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[Resonale Nasu] POKO POKO Received “Hospitality building of the year” as an excellent architecture

2021.12.09

“Dezeen” is a globally influential architectural and design web media. This year, there were 4,700 entries from all 86 countries, and in one of the 11 categories, “Hospitality building of the year,” the simple design that harmonizes with nature was evaluated, and “POKO POKO” was the highest award. Was selected for.

“POKO POKO”, designed and built by “Klein Dytham Architects (KDa)”, is an activity facility in “Hoshino Resort Resonale Nasu”, and has an impressive architectural design with a large roof where three conical roofs overlap. It is a building of. Inside the room is a “play area” consisting of a 6.5m high net playset and a ball pool. In winter, the fireplace lights up and adults and children can relax at “Books & Cafe”. And in the center of the building, there is a kitchen equipped with a full-scale dedicated stone oven, and you can enjoy activities such as making stone oven pizza.

Hoshino Resort Resonale Nasu

Risonare Nasu is an agriturismo resort located at an altitude of about 500m at the foot of Mt. Nasu in northern Tochigi prefecture, about an hour and a half by bullet train and bus from Tokyo. On the site of about 42,000 tsubo, there are an accommodation building, a farm “Agri Garden”, an activity facility “POKO POKO”, and two restaurants “OTTO SETTE NASU” and “SHAKI SHAKI”.

The core of your stay at Agriturismo Resort is the experience of experiencing the production activities that grow agricultural products. At our resort, you can spend time while familiarizing yourself with the scenery of the fields and rice fields. At the farm “Agri Garden”, more than 120 kinds of vegetables and herbs are grown annually, and rice is grown in the rice fields adjacent to the facility.

At the “Stone kiln pizza making” held at the activity facility “POKO POKO”, you can enjoy the experience of vegetables being delivered from the farm to the table by using vegetables harvested by yourself as part of the toppings depending on the season.

Architectural design "Klein Dytham Architects (KDa)"

Klein Dytham Architects (KDa) is a multilingual office founded in 1991 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham that designs in multiple areas such as architecture, interiors, public spaces and installations.

Since 1996, Yukinari Hisayama will join KDa as a major member. Representative works include Daikanyama T-SITE / Tsutaya Bookstore (2011), GINZA PLACE (2016), Open House (Bangkok, 2017), Hoshino Resort Resonale Nasu POKO POKO (2020), Cartier Shinsaibashi Boutique (2021).
He is also the founder of PechaKucha Night, a creative event currently held in about 1,200 cities around the world.

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