MUWA NISEKO / Nikken Sekkei

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Text description supplied by the architects. This condominium lodge is positioned in a main location instantly linked to the Niseko Hirafu ski slopes in Hokkaido, Japan. The structure expresses the traits of Niseko and its panorama dotted with small-scale buildings, and the gabled roofs attribute of Hokkaido’s and the larger area’s conventional panorama context, whereas additionally incorporating the options of “condominium-style development,” the place every unit has its personal proprietor. By expressing these components as a set of gabled roofs, the design achieves each financial effectivity and rationality whereas preserving the panorama of Niseko. The lodge provides quite a lot of distinctive experiences, together with visitor rooms that mix seamlessly with the panorama, a foyer that frames the pure fantastic thing about Niseko, and an open-air tub with views of Mt. Yōtei. This is an structure that may solely be discovered on this location.