We Hotel TOYA © Kawasumi Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office
Japan 2018

We Hotel Toya

Hokkaido
Interior | Hospitality
Renovation | Completed
6F / 1BF

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.

Team Hiroaki Akiyama, Asami Igarashi*, Akio Saruta, Yohei Mochizuki (CG), Yuzuru Kamiya (Model), Yoo Shiho (Graphic), Leon Dussault Gagne*, Pablo Otero Sánchez* Award SDA Award 2019 (53rd) Bronze Prize (We Hotel Toya) Publication Casa BRUTUS 2020/01 vol.238 Photography ©︎ Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office