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Hotel The Screen

Kubo Tsushima Architects

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Light
6.77
5.92
6.92
5.77
6.35
Qi Wei
Qi Wei Member, Urban Renewal Professional Committee, Vanke Shanghai Area at Vanke Group
8
6
7
5
6.5
Astin le Clercq
Astin le Clercq Cofounder and Design Director at Modem
6
7
6
5
6
Michela Falcone
Michela Falcone Architect / Educator at Experimental Architecture / BNU University
6
6.5
6.5
5
6
Bernhard Kurz
Bernhard Kurz Founder at IFUB*
6
6
7
4
5.75
Monica Daley
Monica Daley Creative Lead Future Projects at Drift
6.5
7
6.5
5
6.25
Amber Feijen
Amber Feijen Spatial and Concept Designer at 5AM
6
6.5
6
5
5.88
Melissa Amarelo
Melissa Amarelo Cofounder and Creative Director at Toi Toi Toi Creative Studio
6
7
7
5
6.25
Mao Hua
Mao Hua Founder at EK Design
6
6
7
5
6
Massimiliano Tosetto
Massimiliano Tosetto Managing Director at Lodes
7
6.9
7
5
6.48
Karen El Asmar
Karen El Asmar Architect & Interaction Designer at Tech
6.5
7
7
5
6.38
Britt Berden
Britt Berden Senior Creative Strategist at FranklinTill
6
7
7
5
6.25
Claudia Mazzucato
Claudia Mazzucato Associate Designer and Architect at THDP
7.6
7.1
7.38
6.02
7.03
Simal Yesiltepe
Simal Yesiltepe Founder and Creative Director at Simal Yes Studio
5
6.5
6.5
5
5.75
Bob Chen
Bob Chen Founder at Bob Chen Design Office
4.61
5.68
5.41
4.97
5.17
Franklin Azzi
Franklin Azzi Founder at Franklin Azzi Architecture
6
7
7
6
6.5
Lisa Torreggiani
Lisa Torreggiani Partner at Monkeydu
6
7
6.9
5
6.23
Sophie van Winden
Sophie van Winden Director at Owl Design
6
7
7
5
6.25
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Hotel
6.50
5.83
6.58
5.83
6.19
Qi Wei
Qi Wei Member, Urban Renewal Professional Committee, Vanke Shanghai Area at Vanke Group
8
6
7
5
6.5
Astin le Clercq
Astin le Clercq Cofounder and Design Director at Modem
6
7
6
5
6
Michela Falcone
Michela Falcone Architect / Educator at Experimental Architecture / BNU University
6
6.5
6.5
5
6
Bernhard Kurz
Bernhard Kurz Founder at IFUB*
6
6
7
4
5.75
Monica Daley
Monica Daley Creative Lead Future Projects at Drift
6.5
7
6.5
5
6.25
Amber Feijen
Amber Feijen Spatial and Concept Designer at 5AM
6
6.5
6
5
5.88
Melissa Amarelo
Melissa Amarelo Cofounder and Creative Director at Toi Toi Toi Creative Studio
6
7
7
5
6.25
Mao Hua
Mao Hua Founder at EK Design
6
6
7
5
6
Massimiliano Tosetto
Massimiliano Tosetto Managing Director at Lodes
7
6.9
7
5
6.48
Karen El Asmar
Karen El Asmar Architect & Interaction Designer at Tech
6.5
7
7
5
6.38
Britt Berden
Britt Berden Senior Creative Strategist at FranklinTill
6
7
7
5
6.25
Claudia Mazzucato
Claudia Mazzucato Associate Designer and Architect at THDP
7.6
7.1
7.38
6.02
7.03
Simal Yesiltepe
Simal Yesiltepe Founder and Creative Director at Simal Yes Studio
5
6.5
6.5
5
5.75
Bob Chen
Bob Chen Founder at Bob Chen Design Office
4.61
5.68
5.41
4.97
5.17
Franklin Azzi
Franklin Azzi Founder at Franklin Azzi Architecture
6
7
7
6
6.5
Lisa Torreggiani
Lisa Torreggiani Partner at Monkeydu
6
7
6.9
5
6.23
Sophie van Winden
Sophie van Winden Director at Owl Design
6
7
7
5
6.25
Client
THE SCREEN
Floor area
51 ㎡
Completion
2020
Interior designer
Lighting planner
Curator
Total Planner
Constructor
Photographer

This was a renovation project for a design hotel, in which all 13 rooms have different designs. In this project, we attempted an interior design that was not simply prone to changes in short-term trends, and strove to explore ornamentation as not just a means of decorating through a combination of different materials. Our attempt involved taking the function of dimming lights, which are almost always incorporated in hotel guest rooms, and ornamentalizing it. The room we renovated was one with one narrow window facing the first floor courtyard. Rather than drawing in light from the outside, we carved a circular light fixture into the wall to create light like that of the full moon. By dimming down these lights, the moon changes from a full moon down to a crescent moon. The corners of the walls and ceiling were rounded off with plaster. In this secluded environment that feels as though you are inside the earth, the dimming functions of the light dramatically changes how the light spreads – as well as the mood of the entire room. Just as the waxing and the waning of the moon influences the ebb and flow of the sea, these moon phases are also thought to impact the human body and emotions, as our bodies are also largely composed of water. Through this lighting environment and ornamentation based on the function of dimming, we have created a new style of hotel room design.