Liberty Signa Resort Hotel by Sait Guray Yalcin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
SilverInterior· 2024
Liberty Signa Resort Hotel
Client: S.A.I.T. Studio
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About Liberty Signa Resort Hotel
Liberty Signa Hotel blends diverse cultures with modern design, using local stone for a distinctive touch. Rooms draw inspiration from local elements, preventing monotony with diverse approaches. Adaptable plants and consideration of animal habitats enhance the landscape. Material selection cultivates a luxurious ambiance with wood, marble, and stone. The 102,000 sqm project reflects cultures from the lobby to spa and restaurant designs. Stakeholder interaction enhances cultural representation. Extensive research guides a design resonating with the community, considering environmental impact.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Liberty Signa Resort Hotel is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Liberty Signa Resort Hotel is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Liberty Signa Resort Hotel is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
Where to Get It
Luxury Hospitality Interior Design Services
We transform hospitality spaces into cultural experiences through innovative interior design. Our award-winning studio specializes in hotels, resorts, restaurants and commercial interiors, blending local materials with modern luxury to create distinctive environments that maximize guest satisfaction.
Discuss Your ProjectInterviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to cultural fusion in Liberty Signa Resort Hotel's design has earned recognition with the Silver A' Design Award - could you elaborate on how you researched and integrated various cultural elements while maintaining a cohesive, modern aesthetic?
This process required focusing not only on the aesthetic aspects of the design, but also on the emotional and cultural experiences of the guests. A research process was initiated to convey the cultures represented for a restaurant and venue, where the project continues. Cuisines and traditions such as Indian, Italian, Asian, Turkish and Teppanyaki leave a deep impression not only with their dishes, but also with their aesthetics, lifestyle and traditional bindings. We worked with professionals how accurately and sensitively these cultural elements would be reflected in its design. For example, we focused on traditional color palettes, rich textures, and elements of craftsmanship in Indian culture. We used elegant, stylish and elegant lines for Italian design, while at the same time creating a peaceful atmosphere by highlighting minimalism and nature elements for Asian culture. By modernizing traditional motifs specific to Turkish culture, we blended traditional aesthetics with contemporary elements.
The Liberty Signa Resort Hotel's consideration for Caretta Caretta turtles demonstrates exceptional environmental consciousness - how did this unique challenge influence your architectural and lighting design decisions, particularly in terms of window placement and indirect lighting solutions?
Awareness of protecting Caretta Caretta turtles at Liberty Signa Resort Hotel directly affected the architecture and lighting design. Strategic placements were made in the window placement, avoiding direct sea views and not preventing the turtles from heading towards the sea at night. As for lighting solutions, indirect lighting and hidden light systems were preferred in order to minimize light pollution. Thus, by creating natural dark environments throughout the hotel, the negative effect of night lights on the turtles was prevented. These designs offered an experience in harmony with nature, balancing both environmental responsibility and guest comfort.
In creating Liberty Signa Resort Hotel's diverse restaurant spaces - from Indian to Italian cuisines - how did you balance authentic cultural representation with contemporary luxury hotel aesthetics?
In the restaurants at Liberty Signa Resort Hotel, we have blended elements specific to each culture with modern design elements to balance authentic cultural representation and contemporary luxury aesthetics. While traditional rich colors and textures were used in the Indian restaurant, a modern atmosphere was created with stylish marble and elegant lines in the Italian restaurant. While a peaceful environment is provided with minimalism and natural materials in Asian cuisine, traditional motifs are integrated with modern design in the Turkish restaurant. In each space, details reflecting cultural identity have been designed in harmony with a contemporary aesthetic. This approach enabled authentic elements to be presented in a modern format.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This hotel project aims to achieve the pinnacle of luxury, modernity, and comfort, representing various cultures in a harmonious synthesis. Designed to meet the specific needs of a sophisticated clientele, our rooms and villas have various amenities to ensure an unparalleled level of comfort. The design draws inspiration from local elements fostering a seamless connection with the surroundings. Since the region is the spawning area of Caretta Carettas, extra care was taken in the settlement.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The total construction area of our project is 102,000 square meters, and the footprint area is 27,000 square meters. There are seven different room types and villas in the project. There are common areas with different designs, such as Adult, General, Indian, Italian, Asian, Teppanyaki, Turkish, Fish, 24-hours restaurants and Irish, Snack, Lobby, Beach bars and Patisserie, Spa, Gym, Kids Club, Aqua Park, Game Center, shops, event area, concert stage, kids event area, auditorium, management offices.
- Tags
- architecture, architectural design, interior architecture, interior, interior design, hotel, hotel design, asian, italian, irish, adult restaurant, restaurant design, restaurant, pool
- Production Technology
- In crafting this design, meticulous attention has been devoted to material selection, aiming to cultivate a luxurious and refined ambiance. The color palette, carefully chosen to reflect the intended cultural essence in every space, harmonizes with the use of high-quality materials like wood, marble, and natural stone, imparting both warmth and a touch of opulence. This thoughtful fusion of materials and colors results in a cohesive and sophisticated aesthetic for the Liberty Signa project.
The primary materials employed in this project contribute to its distinctive aesthetic and functional qualities. In furniture, a blend of wood veneer, solid wood, hazeran, wicker, lacquer on MDF, MDF laminate, laminate coating on MDF, and textile (fabric, leather) upholstery products is thoughtfully integrated. For walls, the choice encompasses plaster paint, natural stone, decorative wood panels, and textile-based wallpapers. Ceilings showcase a composition of paint on gypsum board, decorative wallpapers, and a baffle ceiling. As for flooring, the selection includes the timeless elegance of natural stone and the warmth of parquet. This thoughtful use of diverse materials adds richness and visual interest to the architectural design, contributing to a harmonious and aesthetically pleasing built environment. - Design Challenge
- In the project, our goal for the restaurants was to reflect a fusion of multiple cultures. To achieve this, we needed a comprehensive understanding of the cultures we aimed to represent and then integrate them into the architectural design with a modern twist. After thorough research into the histories of these cultures, we began the design process. Taking into account the hotel's location, its social setting, and target clientele, we crafted a design that resonates with the surrounding community. We carefully considered the environmental impact throughout the design process, gaining insights into the project's location and its inhabitants. This information guided our design choices, ensuring a harmonious integration with the environment.
- Research
- With the question "How can we reflect cultures in the designs we have been creating since the beginning of the project?" as a starting point, we prioritized understanding users' cultures and demonstrated sensitivity in design based on this understanding. When selecting visual elements such as colors, patterns, textures, and symbols, we ensured their appropriateness to users' cultures. In terms of user interaction and experience, we initiated our designs from the lobby. While using softer colors in many areas of the hotel design (corridors, rooms, etc.), we emphasized designing the lobby more grandiosely to showcase the project's distinction from an ordinary hotel in an elegant and chic manner. Avoiding monotony, we did not adhere to a single design approach. For instance, we portrayed spa areas with a softer and calm design language, while in the Indian restaurant, we combined materials that best reflected the culture with modernity. Throughout the project, we valued interaction with stakeholders and sought feedback. These approaches can contribute to our design better reflecting cultures and creating a broader interaction among users.
- Inspiration
- The ongoing design journey of the Liberty Signa is a testament to our commitment to crafting a space that seamlessly blends diverse cultures with modern design principles. Local materials, particularly stone, not only contribute to the environmental and cultural context but also impart a distinctive character to the space. We prioritize traditional elements, emphasizing natural materials and creating intimate living spaces.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2023 in Muğla, Turkey and is still ongoing.
- Operation Flow
- We aimed to prevent monotony in our design by opting for diverse approaches in each area. Additionally, we prioritized the project's location, considering the natural habitats of surrounding plant and animal species. In the hotel's landscape, we chose plants adaptable to the local environment and climate. Within the aromatic garden, we emphasized naturalness and created a space for climate-friendly fruits and herbs, used in the hotel bar's cocktails. Considering various animal species, particularly Caretta Caretta turtles, we expanded our design, taking into account their lifestyles and habitats. Similarly, we arranged the placement of hotel windows, considering the direction of the sun and wind. We chose to use indirect lighting so that the lighting does not reflect directly into the sky and create light pollution. We aimed to maximize nature's contribution to our project.
- Team Members
- Senior Architect: Kemal Çetin
Senior Interior Designer: Sait Güray Yalçın
Architect: Burak Bilgin
Project Consultant: Dr. Gürkan Yücetürk
Senior Civil Engineer: Mesut Dağdelen
Interior Architect: Şule Yılmaz
Architect: Murat Eyvaz
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