Not A Hotel’s latest property in Okinawa intertwines seamlessly with the verdant and oceanic surrounds
Not A Hotel has recently unveiled its latest and most ambitious project to date, dubbed “Earth,” located on Ishigaki Island in the southwestern region of Okinawa, Japan.
The latest property will be available for a second period of sales in mid-February, when members of the revolutionary service may purchase to own the holiday residence for a selected number of days. For any dates ahead when the site is vacant without ownership, it is available to rent as hotel accommodation as early as three months in advance.
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Designed by Hokkaido-born architect Sou Fujimoto, the Not A Hotel flagship is a solitary villa of 9,900 sqm, with four bedrooms, a private garden, an infinity pool, an underwater sauna, a full gym, as well as an open plan living and dining areas with an oceanic panorama.
Known for his delicate architecture and structures of permeable enclosures, Fujimoto’s design ideas often tackle the relationship between the functions of an architectural space and its contribution to human behaviour. His distinctive residential structures and innovative institutional projects of recent include the House of Hungarian Music in Budapest, Hungary, and the 2013 Serpentine Pavilion Gallery in London.
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