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

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