Wolo Hotel by IDP Design Practice is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Competition Category.

IronHospitality· 2020

Wolo Hotel

by IDP Design Practice

Client: IDP Design practice

A' Design Award Winner in Hospitality Category

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The Design

About Wolo Hotel

Wolo is a hotel located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The interior design reflects Malaysian culture and the Wolo brand values in a contemporary and bold way. The history of Kuala Lumpur is a central theme. The reception counter and the grand entrance handle are handmade and finished with custom pewter, recalling the long history of pewter production in the city. The layered topography of local mining fields is used as a pattern for the corridor carpet, the ceiling pendant lights and the room mirrors. A feature wall in the lobby refers to the meaning of the city name, muddy confluence.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Wolo Hotel is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Wolo Hotel is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Wolo Hotel is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: Slightly WarmSymmetry: PartialBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The most uniques feature in this design is that the project reflect Malaysian culture as well as WOLO brand value in a contemporary, creative and bold way. An enormous amount of thought, consideration, attention to details has gone into every aspect of the project. There are so much to be shared and one of them is Kuala Lumpur long and glorious history of pewter products. The hotel reception counter and entrance grand handle is handmade and finished with custom pewter.
Tags: Bold, Modern Day Alchemist, We Only Live Once, Kuala Lumpur's DNA, Eclectic Design
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design activity apart from its deadline is transforming Kuala Lumpur’s “DNA” into the project. For example, Kuala Lumpur has long mining history and hence topography layered pattern of mining field is incorporated into steel hence, corridor carpet, ceiling pendant light and the hotel room mirror. It is noteworthy that one of the key features of interior design is the “Kuala Lumpur Wall” displaying in lobby where Lumpur means “mud” in Malaysia national language and coupled with Kuala it means “muddy confluence”. The design and installation of the wall is certainly challenging and watching the result is fulfilling.
Inspiration: As a Malaysian designer who is born and bred in Kuala Lumpur, this project is inspired by “Kuala Lumpur”. With the great enthusiasm to make WOLO hotel a true Malaysian brand, Kuala Lumpur’s “DNA” has been incorporated into the design in such a way that history, cultures and stories of Kuala Lumpur are reflected in many aspects in WOLO hotel.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2018 and finished in october 2019 #the project is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Patents: copyrights belong to Wolo Hotel and IDP design practice
Team Members: Creative Director: Andy Wong , Lead Designer: Vincent Yee and Designer: Maggie Ho
Image Credits: Photographer : Shooting Star/ HeartPatrick/ BricksBegin