架构师提供的文本描述。我们为来自世界各地的年轻人设计了一座新的宾馆，名为Koya-San，这是始建于1200年前的圣神教派的头庙，是联合国教科文组织的世界遗产。它是一家日本胶囊式酒店，它的隐私得到了很好的保护，而宿舍里的客人之间的交流也很活跃。每个单人房间直接面对一个大厅，以便您可以选择与其他客人适当的距离，确保隐私。选用薄木结构，使每根柱子的负荷相对较轻，环境设施的可见性更便于维护，空间组成简单，不仅使该客房的业主，而且使客人能够长期维护、修改和继续使用该建筑。

Text description provided by the architects. We designed a new guesthouse for young people from all over the world at Koya-san, the head temple of the Shingon sect founded 1200 years ago, the UNESCO world heritage. It is a mixture of Japanese capsule type hotel in which the privacy is well protected, and dormitory in which the communication among the guests is active. Each single room directly faces a hall so that you can chose proper distance with other guests ensuring the privacy. Selecting of thin wooden structure, resulting that the burden load per one pillar is relatively light, visibility of environmental facilities for easier maintenance and the simple composition of the space allow not only owner of this guest house but also guests to maintain, modify and keep on using this architecture for the long time.

 Floor Plan

我们做了两个不同的比例空间，一个是一个20人的休息室，另一个是一个床垫大小的单人房间，通过设置简单的木制连续结构框架。该建筑仅由2x4英寸木结构组成，间隔455毫米，由外墙包裹，外保温。我们没有使结构、装饰或家具之间的等级与日本旧的传统建筑相同。

We made two different scale spaces, one is a lounge for 20 people and the other is single room of a mattress size, by setting simple wooden continuing structural frame. The architecture is consist only of 2x4 inch wooden structure set at the interval of 455mm wrapped by the exterior wall with insulation outside. We did not make the hierarchy among structure, finish or furniture, same as the old Japanese traditional architecture.

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在这座建筑的中心，两座木质柱廊之间的走廊自然被高亮度照亮，连接着私人宿舍空间和公共休息室空间。我们利用从遥远的上方透过木结构的微妙的光来祭拜日本的传统建筑。细细的小软柱子给客人很人性化的感觉，而这些柱子的聚集给客人宽敞的酒廊和酒吧的感觉。

At the center of this architecture, the corridor between two wooden colonnade illuminated naturally with high-side lit connects private dormitory space and public lounge space. We make use of the subtle light from far above through the wooden structure in tribute to traditional Japanese architecture. Thin small soft pillars give the guests very human scale feeling while gathering of this pillars gives spacious feeling for lounge and bar.

Architects Alphaville Architects

Location Koyasan, Koya, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Category Hotels

Project Year 2012

Photographs Toshiyuki Yano