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Grace Santorini Hotel Greece Resort
Greek Accommodation Resort building design by Divercity & Mplusm
24 Jun 2016
Location: Santorini Island, Greece
Design: Divercity & Mplusm
Address: Thera 847 00, Greece
Phone: +30 2286 021300
Grace Santorini Hotel
photo : Erieta Attali
Grace Santorini Hotel Building
How could one revive vernacular architecture in such an exceptional setting as Imerovigli, Santorini, with its view of the Caldera, opposite the Skaros rock? Generally rooms to rent at the Caldera simulate the vernacular by cloning indefinitely vaulted roofs. However at Grace Santorini, no vaults are used: the layout of rooms follow in plan the broken geometries of the ground’s contours, forming in effect a series of new stone ledges into the steep gradient of the Caldera. These jagged lines converge mid-slope, at the level which produces the greatest possible width within the site. It is at this level that the pool, the restaurant and the bar of the hotel are situated.
photo : Erieta Attali
On the exterior of the hotel, stone walls create a rhythm of black and white: Some of the new rooms have acquired for their elevation a face of the region’s recognisable volcanic rock with gaps from which rays of light are allowed to pass.
photo : Erieta Attali
Since rooms are typically front loaded and fully open to the view, this reinterpretation of the vernacular stone walls ensures ventilation and privacy from passers-by. In these rooms, the recesses of the elevation form small private open spaces for contemplating the view. Being in these rooms you are not just surrounded by the usual Cycladic plastered white interior but you also perceive the volcanic rock façade, a potent reminder of the particular island you are located.
photo : Erieta Attali
Thick walls, another element of Santorini’s historic towers and fortresses, are introduced as a wall thickness that accommodates several built-in furnishings such as wardrobes and vanity units. The concrete floors of the rooms retain the earthy palette of colours –together with the black and red stones in the walls they form a dialogue with the island’s unique geological section as exposed on the Caldera.
photo : Erieta Attali
The idea of a black cavernous space equivalent to the special geology of the island has been maintained in the interior not only of the reception but also in the restaurant and the bar: on the background of the reception desk a stone wall has been built from black volcanic stones with remarkable voids, resembling the ones applied to rooms of the hotel. The background of the restaurant and bar area is painted in the dark colour of the volcanic stones and its prismatic geometry resembles a rocky landscape.
photo : Erieta Attali
This background embraces the long seating bench behind the tables, the facade of the show kitchen window as well as the wine rack. The wine rack is metallic and equipped with rows of circular holes for the horizontal placement of the bottles, holes that on an abstract level resemble the gaps between the black volcanic stones -red lighting behind simulate the warmth of Santorini’s volcano.
photo : Erieta Attali
The choice of exposed (unpainted) metal in proximity to the dark grey of the surrounding walls relates to the basic palette of the stratified Caldera section where black and mellow greys complement warm brown tones.
photos : Erieta Attali
Grace Santorini Hotel Greece – Building Information
Name of project: Grace Santorini Hotel
Project address: Imerovigli, Santorini 84700, Greece
Architects: Divercity & Mplusm
Principal Architects: Divercity – Nikolas Travasaros ; Mplusm – Memos Filippidis/ Marita Nikoloutsou
Dates of design: 2007-08
Dates of construction: 2008-10
Total plot area: 1,033.72 sqm
Total building area: 621.23 sqm
Client: Grace Hotels Group
Interior Designers: Divercity & Mplusm ; Sophia Vantaraki, space consultant
photos : Serge Detalle
Grace Santorini Hotel images from FD
Grace Santorini Hotel information from Divercity
Location: Santorini, Greece
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