Can Bordoy is a small hotel with a magnificent garden located in the center of Palma de Mallorca. It is a complete renovation of an abandoned building that had been intervened throughout its more than 500 years of history. The program is intended to evoke the experience of visiting a house more than a hotel. Therefore, rather than being at a hotel reception, clients meet at the entrance hall of the house, instead of a restaurant we find a residential dining room, rooms and living rooms are like those you would find in an old house, etc. Inspired by Kintsugi - traditional Japanese technique of repairing broken antique porcelain with gold dust that does not hide the fracture- the project carefully preserves the romantic and decadent atmosphere found in the building and is deliberately contrasted with interventions and elements from different epochs. The proposal respects the existing centenary architectural crossbreeding, maintaining the traces of the past and avoiding a false recovery of a glorious past that the house never had. A series of architectural strategies were designed and developed throughout the building as a collection of theatrical and distinctive contemporary interventions in dialogue with the existing building. The eclecticism of the architecture is reflected in the furniture with pieces from very different eras and origins that coexist with contemporary furniture as a collection of beds and bars designed by OHLAB specifically for Can Bordoy.
Can Bordoy
OHLAB
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Agata Pilip
Senior professional brand creative retail store design
at Nike
An elegant boutique hotel, classy a...
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Valerie Roosma
Interior Designer
at -
Beautifully eclectic design, welcom...
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XIN LIN
Design Director
at OPPO
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6.5

Zaiba Mian
Professor
at Humber College
An inviting hotel which quite succe...
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6.5

Serhii Makhno
Founder
at Sergey Makhno Architects
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5.5

Jonghwan Baek
Founder and Director in Chief
at WGNB
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6.25

Paul West
Strategy Director
at Dalziel & Pow
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5.5

Otto Ng
Design Director
at LAAB Architects
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6.5

Emma Wynn
Director
at Brinkworth
A well considered balance between t...
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Luis F Rueda
Creative Director
at LFR_D
Some of the ideas in this project a...
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Paul Bishop
Owner & Founder
at Bishop Design
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Michael Long
Director
at _novospace
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Michelle Wilkie
Design Director
at tp bennett
A lovely concept, and well executed...
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Falco Webbink
Head of Design
at Wink
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Designer
Client
Mikael Hall
Floor area
2500 ㎡
Completion
2019
Architects and interior designers
Project management and site supervision together with OHLAB
Jorge Ramón, Luis Rivas and Isabel Sánchez with Jaume Miralles
Structure engineer
MEP engineering
Ingenio consultores
Master gardener
Salva Cañís
Acoustical
Archeologist
Elvira González
Commisioned art work
Pedro Oliver
Graphic design