Main Hall LattICe

Main Hall LattICe

DESIGN KENDO HAMAGUCHI & TAKU OHUCHI | ICEHOTEL 34 | AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2023 - APRIL 2024

With inspiration from traditional Japanese carpentry technique, LattICE was created.

AIGAKI is a technique in Japanese carpentry that does not use any nails or other metal fittings, but instead uses convex and concave cuts into the wood to fit the different pieces together. It is like a large-scale three-dimensional puzzle. LattICE is built based on these principals, replacing the wood with ice cubes.

The lengths of the ice cubes are parametrically different to create curves with straight lines, changing the light and shadows passing through the overlapping ice cubes.

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Main hall lattice
Photo: Asaf Kliger
Artists Kendo Hamaguchi & Taku Ohuchi
Photo: Asaf Kliger
ARTISTS

KENDO HAMAGUCHI is a snow and ice craftsman who studied snow and ice techniques here at ICEHOTEL 20 years ago. He has since established a snow and ice company in Japan and has created many productions in various heavy snowfall areas, regions and winter resorts.

TAKU OHUCHI has worked on several snow and ice productions in Japan and at ICEHOTEL.

 


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