Challenge:
Design a "Modern Ryokan" (modern traditional Japanese guesthouse) set in Yokohama, Japan.
Solution:
Applied for travel funds and went to Japan. Found a site, obtained local maps and site info. Then developed a design taking it’s outset in traditional Japanese principles for moving through a building and making use of reclaimed land on water, which is in turn relevant to harbor cities around the world.
Skills and Tools:
Concept and design
Site documentation
Site photography
Full hand drawing set
Models
Presentation layout
Application for travel funds
1 Month funded study trip to Japan
Client:
Thesis project from AAA 2002
Thanks for support and funding:
Carl Th. Dreyer's Fund
3 x Nielsen's Fund
Lemvig, Mûller og Munch's Fund