Photo: Hirohisa Sako
亀や龍宮殿（山形、2004年）
Kameya Ryuguden, Yamagata, 2004
Photo: Shinkenchiku-sha
| 亀や龍宮殿 |
| 老舗温泉旅館の木造別館をダイニングへと改装することになった。もともと百畳の大広間だった場所が度重なる改装の末、細かく間仕切られた客室になっていたが、今回の改装では配膳の効率をあげるため大広間に戻し一方で床から２ｍと極限まで低くした天井に穴を穿ち、その真下にテーブルを配置することで個室のような空間のまとまりをつくった。また床、壁、天井、家具はすべて同じ集成材とし、木目のはっきりしたものを選ぶことで、かたちの輪郭が弱まるようにした。期待通り、浴衣の客と料理、天井の穴からのぞく古い構体だけが、モノトーンの空間に映えるようになった。 |
| The dining hall called the “Ryuguden” of a Japanese style hotel and hot spring, which is renovation of a large hall in an old wooden Japanese style hotel. We minimized the walls that were disturbing the services, but when thinking of creating a feel of a private room, we decided to build an extremely low ceiling that was 2m high. In this low ceiling, we made a hole, and placed the table right below the hole. From the hole, you can see the existing structure. For the hole and the food to stand out, the other areas, like the floor, walls, ceiling, furniture, and even few parts of the tableware were made with the same material. By selecting an engineering wood that has a strong design rather than its shape, depending on how the furniture is placed, the outline form starts to blend in. |