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Hotel Europa Bled
Prestigious Hotel by the Lake
2020
Status
ZAPS Open Competition – 1st Award
Location
Bled, Slovenia
Area
8.000 m²
Program
Hospitality
Architecture
Ognen Arsov
Peter Cesar
Ana Kosi
Sara Škarica
Tamara Rijavec
Domen Radosavljevič
Andraž Žitnik
Jakob Marčič
Ana Cesar
The competition foresees a new five star hotel in the world famous tourist destination of Bled. The hotel area is situated on a small steeply sloped plot in the midst of a delicate and protected settlement of small houses. In order to minimize the invasion of the surrounding space, the hotel and its sizable program was divided into three units - a dug-in supporting structure housing auxiliary areas and garage and two separate wooden cubes containing rooms, reception area, restaurant and part of the wellness program. All rooms have a good orientation and quality views. The design of the hotel enables the development of a new local plaza, a viewing platform at street level between the above-ground buildings. The new plaza is covered by a thin canopy roof. A newly established pathway above the dug-in section of the hotel connects two distinct parts of the surrounding settlement that are separated by elevation. In this way the hotel does not distance itself from its locale but becomes its constituent part. In terms of material, the above-ground parts of the hotel are constructed of glass enveloped in a wooden skin. The area between both facades houses loggias with integrated private saunas. The secondary wooden filigree cladding is inspired by traditional local wooden architecture.
Before / Location
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Volume including the full programme planned for the hotel.
Cutting the volume in half.
Dividing the volume into two parts and sinking it into the ground.
Two Rotating one volume to get better views from hotel rooms halves of the hotel moved apart.
Design of a secondary, semi-transparent, timber façade with external living spaces.
Final design of the hotel.
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The design of the hotel as two small above-ground volumes provides a view towards the lake for the village behind the hotel.
The rotation of the hotel's volume allows for quality views of the lake from all hotel rooms.
A new park path is created between the two separate volumes of the hotel, linking the lower and upper parts of the town.
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Axonometic view of the area
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Site Plan
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Unerground - 4, - 3
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Underground - 2
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Underground - 1
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Ground Floor
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1 - 3rd Floor
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4th Floor
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Facade 1
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Section 1
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Facade 2
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Section 2
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