Iron Interior · 2021
Shogun Castle Remodeling Apartment House
- A' Design Award 2021 in Interior
- CLIENT: Oldgear
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 8,793
- Verification code 3649B18D21 · Verify this award
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About Shogun Castle Remodeling Apartment House
Shogun Castle is a renovated apartment interior in Fukuoka, Japan. The total floor area is 97.80 square meters. A Japanese style room of 10 square meters was kept next to the living room and treated as a special room. Four painters who work on the reproduction of national treasure picture scrolls created original drawings for the walls and ceiling. Each drawing and wall surface was signed and sealed by the artists. Traditional materials such as hemp paper, natural mineral pigments, gold leaf and tatami were used. The rest of the living space was kept plain to create contrast.
About the A' Design Award
Shogun Castle Remodeling Apartment House is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Shogun Castle Remodeling Apartment House is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Shogun Castle Remodeling Apartment House is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
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- Unique Properties
- In order to create an infinite depth and story in a Japanese style room, The designer requested four painters who worked on reproduction of the present condition of national treasure picture scrolls to paint original drawings for the walls and ceiling. A scan and transfer on the walls were completed in two days. Each of the unique, original drawings and wall surfaces was signed and sealed by the four artists which gave life to the story. The designer would like to showcase and share the beauty of Japanese.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Japanese special room for the landlord Shogun area
10 square meters.
Total floor area
97.80 square meters. - Tags
- Interior, Architecture, Japan, Interior design, Oldgear, Shogun Castle, Renovation, Kitakyushu renovation,
- Production Technology
- Major materials
wallpaper, diatomaceous earth, Japanese mat,tatami, plaster board, lighting, wood, fusuma, unique Japanese subtlety by using traditional materials such as hemp paper, natural mineral pigments, and gold leaf. - Design Challenge
- The reality is that it is a six tatami mat Japanese style room. The designer exchanged questions and answers about how to increase its intrinsic valueand create opportunities for rethinking Japanese style rooms.
Each of the hard, original drawings and wall surfaces was signed and sealed by the four artists, which gave life to the story. Utilizing the beauty of natural light, the living space other than the Japanese style room was made to be an inorganic space, and the attractiveness of both spaces was enhanced by contrasting with the gorgeous Japanese style room. - Research
- It is now just a year before the Tokyo Olympics, so The designer would like to showcase and share the beauty of Japanese renovation to the world, and leave it for future generations.
- Inspiration
- Things that have seen the cities transition and an ongoing redevelopment project coexist just a six minutes walk away from the station. The apartment house overlooking them looked like a modern castle. The designer consider the exclusive part with the roof balcony over 100 square fields overlooking the four sides as the tower of the castle, leave an uninspiring Japanese style room next to the living room, and utilize it as a special room for the landlord Shogun of this house.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2019 and finished in September 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Operation Flow
- Leave an uninspiring Japanese style room next to the living room, so rethinking Japanese style rooms attraction.
- Patents
- trademark registration patented
- Image Credits
- Image #1#2#3#4#5 Photographer Marie Yoshinaga, uruphoto