Hotel Rakuragu, designed by kooo Architects, epitomizes innovative urban design on a compact 84-square-meter site in Tokyo. Rather than following conventional hotel designs, the architects focused on the 'gaps' in the urban fabric to create unique balconies that give each guest a distinct view. The building features a rhythmic white cuboid façade with irregular voids, offering natural ventilation and light through its advanced glazing. The use of a rigid-frame structure allows for a flexible and unobtrusive design, optimizing space while ensuring aesthetic and functional diversity in the balconies.
This approach resulted in a building that appears as a white cuboid carved with irregular voids, forming a rhythmic façade.
Unlike typical Tokyo hotels that omit balconies to maximize room space, kooo Architects oriented each floor's openings toward urban gaps, creating balconies in varying directions.
The terrace integrates passive design principles, enabling natural ventilation and light through Low-E glass, balancing openness with thermal comfort.
The building's iconic form uses a steel rigid-frame structure with diagonal braces instead of conventional column-and-beam systems, minimizing visual obstructions on balconies.
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