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Hard Rock Hotel

Studio Gronda

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The welcome experience invites us to inhabit the interior of a Spanish guitar, represented on the floor and ceiling by its shape, finished in natural oak wood. - Jose Salto
Lobby - Jose Salto
On the opposite side, towards the west wing, arches with a solid structure houses the Rock Shop with clear accents of traditional Andalusian architecture - Jose Salto
The welcome experience invites us to inhabit the interior of a Spanish guitar, represented on the floor and ceiling by its shape, finished in natural oak wood. - Jose Salto

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JURY VOTES
Hotel
5.45
6.11
5.80
5.20
5.64
Eunice Wu
Eunice Wu Property Director at China Merchants Shekou
5
7
6
7
6.25
Philipp Schlauch
Philipp Schlauch Senior Workplace Consultant at Drees & Sommer
Poshy and very loud concept but gue...
4.75
6
5.75
4
5.13
Emma Maxwell
Emma Maxwell Founder at Emma Maxwell Design
5.35
6.45
5.62
5.18
5.65
Chantal Vos
Chantal Vos Associate Partner at Kraaijvanger Architects
5
6
5
5
5.25
David del Valle
David del Valle Founder at Del Valle Studio
5.78
5.78
5.83
5
5.6
Hongdi Li
Hongdi Li Founder and Creative Director at Studio Lux
Consistent style and language for t...
5
7
6.8
6
6.2
Samar Younes
Samar Younes Founder and Chief Imagination Officer at Samaritual
6
6
6
5
5.75
Hihope Zhu
Hihope Zhu Founder and Chief Architect at Archihope
5.42
5.18
4.81
4.43
4.96
Niels Kramer
Niels Kramer Creative Director EMEA at Tétris Design & Build
Nice way of treating the 70’s exist...
6
7
7
6
6.5
Corey Martin
Corey Martin Principal Designer at Hacker Architects
6.51
6.14
6.51
5.38
6.14
Collin Burry
Collin Burry Design Principal at Gensler
5.28
5
5
4.45
4.93
Vincent Zhang
Vincent Zhang Cofounder at Domani Group Limited
5.26
5.78
5.26
5
5.33
Floor area
1805 ㎡
Completion
2022
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Studio Gronda, an international architecture and interior design studio, was awarded to design the public area’s interiors of the first resort hotel of the Hard Rock Hotels brand on the peninsula. The adults-only hotel, operated by Palladium Hotel Group, is located in Puerto Banús, Marbella, facing the Mediterranean Sea. The project consists of the renovation of the first hotel complex built in Puerto Banús in the 1970s, which had great international impact. It is scheduled to open in July 2022. 

The building, divided into two wings, concentrates between them a main axis with the main public areas including the Porte cochere, the reception, the VIP Check-In, the Lobby bar, the Rock Shop, the Lobby Lounge, a Pool Table Club, and the public toilets. The Lobby Lounge leads out to the chill-out terrace, overlooking the outdoor gardens and the main pool. The east wing’s first floor of the hotel concentrates a large event space: the Grand Ballroom, the Sessions restaurant and a commercial gallery that gives access to the Body Rock GYM and the Rock SPA. 

The basement floor contains alternative venues for private meetings. The design is based on the combination of brand attributes (passionate, irreverent, authentic, and unpredictable design) with local and cultural attributes (traditional Andalusian architecture, the work of Picasso, local ceramics and flamenco). Each space invokes a unique experience through this combination of traditional elements with a modern and contemporary overlay that assists in incorporating the memorabilia, an essential part of the brand. Studio Gronda created special custom furniture as well as large window displays in specific spaces to frame their objects.