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The Royal Hotel

Giannone Petricone Associates

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View of entrance lobby at edge of reception desk and Counter Bar beyond. Stone mosaic inlay, tufted vintage fabric, and exposed oak ‘wall studs’ act as a vestige of the previous, 19th C. occupation. Main parts of the Victorian hotel are disassembled, abstracted, then reassembled in situ. - Johnny Lam
Detail of restored historic front façade at entrance portal with reinstated Victorian balustrade now expressed in construction-grade expanded metal and furled brass mesh. - Johnny Lam
Detail at entrance handrail delineating original ground level datum in terrazzo tile with brass transition to puckered slot seam leather cladding. Vintage textile patterns and details are reinterpreted throughout the hotel. Leather panels are reserved for the new column and shear wall structures held away from the shell of the historic building. - Pina Petricone
View of entrance lobby at edge of reception desk and Counter Bar beyond. Stone mosaic inlay, tufted vintage fabric, and exposed oak ‘wall studs’ act as a vestige of the previous, 19th C. occupation. Main parts of the Victorian hotel are disassembled, abstracted, then reassembled in situ. - Johnny Lam

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Innovation
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Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Hotel
5.81
6.71
6.63
5.56
6.18
Yanfei Li
Yanfei Li Founder and Design Director at 8877 Interiors
Elegance, it is a good way to fuse...
7
7
7
6
6.75
Julian Lwin
Julian Lwin Spatial Design Director at Lwindesign + StreetFarms USA
Safely executed some nice furniture...
5
5
5
5
5
Alexander Fehre
Alexander Fehre Founder at Studio Alexander Fehre
I like the 1960's design approach...
6
6
6
5
5.75
Benjamin Kaplan
Benjamin Kaplan Design Director Global Brand Experience at Nike
5
8
6
5
6
Jump Lee
Jump Lee Design Director at One fine day studio & partners
5
8
6
6
6.25
Ekaterina Elizarova
Ekaterina Elizarova Founder and Creative Director at Elizarova Design Studio
7
8
7
6
7
Karol Suguikawa
Karol Suguikawa Creative Director at Karol Suguikawa Design
7
7
6
5
6.25
Studio Lotus
Studio Lotus Architect and Interior Designer at Studio Lotus
6
7
7
6
6.5
Alberto Martinez
Alberto Martinez Sales Manager of Central Europe at Andreu World
6
6
6
6
6
Marjan van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel Solar Designer at Marjan van Aubel Studio
5
7
7
5
6
Jayati Sinha
Jayati Sinha Physical and Digital Experience Designer at Fjord @ Accenture
6
7
7
5
6.25
Olga Sundukova
Olga Sundukova Cofounder at Sundukovy Sisters
5
6
7
6
6
Andrew Mcmullan
Andrew Mcmullan Director at Mcmullan Studio
5
5
5
5
5
Julien Sebban
Julien Sebban Architect at Uchronia
5
5
6
5
5.25
Client
247 Main Street, Picton LP
Floor area
2880 ㎡
Completion
2022
Budget
Confidential
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The Royal Hotel is a new hospitality offering in an old 19th C. landmark structure at the center of Picton, Ontario. 

INNOVATION
It is designed to be a transporting experience while deeply rooted in the local context. Main parts of the Victorian hotel are disassembled, abstracted, then reassembled in situ. This, combined with a contrasting register of the building’s previous, 19th C. occupation, creates a new hotel experience that benefits from the charged royal contrast between ‘genteel’ and ‘real’ elements. The quintessential ceiling rosette is reinterpreted as a grand mushroom and water ripples in plaster; the Victorian elevator cage is substituted with construction-grade expanded metal; and the traditional fireplace mantles are displaced by furled, delaminated plaster, concrete, and wood, to name a few. 

FUNCTIONALITY
The original Victorian structure is reduced at the upper suite floors to allow north and west facing suites to benefit from an abundance of light, this also creates a second level terrace open to hotel guests. The public main floor expands from the sidewalk across to an outdoor porch, garden, and pool that is flanked by the renovated Royal Annex. It is at the ground level where a complex but relaxed arrangement of hospitality offerings allows the general public, alongside hotel guests, to enjoy eating drinking, and gathering in various spaces served by a large, multivalent kitchen. The street-front Counter Bar, and the rear-facing restaurant that spills out onto a restaurant porch are complemented by the more intimate hotel Parlour, Library, and outdoor Garden along the east side. 

CREATIVITY
Also instrumental to the design strategy is the petrification of textiles whose patterns and details are rooted in the Victorian era, now expressed in stone, wood, and metal. Custom designed wood screens, embroidered headboards, fluted concrete panels, herringbone, and a tartan stone mosaic are designed like textiles that ensconce the room for maximum comfort for all times of year. Colours of the custom stitching, powder-coated lamps, and tartan mosaic recall the adjacent building façade – original buff brick, original clay brick, and new green slate. The main, public level was designed to expand and contract with the seasons and hotel events. The entire experience is punctuated by four bars that are also convertible depending on the time of day, time of week, and time of year. 

SUSTAINABILITY
The Royal repurposes a derelict but heritage protected 19th C. Victorian Mercantile building through a process of surgical restoration and state-of-the-art upgrades in building envelope to exponentially improve the structure’s energy efficiency. The project breathes new life into the vintage structure and allows new interior interventions to work with building environmental systems to increase R-value and fresh air exchange. New windows are custom designed to emulate the original windows but now with high-performance glazing and seals.