Kengo Kuma & Associates

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters

Kengo Kuma & Associates

FACILITY ENGINEERS
Kankyo Engineering Inc, Kankyo Engineering

COOPERATION COMPANY
Shimizu Corporation

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Ejiri Structural Engineers

DESIGN TEAM
Jun Shibata, Toshiro Ota, Rue Critchfield, Kimio Suzuki, Lee Yuen Yin, Fumitake Suzuki

AREA
2187 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Hospitality Architecture, Restaurants & Bars, Retail

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography

A spa-villa-restaurant complex attached to Snow Peak's headquarters in Sanjo, Niigata. It attempts an architectural translation of Snow Peak's philosophy of moving the center of human activity from indoors to outdoors.

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography

The roof of the building is lined up to echo the elegant ridge in front of the towering Awagatake, one of Japan's 300 most famous mountains, and the eaves are covered with a material that symbolizes the camping lifestyle:

firewood. 20,000 pieces of firewood are seamlessly continuous inside and outside, giving the building a "wildness" that is not normally found in architecture.

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography

Inside the building, we attempted to connect the earth and the architecture as one by using clay walls coated with soil from the site, discarded parts from a hardware factory famous for its local industry in Sanjo, and Corten steel.

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography


Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
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© Katsu Tanaka Photography
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© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
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© Katsu Tanaka Photography
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© Katsu Tanaka Photography
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© Katsu Tanaka Photography


Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography


Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography


Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography


Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography

Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography


Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography
Snowpeak Field Suite Spa Headquarters
© Katsu Tanaka Photography

Kengo Kuma & Associates
T +81 3 3401 7721 F +81 3 3401 7778
Kengo Kuma & Associates
2 Chome-24-8 Minamiaoyama, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan