegan cafe and small luxury hotel. Full renovation of a four-story, 50-year-old building in Kyoto, in collaboration with lifestyle brand Jurgen Lehl's Babaghuri. Babaghuri is known for its unique brand philosophy created by team Jurgen Lehl, which addresses discourses around the relationship to nature and human artifacts.
This project was born from the desire to share the values of the philosophy shared, through the food, space and hospitality services and ultimately give the guests inspiration to examine their own lives through the thoughtfully designed experience.
In planning a hotel, we abandoned the general theory of hotel planning that tried to create many rooms, and instead provided only three spacious rooms of 60 square meters each. While deliberately excluding stereotypical and wasteful hotel amenities, equipment, and services as much as possible, it offers a guests to slowly flow with time and space, giving guests time for personal reflection. A unique space has been created on each floor, blending itself inside a Kyoto city while giving guests to focus on the living with the basics.
ライフスタイルブランド「ババグーリ」との協働により、京都の築50年のビルを改修して創ったヴィーガンカフェと3室だけのラグジュアリーホテルです。
この計画は、自然や人為物とどう向き合うべきかを考え抜いてたどり着いたババグーリブランド独自の「暮らしの哲学」を、食・空間・サービスを通じて感じてもらい、そしてゲスト自身の暮らしを見つめ直す場きっかけになればという思いから立ち上がりました。
ホテルにおいては部屋数を無理に多くすることを避け、部屋は3室のみ。「ホテルらしい」アメニティーや備品、サービスをできるだけ排除しながら、自分と向き合える、ゆっくりと流れる時間とそれを包み込む空間を提供しています。街と溶け合いながら、プリミティブに暮らす感覚になれる独自の空間が生まれました。
DESIGN CHALLENGE
Spatialize the feeling of touching nature in the city
自然に触れる感覚を都市のなかで空間化する
Reflect brand philosophy in space and operations
ブランドの哲学を空間とサービスに反映させる
Find a balance between the hotel experience and comfortable living space,
giving a new kind of accommodation experience
「ホテルらしさ」を排除しつつ心地よい宿泊空間を探求する
DATE
October 2018
CLIENT
ROKKAKUYA
VINCENTo INC.
SERVICES
Produce
Project Planning
Creative Direction
Interior Design
Operations
TEAM
Produce, Design Direction:VACANCES Inc.
Supervision:株式会社ヨーガンレール
Coordinate:株式会社六角屋
Branding:NAMI NAMI
VI・Graphic Design:シンプル組合
Design, Construction:株式会社coto
Exterior Direction::株式会社三角屋
Operations:株式会社ヴィンセント
WEBSITE
https://www.maldakyoto.com