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Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya, Designed by GARDE, Wins Four Design Awards

Design Overview

Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya is part of the Hyatt Hotels & Resorts brand, based on the concept of “residential-style comfort.” Located within Shibuya Sakura Stage, a large-scale redevelopment project in central Shibuya, the property offers 125 guest rooms, including 18 suites.

Shibuya is a district where visitors can enjoy the latest trends and culture, while also experiencing the charm of adjacent upscale residential areas and nostalgic alleys that retain the atmosphere of old Tokyo. Reflecting this “duality” that defines Diverse Shibuya, the interior design was conceived to embody and express this contrast, allowing guests to truly experience both sides of the city.

Artworks That Bring the Space to Life

To showcase the unique appeal of Shibuya, artworks extending from the 3rd-floor entrance to the guest rooms were created around the theme of “duality,” in line with the overall interior design concept.
Nineteen works by eight artists, expressing the essence, diversity, and contrasts of Shibuya, enliven the hotel’s shared spaces.

Details of the Facility’s Artworks

＞ Explore the Art of Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya in the Diverse City SHIBUYA

Awards Received

IDA Design Awards 2024

About the Awards

Established by the Farmani Group, the awards recognize, celebrate, and promote excellence and innovation in architecture, interior, product, graphic, and fashion design, while also discovering new talent worldwide.
All entries are evaluated according to the same criteria by industry experts with at least 15 years of professional experience.

Award Details
Title: Silver
Category: Hospitality Interior Design – Hotels / Resorts

MUSE Design Awards 2025

About the Awards

The MUSE Design Awards, established in 2015, honor creative and design professionals and are judged by a panel of about 40 jurors from around the world.

The organizer, International Awards Associate (IAA), is deeply committed to advancing the industry by discovering and recognizing both emerging and established talent.

Award Details
Title: Gold Winner
Category: Interior Design – Hotels & Resorts

The IPAX Asia Pacific Property Awards 2025-2026

About the Awards
The International Property Awards were established to recognize the highest levels of achievement by companies operating in all sectors of the property and real estate industry.
Divided into nine regions—including the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe—the awards are judged by a highly experienced panel of experts covering every aspect of the property sector.

Award Details:
Title: Winner
Category: Hotel Interior

DNA Paris Design Awards 2025

About the Awards
Established in Paris by the Farmani Group—an organization that supports design talent worldwide through various initiatives and awards—and the creative collective InBetween, this award honors the work of international architects and designers who enhance everyday life through practical, beautiful, and innovative design.

Award Details
Title: Honorable Mention
Category: Interior Design – Hospitality

The latest award information is shared through the GARDE Newsletter. In addition, the newsletter features a wide range of content, including introductions to completed projects by GARDE, global trend insights, and topics on design and art.

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Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya – Facility Overview

Name: Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya
Location: 3-3 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Floors: 30 above ground (1–3F, 6–16F)
Guest Rooms: 125
Developer: Tokyu Land Corporation
Architectural Design: Toda Corporation
Interior Design: GARDE Co., Ltd.
Lighting Design: Lightmoment Inc.

About Hyatt House

Hyatt House hotels are designed for guests seeking spacious residential-style accommodations with everything needed for both short and long stays. With more than 140 locations worldwide, Hyatt House offers home-like amenities, thoughtful services, and contemporary spaces. Creative menus are served in the bar area, while comfortable indoor and outdoor shared spaces are provided for working, connecting, or simply relaxing.

Hyatt House:
https://www.hyatt.com/ja-JP/brands/hyatt-house

Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya:
https://www.hyatthousetokyoshibuya.jp/

Art Project at GARDE: HARUNA SHIKATA Solo Exhibition “Overwrite”

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From Friday, August 1 to Saturday, August 9, 2025, GARDE Gallery will host “Overwrite,” a solo exhibition by artist HARUNA SHIKATA.

This exhibition features a series of mixed media works exploring the theme of “overwriting information, emotions, and personal experiences.” SHIKATA attempts to reconstruct memory and thought in a positive light through layered visual expression.

This exhibition, “Overwrite,” presents a series of works born from an approach that emphasizes affirmative “editing” and “reprocessing” of the experiences and memories that accumulate within us. Rather than denying the past, artist HARUNA SHIKATA embraces the idea of constructively reshaping it.

Drawing from her own lived experiences, SHIKATA explores how unchanged, unprocessed information stored in the brain can sometimes trigger negative emotions. Her method involves deliberately “overwriting” these internalized elements by hand, transforming them into something newly meaningful through artistic expression.

The works are composed using a layered process that blends photography, text, illustration, and drawing, combining analog and digital techniques. Materials such as silver leaf, UV inkjet printing, and hand-painted details are applied in multiple stages. This process reveals the visual reconstruction of memory, offering viewers new perspectives and emotional resonance.

The act of “overwrite” proposed in this exhibition is not an erasure of memory or data, but a creative endeavor to inscribe new meaning and value upon them. It invites reflection on the potential for positive self-transformation in contemporary society, where the past becomes a canvas for healing and reinterpretation.

Artist Profile – HARUNA SHIKATA

Born in 1996 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
HARUNA SHIKATA began her artistic career after graduating from Kuwasawa Design School in 2022. Her work centers on the concept of “Overwrite”—the affirmative editing and reprocessing of information, emotions, and personal experiences.

Through mixed media works, she explores the reconstruction of memory and the potential for self-transformation. Using materials tied to her own experiences and emotions—such as photographs, text, and drawings—she applies layered techniques that include silver leaf, UV inkjet printing, and paint, creating pieces that symbolically “overwrite” emotional memory and meaning.

Exhibitions & Awards

June 2025 – Tone, YOD KYOTO
April 2025 – tagboat ART FAIR 2025
April 2025 – ART@FUKUOKA
January 2025 – What You See Underneath, YOD TOKYO
January 2025 – 100 Artists 10 – Jury Award
June 2024 – Solo Exhibition Trajectry, gallery201
December 2023 – WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.32 – Award
November 2023 – Origin of Beauty 2023 – Encouragement Prize
August 2023 – Independent Tokyo 2023 – Tagboat Special Award

Collaborations
June 2024 – Quarter Room
December 2023 – MUSTARD HOTEL SHIMOKITAZAWA

Exhibition Overview: HARUNA SHIKATA Solo Exhibition “Overwrite”

Dates: August 1 (Fri) – August 9 (Sat), 2025
Hours: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Closes at 4:00 PM on the final day)
Venue: GARDE Gallery
NBF ALLIANCE Building 4F, 5-2-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Free
Exhibition Details: https://tinyurl.com/46w4d5yb
Sales Page : https://www.art-adf.jp/

GOCA by Garde – Inside GARDE’s New York Art Space and Its Latest Showcase

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GOCA by Garde, GARDE’s first overseas art gallery, serves as a hub for introducing Japanese and Asian artists to a global audience, showcasing a wide variety of works including paintings, sculptures, and ceramics.
We’re pleased to bring you a glimpse of our solo exhibitions and participation in art fairs held in May and June, reporting directly from Chelsea, New York.

Ibuki Minami Solo Exhibition “Gei-Kaku Ichinyo”

In May—when New York’s art scene reaches its peak—GOCA by Garde held a solo exhibition by Ibuki Minami titled Gei-Kaku Ichinyo at its Chelsea gallery space, running from May 8 to June 28.
The exhibition drew not only collectors, gallerists, curators, and artists fresh from the city’s major art fairs, but also curious New Yorkers eager to discover something new. A mix of English and occasional Japanese filled the space, leaving a strong impression of GOCA’s growing global presence.
You can view highlights from Ibuki Minami’s Gei-Kaku Ichinyo solo exhibition at the link below.
https://www.gardedesignmagazine.com/goca-ibuki-minami-gei-kaku-ichinyo-report-en/

Future Fair 2025

Future Fair 2025 was held from May 7 to 10 at Chelsea Industrial (535 W 28th Street) in New York’s Chelsea district. GOCA by Garde participated with a dual exhibition featuring artists Aya Kawata and Yuta Okuda, under the theme Neo Japanese Pulse: Reimagining a Cultural Loop.
Since its launch in 2020, Future Fair has grown into a highly curated platform that emphasizes selectivity, equity, and dialogue. It serves not only as a launching ground for emerging galleries but also as one of the most influential stages shaping the next generation of the global contemporary art scene.
Among the 67 carefully selected galleries from around the world, GOCA by Garde was the only participant from Japan.
For more details on the exhibition, please see the link below.
https://www.gardedesignmagazine.com/goca-future-fair-2025-en/

At GOCA by Garde, we will continue to host solo and group exhibitions at our gallery, alongside planned participation in upcoming art fairs.
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GOCA by Garde

GOCA by Garde is an art gallery created by GARDE, located in New York’s Chelsea district and dedicated to showcasing contemporary art from Japan and Asia. Through paintings, sculptures, and ceramics, the gallery introduces both emerging and established artists, aiming to foster cultural exchange and dialogue.
Chelsea is renowned as one of the world’s leading centers of art and culture, currently home to around 200 galleries. The neighborhood offers a diverse range of exhibitions, from internationally acclaimed artists to experimental works by rising talents.
In this vibrant setting, GARDE brings together its expertise in spatial design and its strong network of artists to create a place where art lovers can gather, engage, and connect. GOCA by Garde aspires to generate new inspiration and possibilities—ultimately contributing to a more positive society through the power of art.