# Rain-harvesting roof concept wins NOT A HOTEL entry

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rain-harvesting-roof-concept-wins-not-a-hotel-entry/679819>\
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**Created:** [April 1, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rain-harvesting-roof-concept-wins-not-a-hotel-entry/679819 "2026-04-01T14:00:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rain-harvesting-roof-concept-wins-not-a-hotel-entry/679819/1 "2026-04-01T14:00:25Z")

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a bowl-shaped rooftop mimicking rainfall tops this winning entry for NOT A HOTEL.

> **[a bowl-shaped rooftop mimicking rainfall tops this winning entry for NOT A HOTEL](https://www.designboom.com/architecture/bowl-shaped-rooftop-water-winning-entry-not-hotel-sound-rain/)**
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This winning NOT A HOTEL proposal uses a bowl-shaped roof to turn Yakushima’s rainfall into architecture.

 ![not-hotel-sound-rain-steven-chu-japan-designboom-700-500x400-22b08q85r956](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/1/d/1d04b7d3b5a47c5bb4043fa5e97a45575444cc3d.jpeg)  
BobaMilk

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rain-harvesting-roof-concept-wins-not-a-hotel-entry/679819/2 "2026-04-01T14:07:06Z")

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Beautiful idea, but a roof that concentrates that much water lives or dies on overflow control and maintenance in storm season.

Sarah