Garrya Nijo Castle Kyoto Hotel | TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers + Jun Mitsui & Associates Architects

About Garrya Nijo Castle Kyoto Hotel

A 25-room luxury Garrya Nijo Castle Kyoto Hotel facing Kyoto’s Nijo-Jo Castle. Inside the “flying geese formation” shaped plan (similar to Nijo-Jo Castle and Katsura Imperial Villa), a flow line extends from an alley-like approach to an open lobby facing the garden and onto the guest suites, seducing guests into a hidden refuge with an exceptional vibe.

The rich foliage is planned to be reflected in the garden’s water feature and in the interiors of the lobby and guest rooms, similar to Nijo-Jo Castle’s “sanshi-suimei*” backdrop, to create subtle and profound settings where the inner and external meet.

*Sanshi-suimei: beautiful and pure landscape with mountains and rivers

Project Info:

Architects: Jun Mitsui & Associates Architects, TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers
Area: 2238 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Nacasa & Partners
Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Bunka Shutter, Sankyo Tateyama, Toto
Lead Architects: Jun Mitsui (Jun Mitsui & Associates), Araki Hiroyuki (TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers) , Hashimoto Yukio (Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio Inc.), Uchihara Satoshi (UCHIHARA CREATIVE LIGHTING DESIGN), Fujita Hisakazu(sola associates)
Landscape: Sola Associates, Aoki Yuri (sola associates)
Construction: Taisei Corporation
Design Team: Irie Shigeki, Abe Erika (Jun Mitsui & Associates Architects) Yu Takaiwa (TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers), Yagi Hiroki (UCHIHARA CREATIVE LIGHTING DESIGN)Matsumoto Shinichi, Lau Sze Chun Victor (Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio Inc.)
Client: Godo Kaisha Nijo
Engineering: Takeuchi Atsushi, Hashida Kazuhiro, Iwamoto Saki (ARUP), ) Iwai Akio, Nagayoshi Takayuki, Hukuma Mariko, Miyajima Sadaaki (TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers)
City: Kyoto
Country: Japan