Crafted Hospitality + Residential Projects Around the World
Ananea Kos
Dertouristik
Creative Direction:
visionalphabet
Artwork / Mural:
Cacao Rocks / Artspark
Photography:
Dertouristik
Category:
Hospitality
Bold Campus
Bold
Location:
Königstein, Germany
Creative Direction:
Visionalphabet
Photography:
Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann
Category:
Hospitality
A Courtyard with a House Around
Private
Location:
Kwadukuza, South Africa
Renders:
Common Architecture
Category:
Residential
Since the home is located within a working Macadamia farm the challenge was to provide spaces for indoor (and outdoor) “living”. A traditional solution of building in the middle of the site would not have provided this - where would the living stop, and the working farm start?
The answer was to create a “domesticated” courtyard with the entire home working as both connection and barrier to the surrounding close and distant views.
The home is an inversion of the regional Natal Veranda house.
Sa Torre Hotel
Status: Unrealised
Client:
Hotel Investment Partners, Barcelona
Location:
Mallorca, Spain
Photography:
Ana Santl
Renders:
Fat Tony Studio
Category:
Hospitality
The site itself is a 15th century family finca (in essence, an estate) in the classic Spanish villa style. It exudes history, with its ornate exteriors, large stone windmill and, towering above everything, the gothic spires of the finca’s chapel. Beyond it all ramble wild fields and groves of olive separated by ancient stone walls.
There is no pretending this is not an ancient place. The courtyard itself is worn smooth from hundreds of years of feet going to and fro. Vines drape themselves over archways. Creepers adorn plastered walls. Giant olives, gnarled and pitted, stand immovable.
As an authentic villa with terracotta roof tiles, shuttered windows and cobbled courtyards, our goal was to celebrate the hotel’s history and charm by peeling back some of the layers added in recent decades and return it to a pristine countryside experience.Our approach was to take away these layers, start afresh with the simple forms of arches and stone, and then put back very sparingly. We wanted to expose the beauty that was already there and modernise the interiors in a way that respects the architecture and culture of the place.
The windmill we designed to bring back its original purpose, fitting it out as an artisanal bakery. We brought in a modernist aesthetic to the interiors of the hotel, juxtaposing the ornate exteriors with simple furnishings and natural materials. Though in so many respects it is a grand place, we wanted the experience to be one of peace and calm – perhaps the same peace the original builder enjoyed the first time he stepped inside four centuries ago.
We used new materials that would patina over years of use, such as leather, and paired these with objects and finishes that would age as gracefully as the buildings themselves have done down the years. Items in wood, stone, copper and linen.
As one moves through the spaces, one experiences the stillness and privacy of a hidden room, but moving into the exterior spaces the courtyards bustle with life, the creepers and vines as vibrant as the tables of diners enjoying wine and seafood.
A modern sanctuary that remembers its heritage.
Curiocity Durban
Curiocity
Location:
Durban, South Africa
Photography:
Dane Forman
Curiocity
Category:
Hospitality
The building itself is set around a breezy courtyard; we wanted this space to feel like the heart of the hostel, with comfortable seating, tropical plants and the heritage of red face brick.
Private rooms and communal lounges spill out onto balconies overlooking the vibrant streets below or within over the courtyard. We sought to offset the busyness of the hostel with light and airy spaces, white linens, slender furniture and muted accent colours.
Durban is a sub-tropical city with rich, diverse cultures. We wanted the Colonial style building, with its high ceilings and moulded architectural details, to be complemented by the vernacular of the city, which is in many respects all things to all people with its Zulu heritage, laidback surf lifestyle and all the aspects of a modern cosmopolitan port city. Traditional wicker mats, cane armchairs, rope hangers dripping ferns – giving guests, at a glance, a sense of the truth of the place.