Maestoso Hotel by Enota is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.

IronArchitecture· 2022

Maestoso Hotel

by Enota

Client: Enota

A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Maestoso Hotel

Maestoso is a hotel created through the renovation of an existing building from the 1970s. The design offers a sustainable approach to updating old hotel buildings that need a new character and new facilities. The main element is the facade structure, which supports the added balconies and blends the appearance of the building with the surrounding landscape. The facade was parametrically modeled and made from wooden beams shaped by CNC milling. Inside, the walls were brushed to reveal the rough concrete structure, and furnishing of wood and metal adds warmth.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Maestoso 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. Maestoso 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. Maestoso Hotel is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

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Color Temperature: Slightly WarmSymmetry: AsymmetricBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Maestoso hotel is a renovation of an existing 1970s building. The project proposes a new and sustainable way of renovating old hotel buildings, which are in need of a new character and new facilities. The main feature of the design is the façade structure, which on one hand, serves as supporting structure for the added balconies, while on the other hand, it blends the buildings appearance with the surrounding landscape.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size: 7.785 m2
Site: 9.970 m2
Footprint: 3.440 m2
Tags: hotel, renovation, façade structure, stud farm, concrete, architecture, natural
Production Technology: The realization of the project required a completely three dimensional approach to the structure as well as the interior organization of the space. The façade was parametrically modeled and produced with CNC milling out of wooden beams. On the inside, the walls were brushed and cleaned to reveal the rough concrete structure. Furnishing made of wood and metal was inserted to add additional warmth to the interior space.
Inspiration: The main inspiration for the design can be found in the traditional white fence that surrounds the pastures of the white Lipizzaner horses. The fences are a recognizable regional motif that is carried onto the building envelope, creating a bond between the large hotel volume and the local landscape. The intent of the project was to propose a sustainable approach to hotel renovation, where instead of demolishing an old building, we propose a repurposing and expansion of the existing structure.
Project Duration: The project started in 2018 and was constructed in July 2021 in Lipica, Slovenia.
Team Members: Dean Lah
Milan Tomac
Polona Ruparčič
Nuša Završnik Šilec
Jurij Ličen
Carlos Cuenca Solana
Eva Tomac
Urška Malič
Jakob Kajzer
Sara Mežik
Peter Sovinc
Eva Javornik
Peter Karba
Sara Ambruš
Goran Djokić
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Miran Kambič
Image #2: Photographer Miran Kambič
Image #3: Photographer Miran Kambič
Image #4: Photographer Miran Kambič
Image #5: Photographer Miran Kambič
PDF images: Photographer Miran Kambič
PDF plans: ENOTA