PROJECT: MONDRI AND ELANO HOTEL
LOCATION: LAS VEGAS, USA
SIZE: 200,000 M2
TYPE: INVITED COMPETITION
STATUS: SETTLED
CLIENT: MORGAN’S HOTEL GROUP
COLLABORATORS: ARUP, HZ, OLAFUR ELIASSON



PROJECT TEAM:

JULIEN DE SMEDT
ANDREW GRIFFIN
ADAM HALD
ANDERS DRESCHER
BARBARA FUMAGALLI
BENNY JEPSEN
CANDICE ENDERLE
ELIZA BOLGANSKI
FELIX LUONG
JENNIFER DAHM PETERSEN
JOAO AMARO
KARIN BJORSMÖ
LEIF ANDERSEN
LUCY JONES
MARIA LJUNGSTEN
NINO SOPPELSA
PETER LARSON
PETTER PALANDER
RIKKE ANDERSEN
SARA WILLE-JØRGENSEN
SIMON NIELSEN
THOMAS GARVIN
TOVE FOGELSTRÖM

How do we make a hotel of genuine experiences in Las Vegas, the City of Pastiche? How do we extract the identity of the Mondrian and the Delano Hotels without producing copycat versions? How do we maximize the benefits of a large-scale complex without losing the identity and individual logistics of its parts? How do we address a mass audience while retaining the exclusivity required by a long tradition of groundbreaking hotels? And finally, how do we create the “Small and Intimate” when the program is huge and imposing? We studied the Mondrian and Delano Hotels with the aim to extract core elements of their identities. Rather than falling for their success, we tried to encircle where they could fail in the event of a Las Vegas relocation. What makes these two hotels different and what connects them? We have reproduced the essence of the hotel experience and thereby attempted to introduce a genuine experience of Las Vegas to Las Vegas.

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