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Hotel Loisium Alsace, France, Architect, Building, Architecture, Picture, Design
Hotel Loisium Alsace Project : Information + images
French Building by Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl Architects To Build The Hotel Loisium Alsace In Alsace,
France
New York City, January 2009 - Steven Holl Architects (SHA), in collaboration
with Rüssli Architects, has been commissioned to realize a new Hotel,
Spa, and Wine Center for Loisium SAS in Alsace, France. Sited at the
edge of a forest overlooking vineyards to the east and south, this
100-room destination hotel, spa, and wine center in Alsace has views
of Switzerland and Germany in the distance. The red cliff from the
former stone quarry on the site provides a unique background for the
building, while an ancient road crosses the site coming from the historic
Marbach Abbey, which was once part of the pilgrim path to Santiago
de Compostela.

The concept of Arborescent Structures - a morphology of tree-like
branching - gives a unique order and space to this building as it
gently merges with the landscape’s slope. The arborescent concept
allows for the shaping of different exterior spaces, one for the privacy
of the spa, one for the more public character of the restaurant. In
the hotel, the single loaded corridors, rooms and suites offer rich
views into the landscape of the surrounding forest and vineyards.
The concrete frame structure is sheathed in blackened wood siding
which merges with the dark greens of the forest and landscape. The
main lobby of the hotel has two fronts allowing guests to walk from
trellis covered parking on the south, or to be directly dropped off
on the north.

Like a flower branching from this wooden tree, the event center pavilion
is covered in red weathered steel, similar to the local stone cliff,
colored glass in different shades of red. This pavilion has a wine
gallery at its base with a direct connection to the hotel restaurant.
On the level above, connected to the lobby, is a gathering space for
concerts, weddings, and special hotel events. This space has chapel-like
acoustics with a reverberation time of just less than two seconds
– perfect for chamber music. The flower-like pavilion can also be
a place of silence and reflection, connecting to the site history
with the adjacent monastery and abbey.
Hotel Loisium Alsace information recieved 260109
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Loisium Alsace France design : Steven Holl
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