UTOCO : HOTEL AND THALASSOTHERAPY CENTER FOR DEEP SEA WATER: « SHINSOSUI » IN MUROTO - JAPAN

SHU UEMURA COSMETICS AND KOOCHI PREFECTURE.
Japan
Muroto
Facilities and activities
Just as in the boSom of an empty shell, a resident is led by imaginaTon, separated from the world, in touch with total relaxation at the reach of some sort of structural comfortable sea floor. The natural form concept gives the impression of residing underneath three large boats positioned upside down on the shore or even more tastefully presented through its wooden skeleton-like arrangement; one might even ask if they were temporarily residing inside the belly ofa whale. Part of the region's fishing folklore and historical pride, whilst also celebrating the thoughfully conceived facility, the people have named the building: “The Three Whales”.
 
Status : built
Client : Koo-Chi prefecture / Shu Uemura
Type : thalassotherapy center / hotel
Size : 4 000 mÇ
Cost : 6 000 000 € HT
Project date: 
2006
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
Hôtel et centre de thalassothérapie Utoco
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