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Kuki Hotel by Makoto Nakayama |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
MN: This is a design inspired by a fishing boat in an ocean. this is because the location of the site is in a town which was one of the first fishing towns in Hokkaido, a prefecture in Japan. The current of the sea is such that the fish would swim past this town and hence was famous of seafood. The stones in the stone-garden, that surround the building, represents the sea outside. The building is made of wood mostly representing the boat. The concrete walls and the stone-garden around the building makes you live in a boat away from the world where you can destress yourself from your daily Japanese hard-work.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
MN: The main focus was to design a subtle yet elegant and modest artwork that speaks for itself. Also the design had to be something that could withstand without clutter for months and years. The guests who were going to use this building were the main actors and the focus. That is why there are only 7 rooms in the whole hotel so each guest will get maximum attention.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
MN: The word ''Kuki'' means the process of fishes, namely Herring, that comes towards the Japanese sea to lay eggs in a particular season. Like the name this hotel represents the act of coming to the hotel to rest in a boat like environment.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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