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Hotel Zürichberg

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JURY VOTES
Hotel
5.79
7.00
5.86
5.36
6
Ad de Hond
Ad de Hond Founder and Creative Director at ADH.design
The multi brand store feels fresh a...
4.55
7.11
6.02
4.16
5.46
Catalina Soffia Baeza
Catalina Soffia Baeza Creative Director at Yáneken
In my opinion, the historical legac...
3.38
5.07
4.18
4.47
4.28
Mauro Brigham
Mauro Brigham Founder and Creative Director at ncbham
Interesting and functional layout,...
3
6
3
3
3.75
Darren Xu
Darren Xu Founder and CEO at Spider Creative
4.8
7.06
4.64
5
5.38
Katie Kasabalis
Katie Kasabalis Cofounder at Kasawoo
3
6
4
4
4.25
Asha Sairam
Asha Sairam Principal at Studio Lotus
3
7
3
2
3.75
Philip Staszewski
Philip Staszewski Partner Architect at Ivy Studio
Unfortunately, I don't see the pres...
3
6
4
4
4.25
Simon Schmolling
Simon Schmolling Head of Architecture at Meiré und Meiré
3.09
5.59
4.34
3.09
4.03
Daniel Kaven
Daniel Kaven Co-Founder at William Kaven Architecture
2.37
5
2.33
3.71
3.35
Mark Bithrey
Mark Bithrey Founder and Creative Director at B3 Designers
I would never had know this is in M...
4.5
5
4
5
4.63
Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin Founder and Creative Director at AMD Interior Architecture
Visual noise with no clarity....
3
6
3
3
3.75
Pengzhan Du
Pengzhan Du Chief Architect at Engineering Design Management Center of Bureau of public works of Shenzhen Municipality
3
6
4
4
4.25
Zhongli Wang
Zhongli Wang Partner at Catanian
5
5
5
5
5
Lindsay Roth
Lindsay Roth Design Director at Gensler
5
7
5
3
5
Steve Lastro
Steve Lastro CEO and Future of Living Advisor at Linq-X
4.5
6
5
5
5.13
Designer
Client
Sorell Hotels Switzerland
Floor area
4502 ㎡
Completion
2020
Furniture Consultant and Delivery
Photographer

Sorell Hotel Zürichberg is the flagship hotel of the Sorell-Hotels group, situated in a beautiful location with a view of Zurich city, the lake, and the mountains. It was completed in the 1900s and is a striking contemporary witness to the reform architecture of the time: this was represented by architects who changed from historicism at the beginning of the 20th century but adhered to traditional building materials and construction methods. The 37 hotel rooms in the old building and 30 rooms in the iconic cylindrical extension from 1995, represented a stylistic patchwork. The design is based upon the idea of the rooms and corridors to represent the rather unadorned modesty of reform architecture. With the use of long-lasting regional materials and exceptional craftsmanship, a rather simple yet elegant space was brought to life. Due to the short renovation time and without interfering with the ongoing hotel operations, a modular wall structure with an integrated lighting system was developed. This minimized substantial electrical works and raggling of the walls. Simultaneously the hotel restaurant was also renovated. We were commissioned to work out a proposal that refers to the history of the house and its surroundings. It was the explicit wish of the client to achieve these design goals by architectural rather than decorative means. Reinterpreting wall paneling and stucco was the fundament of the design. The artistic neon installations on the ceiling of the restaurant show the listed stucco plasterers, while geometric wall reliefs of light beige fiberglass concrete reflect the subject of the dark wood paneling. The restaurant serves as a breakfast restaurant in the mornings: A necessary cooling buffet was integrated within a piece of large wooden furniture, which can be hidden behind vast curtains. The chairs covered in colorful textile are the only color carrier in the room, creating an exciting contrast to the warm beige tones of the room.