The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu

This project involved converting the former Kiyomizu Elementary School building, which has a history of approximately 90 years and remains in the Kiyomizu area of Kyoto, into a hotel. While inheriting its distinctive design, it has been reborn as a hotel that also possesses modern comforts. Our company was in charge of architectural design supervision, interiors design, layout, and FF&E concept design and construction.

Shimizu Elementary School is one of the schools recognized for its unique architectural features, including its location, exterior decoration, and interiors concept design. Based on the hotel's concept of "etching memories and connecting to the future," concept design pays the utmost respect to the historical Western architecture and its interior space, preserving and passing it down while reviving memories. Furthermore, it expresses both nostalgia and modernity by fusing the architecture and interior space as new functional elements.

[Customer issues/requests]
It was necessary to design it so that it would function as a hotel while making the most of the existing historical elementary school architecture. It was also necessary to hold discussions on how the hotel should be accepted in the Kyoto area.

[Solution]
We collaborated with creators on every detail, from architecture, landscape, interior design, FF&E, artwork, graphics, and uniforms, to create a completely new and unique space.
While the hallways and staircases where elementary school children once ran around remain, opening the doors to the classrooms where children studied allows you to step into a completely different, contemporary world.
To maximize the value of the existing details that have etched the history of the architecture and interior space, we focused on materials that do not assert themselves but instead highlight the inherent qualities of the materials. The reflection of the semi-glossy materials further enhances the existing architectural design. We then harmoniously balanced the total concept design coordination, including artwork, graphics, and uniforms, as well as interiors and FF&E concept design, aiming for a spatial composition based on "interpretation" that can only be experienced here.

<Our project members>
[Sales & Project Management] Toru Moenuki
[design, layout, and design supervision] A.N.D.: Ryu Kosaka, Shohei Urata, Hiroki Yasuda / Hiroyuki Nishikawa
[FF&E concept design] A.N.D.: Kaori Sano