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℃(Do-C)Gotanda

Jo Nagasaka/Schemata Architects

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Client
nine hours
Floor area
891.57 ㎡
Completion
2019

In this project, we reinterpreted the existing context during the dismantling process of the old capsule hotel and occasionally appropriated or gave new meanings to what we found on the site as we proceeded with the design. We chose beige, the color on the existing capsules, as the basic color of the space and removed unnecessary things as much as possible.

Capsules on the upper floor are reused as they are, while the impression of the old-fashioned interior was totally renewed by removing the existing wall paper and placing new signs.
The cave-like space with niches on the basement floor, which had been used as a public bath, was renovated into a sauna area equipped with new shower features including Warm Pillar.