Architects at
Enota have shared with ArchDaily their recent competition entry, a “natural experience” hotel resort in Bled,
Slovenia,
entitled ‘Mivka’. For additional images of their design as well as
descriptive text from the architects themselves, please follow after the
jump.
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What
is it that identifies the planned new hotel and holiday apartment
community? Being near to Bled definitely matters. Bled is a town with a
long-standing tourist tradition, surrounded by beautiful nature. It
offers many possibilities of contributing to tourist offerings, such as
skiing, mountaineering, extreme sports, hiking, as well as cultural and
culinary diversity. Further qualities of Bled are easy accessibility, as
well proximity of various larger Slovenian, Austrian and Italian
cities, and the Mediterranean coast. Yet all of these characteristics
apply equally to all the numerous hotels in the town and the vicinity.
So what is it that really sets hotel Mivka apart from the rest?
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Its
incredible location. The hotel is located on a relatively large area in
the middle of a forest, completely sheltered from the influence of its
environment and surrounded only by beautiful nature. It represents a
peaceful oasis, which is still close to the concentrated tourist
offering found nearby. The principal guideline for the design of the
hotel was thus providing a perfect natural experience. The guest
choosing this resort for their destination is given a sensation of total
connection with nature that surrounds them. And what is needed for such
– 100% natural experience?
100% view on nature; A perfect view on
nature means a view of nothing but nature. If it is self-understood
that the users of the hotel shouldn’t be able to see a main road near
the resort, it is crucial for them not to see the access road to the
hotel itself, either. It is important for them not to see the other
guests’ rooms from theirs. And not only that, there is an unobstructed
view on nature also from each program cluster available for use by the
guests without them also seeing the users of other programs.
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natural lighting; when ensuring a perfect contact with nature, it is
not only important how the users see the nature from the interior spaces
outwards but obviously also how the nature penetrates the spaces from
outside. In this regard, the most important natural influence is quality
daytime lighting. The requirement is thus ample natural lighting in all
spaces intended for the guests, including the communications.
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sense of privacy; The feeling of being connected with nature is one’s
intimate relationship. In order to nurture it, a great measure of
privacy needs to be provided to the guests. As Mivka is a relatively
large hotel, achieving this was quite a challenge. The large mass of the
building is broken up into smaller sections with the users never seeing
more than one or two sections at any one time due to their curved
shape. The concave design of the sections envelops the different
programs and defines the space intended for them. It ensures privacy to
the users and prevents the views from crossing with the activities of
adjacent program cluster. The guests perceive the large, homogenous
hotel as an aggregation of smaller independent units.
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natural appearance; Not lastly, the appearance of the building itself
is important in stimulating the natural experience. The building has to
blend with the environment in which it is placed. This is ensured by the
organic design and consistent use of natural materials. Natural
materials have a recognizable, characteristic structure, they do not
stand out from the environment, and they age gracefully. The use of
unprotected timber on the facade in particular holds a direct dialogue
with the forest that surrounds the hotel. The vertical timber elements
give emphasis to the curved lines of the principal volume, prevent views
from the side, and act as a connecting element of sorts between the
intimacy of the interior space and the warmth of the nature that enfolds
it.
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