{"id":280,"date":"2026-01-04T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trainingsequipment.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/zaha-hadid-architects-designs-hotel-to-wind-around-okinawa-beach\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:40:07","slug":"zaha-hadid-architects-designs-hotel-to-wind-around-okinawa-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trainingsequipment.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/zaha-hadid-architects-designs-hotel-to-wind-around-okinawa-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaha Hadid Architects designs hotel to wind around Okinawa beach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a> has designed a snaking hotel<\/a> for\u00a0hospitality brand Not A Hotel<\/a>, which\u00a0will perch above a coastal site in Okinawa<\/a>, Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set to be nestled between a forest and beach, the Vertex Hotel for Not A Hotel<\/a> will include villas, suites and an outdoor pool within its 25,300-square-metre volume.<\/p>\n

According to Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a>, the hotel will be designed to “preserve the island’s unique coastal and marine ecosystems”, in line with guidelines laid out by local environmental authorities.<\/p>\n

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Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a snaking hotel for Not A Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for the hotel borrows its curving form from the contours of the surrounding limestone geology.<\/p>\n

“A continuation of the existing rock formations within the site, the design follows the contours of the shoreline, articulated as a series of stepped horizontal terraces, courtyards and gardens that echo the site’s varied topography,” the studio said.<\/p>\n

“The composition, orientation and materiality of the hotel have been informed by detailed investigations of its oceanfront site.”<\/p>\n

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Its form mimics the contours of its site in\u00a0Okinawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Renders of the proposal reveal the hotel’s soft-edged floor plates, which will extend outwards from a largely glazed facade and be wrapped at ground level by a slim outdoor pool.<\/p>\n

It will be perched above the beach and have a modular structure composed of prefabricated components, intended to minimise disturbance to the local environment during the construction process.<\/p>\n