Hotel Kanra Kyoto
Located near central Kyoto, Hotel Kanra is a 29-room urban hotel that reinterprets traditional Japanese spatial typologies through contemporary detailing and material use.
Rooms are organized around wide, open interior volumes with platform beds, tatami-mat seating areas, and cedar soaking tubs. Shoji screens, bamboo panels, and soft indirect lighting define the transition between zones while maintaining visual continuity. A lowered bamboo screen allows the sleeping area to be partitioned from the rest of the room, supporting flexible use.
Each of the building’s five floors is arranged around a shared interior void, functioning as a light well and informal gathering zone. Circulation wraps this space, with guest rooms accessed via sliding shoji doors that open onto compact entry vestibules.
The project integrates vernacular elements—tatami, hinoki, shoji—into a contemporary hospitality model, balancing privacy, material warmth, and spatial fluidity.
Located near central Kyoto, Hotel Kanra is a 29-room urban hotel that reinterprets traditional Japanese spatial typologies through contemporary detailing and material use.
Rooms are organized around wide, open interior volumes with platform beds, tatami-mat seating areas, and cedar soaking tubs. Shoji screens, bamboo panels, and soft indirect lighting define the transition between zones while maintaining visual continuity. A lowered bamboo screen allows the sleeping area to be partitioned from the rest of the room, supporting flexible use.
Each of the building’s five floors is arranged around a shared interior void, functioning as a light well and informal gathering zone. Circulation wraps this space, with guest rooms accessed via sliding shoji doors that open onto compact entry vestibules.
The project integrates vernacular elements—tatami, hinoki, shoji—into a contemporary hospitality model, balancing privacy, material warmth, and spatial fluidity.
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