Portfolio — Six Senses Kyoto
An upscale hotel lounge precedent showcasing a striking folded geometric wood ceiling and seamless visual integration with an illuminated courtyard garden.
- What we like about this project
- The ceiling facets create an origami-like canopy that reflects downward light onto the seating groups.
Materials
- timber
- stone-tile
- glass
- upholstered-fabric
- dark-metal
Visual identifiers
- folded-timber-ceiling
- courtyard-view
- dark-tile-flooring
- cylindrical-columns
- custom-lounge-seating
Style tags
- contemporary-luxury
- biophilic
- warm-minimal
- hospitality
Visual tags
- hospitality
- luxury
- biophilic
- warm-interior
- custom-millwork
- courtyard
- Geometry
- Symmetrical grand lounge volume featuring a folded polygonal timber ceiling and framed floor-to-ceiling glass looking onto a dense internal courtyard.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall framing an interior courtyard.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with cylindrical columns integrated into custom millwork.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive hospitality lounge with generous ceiling height and wide conversational seating groupings.
- Lighting
- Ambient interior track and table illumination balanced with nighttime up-lighting on lush exterior foliage through the glass curtain wall.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, sophisticated, and grounded, blending natural materials with warm, layered lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior hospitality lounge opening directly onto a lushly planted enclosed courtyard garden.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded and expansive; the heavy dark floor tiles anchor the room while the complex geometric wooden ceiling draws the eye upward and outward toward the glowing garden.
- Composition rhythm
- Bilateral symmetry anchored by a central seating group and framed by structural timber-wrapped columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury biophilic hospitality interior
- Program
- Hotel lobby lounge and reception
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, stone-tile, glass, upholstered-fabric, dark-metal
- Visual identifiers
- folded-timber-ceiling, courtyard-view, dark-tile-flooring, cylindrical-columns, custom-lounge-seating
- Style tags
- contemporary-luxury, biophilic, warm-minimal, hospitality
- Visual tags
- hospitality, luxury, biophilic, warm-interior, custom-millwork, courtyard
- Geometry
- Symmetrical grand lounge volume featuring a folded polygonal timber ceiling and framed floor-to-ceiling glass looking onto a dense internal courtyard.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall framing an interior courtyard.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with cylindrical columns integrated into custom millwork.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive hospitality lounge with generous ceiling height and wide conversational seating groupings.
- Lighting
- Ambient interior track and table illumination balanced with nighttime up-lighting on lush exterior foliage through the glass curtain wall.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, sophisticated, and grounded, blending natural materials with warm, layered lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior hospitality lounge opening directly onto a lushly planted enclosed courtyard garden.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded and expansive; the heavy dark floor tiles anchor the room while the complex geometric wooden ceiling draws the eye upward and outward toward the glowing garden.
- Composition rhythm
- Bilateral symmetry anchored by a central seating group and framed by structural timber-wrapped columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury biophilic hospitality interior
- Program
- Hotel lobby lounge and reception
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior