Hotel Ninja Black by Eastern Design Office

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建筑是光与影的游戏。在这座名为“黑色忍者“的酒店里，光影效果全天候轮番上演。本项目位于京都的市中心，地处京都御所（Kyoto Imperial Palace）的以西，被一系列住宅、小型商店、公寓楼和酒店等包围。项目基地宽9米，深35米，十分狭长，可以说是一个典型的京都基地，在这里，建筑师规划了一个拥有着21间客房的五层高的小酒店。本项目的业主来自附近的甲贺市（city of Kouga），几个世纪以来，甲贺市一直被称为忍者之乡，也就是说，业主甚至有可能是忍者的后裔也说不定。

This architecture is about “shadow”. It’s a hotel named “Ninja Black”. The site is located in the city center of Kyoto, just west of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, in an area populated with houses, small shops, apartment buildings, and hotels. We planned a small hotel of five floors with 21 rooms, on a plot of land typical in Kyoto, nine meters wide by 35 meters deep. The client for the design is from the nearby city of Kouga, known for centuries as home to ninja. He may well even be a descendant of ninja.

▼酒店外观，exterior view of the hotel

那么，“忍者”这个词在设计中意味着什么呢？在历史的长河中，忍者一直生活在暗处，一提到忍者，人们总会想到“阴影”，他们藏匿于黑暗，在黑暗中执行着自己的任务。至此，这家酒店的设计理念便诞生了——“阴影”：建筑师希望将其打造为一个神秘莫测的、静谧的、但却不容忽视的空间。

酒店的立面设计侧重于阴影的创造，象征着忍者可以隐藏在任何地方。整个立面由一种名为“koushi”的日式百叶覆盖。同时，在首层、二层和顶层空间中加入屋檐元素，但尽管如此，外立面的百叶仍然占据着绝对主导的地位。

What does “ninja” mean for us in this design? Throughout their history, ninja have always lived in, and been associated with, “shadow”, where they can’t be seen, yet can still perform their role. Thus, this hotel’s design concept of “shadow” was born: mysterious, shadowy, and silent, yet with a strong presence.

The facade, with more shadow than substance, is designed to evoke the idea that a ninja could be hiding anywhere. The entire facade is covered by “koushi”, Japanese style louvers. Eaves are also added above the first, second, and top floors, but the strong impression of the facade comes from the koushi.

▼酒店外立面局部，整个立面由一种名为“koushi”的日式百叶覆盖，并在首层、二层和顶层空间中加入屋檐元素，partial exterior view of the hotel, the entire facade is covered by “koushi”, Japanese style louvers, and eaves are also added above the first, second, and top floors

实际上，酒店的整个立面是由内外两层日式百叶组成的，每层都设有一个交替出现的V形图案，上下和内外两层的V形图案彼此错开半个跨度，从而加深了立面的阴影感。每个单独的百叶构件的一侧都被涂成棕色，而正面和另一侧则被涂成黑色，这样，酒店便会随着人们所处位置的改变而呈现出不同的视觉效果——当人们从东面而来的时候，会认为这是一座棕色的建筑，而当他们抵达之后，整个建筑又会呈现出黑色的视觉效果。

The entire facade is actually made with two layers of koushi, each with an alternating V-shape pattern, offset from each other by half a span, to deepen the sense of shadow. Each individual louver is painted brown on one side, and black on the face and the other side, such that when approaching the hotel from the east, the facade appears to be brown, but as you arrive, the brown fades and the whole building appears to be black.

▼酒店外立面局部，百叶形成交替出现的V形图案，上下两层的V形图案彼此错开半个跨度（左），立面百叶细节（右），partial view of the hotel facade with an alternating V-shape pattern which offsets from each other by half a span (left), details of the louvers (right)

酒店室内空间的设计围绕着“黑暗”这个概念展开，建筑师极尽所能地通过现代的设计手法将这个概念表现得淋漓尽致。在这家酒店里，旅客们可以随时体验忍者的生活。比如，在酒店大堂的前台处设置着一个陷阱般的深坑，坑底安装着50个尖刺。当然，这个坑上面覆盖着厚厚的玻璃。当旅客们办理入住手续的时候，时常会被这个深坑吓到，但惊吓过后便是无尽的惊喜。

The interior is designed around the concept of “darkness”, as much as can be practically done for a modern hotel. Visitors experience tricks of ninja in this hotel. For example, the floor of the lobby, right at the front desk, holds an “otoshiana”, a deep pit with 50 sharpened spikes at the bottom. Of course, it’s covered with thick glass so that it becomes part of the flooring, but the customer will be surprised as they come across it as they prepare to check in.

▼酒店主入口，设有屋檐，the main entrance of the hotel with the eave element

▼酒店大堂全景，overview of the lobby of the hotel

▼酒店大堂的前台空间，设置着一个由玻璃覆盖着的、陷阱般的深坑，the front desk space in the lobby with a deep pit covered by thick glass

此外，当旅客们踏进酒店大堂，走向前台的时候，他们是看不到工作人员的，目光所及之处，只有坚实的金箔实墙。突然间，名为“kakushi tobira “的隐形旋转门被打开，电光火石之间，一名忍者便出现在他们的面前，而在忍者般的工作人员就位之后，旋转门便会迅速关闭，回归隐形的状态。酒店的工作人员都是一副忍者的打扮，从而使得旅客们能够迅速融入角色。在首层的主要通道的墙壁上，旅客们时不时便会看到一闪而过的忍者的剪影，这是酒店设计的一部分，设计者通过光学错觉图片，营造出一种被忍者包围的空间氛围。

As the customer approaches the front desk, they see no staff… just a solid wall of gold leaf. But suddenly, a ninja appears via a “kakushi tobira”, an invisible swinging door that opens and melts back into the wall as quickly as the ninja (front-desk staff) silently materializes. Hotel staff are dressed as ninja. “Damashie” (optical-illusion pictures) of ninja silhouettes are, from time to time, suddenly projected onto the wall of the main first-floor passage way.

▼前台处的深坑，坑底安装着50个尖刺（左），酒店大堂的前台空间，背景板是坚实的金箔实墙，墙上设置着隐形旋转门（右），the deep pit with 50 sharpened spikes at the bottom in the lobby (left), the front desk space of the lobby with a solid wall of gold leaf, there is an invisible swinging door on the wall (right)

▼酒店大堂墙面展示空间细节，details of the wall display space of the lobby

▼酒店大堂局部，partial interior view of the lobby

此外，忍者的标志性配置——手里剑（Shuriken）被作为装饰性元素，贴在酒店的墙壁上。每间客房内的房门处都有一个真人大小的忍者剪影，营造出一种他们正在潜入房间的错觉。

“Shuriken” (throwing stars) are stuck ornamentally on the walls in the hotel. The inside of each hotel-room door includes a life-size silhouette of a ninja, as if they are sneaking into your room.

▼酒店客房，the guest room

在这家酒店里，你将化身为生活在忍者时代的居民，体会一段别样的人生。

You will certainly feel “ninja” in this hotel.

▼酒店夜景外观，night view of the hotel

▼酒店外立面夜晚的灯光效果，the light effect of the hotel facade at night

▼总平面图，site plan

▼一层平面图（左），客房层平面图（右），1F plan (left), basic floor plan (right)

▼南立面图，south elevation

▼剖面图，section

Architect: Eastern Design Office
Client : ICHIKA Corporation
Completed: 2019
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Usage : Hotel
Site area: 322m2
Total floor area: 695m2
Structural Engineering: Ihara Structure Design Studio
Constructor: Soushin Kensetsu Co., Ltd.
Photographer: Koichi Torimura, Jeffrey Friedl, Takashi Inaizumi

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