ホスピタリティを映す「かいしき」の庭
大阪を代表するビジネス街、中之島に新しくオープンした「三井ガーデンホテル大阪プレミア」の前庭デザインを担当しました*。
日本料理の世界では、器と料理の間に花や葉など生きた緑を添えて、季節を楽しむ「かいしき」というおもてなしの形式があります。そういった日本人ならではの洗練された気配りや癒しで満たされた風景を描こうと、 「かいしきの庭」をコンセプトにランドスケープを展開しました。全て樹種の異なる厳選された桜の木をはじめ、風の動きや水面のきらめきを可視化するなど、繊細な自然の移ろいを、おもてなしの形として敷地全体に散りばめました。
Nakanoshima district in the Osaka area is one of the most important hub of international tourist and domestic business people visiting in Osaka area. In order to convey the hotel’s concept of ‘Japanese sophistication’ , we created its garden with the theme of ‘Kaishiki’.
‘Kaishiki’ is a characteristic feature which is seen in traditional Japanese cuisine. Seasonal plant leaves and flowers are set aside the food to emphasize the seasonal sensation in a very subtle manner. For the Japanese, admiring the changing season is a ritual celebration in their daily lives. Such ritual celebration can be seen inJapanese garden, Ikebana (floral art), and seasonal word in Haiku, etc.
In the garden, cherry blossoms which informs the advent of spring are ‘arranged’ in steel vases, rather than just ‘planted’ within the planted zone. In Japan, there are more than 600 different species of cherry blossom, and in this garden each different species of cherry blossom are carefully selected and planted. Other trees are also carefully selected in order to visualize move in nature, such as wind and sunlight through swinging leaves and flowers.
Along with this Ikebana-like planting, we have designed the pavement by re-constructing the traditional japanese pattern. The random checked pattern is applied for the entire pavement and the plantation zoning. It has made the garden look modern yet traditional.
Capturing the fineness of nature and tradition in Japanese culture andre-interpreting them in present time has resulted in the expressing of the hotel’s fine hospitality.
Nakanoshima, Osaka, Japan
Area: 1,934sqm
Completion: 2014
Client: 三井不動産
Contracor: 清水建設
Landscape Design*: (株)スタジオゲンクマガイ在籍時案件
Photo: Forward Stroke inc.