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Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль by Dimitris Potiropoulos

Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль by Dimitris Potiropoulos is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award in Генератыўны, алгарытмічны, параметрычны і AI-дызайн Competition Category.


БронзаГенератыўны· 2026

Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль

by Dimitris Potiropoulos

Client: Undisclosed

Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Генератыўны Category

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The Design

About Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль

Тэкст кнігі: Размешчаны на ўзвышаным плато Златыбара, сярод плаўна ўзгорыстых пагоркаў, лясоў і адкрытых прастораў, гатэльны комплекс Arboris задуманы як цэнтральны пункт у шматслойнай сетцы ландшафтных сувязяў і адносін. Яго тры кругавыя аб'ёмы натхнёны пячорай Стопіца, дзе падземныя вапняковыя басейны сфарміраваліся ў натуральна ўтвораныя круглыя структуры. Гэтая геаметрыя дазваляе стварыць бесперапынныя панарамныя праёмы ва ўсіх напрамках, усталёўваючы абноўлены дыялог паміж пабудаванай формай і навакольным ландшафтам.

The Recognition

About the Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award

Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль — пераможца Бронзавай прэміі A' Design Award, высокапрэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца выдатным дызайнам, што вылучаюцца творчасцю, вынаходлівасцю і праніклівасцю. Бронзавыя пераможцы — гэта ўмелыя і ўражліва творчыя артэфакты, якія пацвярджаюць вялікі вопыт, уяўленне і знаходлівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы прадмет, надзвычай прафесійны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Бронзавую прэмію A' Design Award, уключае лепшыя практыкі ў мастацтве, навуцы, дызайне і тэхналогіях і выдатны ўвагай да дэталей. Arboris Асноўная функцыя: Гатэль цудоўна задавальняе патрэбы, кранае жаданні, зачароўвае пачуцці і ўзбуджае цікаўнасць.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The building geometry allows for uniform, panoramic openings in all directions, redefining the relationships between architecture and landscape. The three ring shaped formations develop around a central outdoor core, creating a kind of protected hollow. The circular courtyards function as vertical light wells while simultaneously extending the landscape into the interior of the buildings.
Dimensions & Packaging
The surrounding landscape is defined by a large water surface and extensive planting. The lake acts as the primary reference point, offering a calm, natural backdrop to the overall experience, while simultaneously contributing, together with the greenery, to a microclimatic regulation. The hard surfaces of the outdoor areas, composed of natural and recycled materials, allow for water infiltration, have a low energy footprint, long lifespan, and minimal maintenance requirements.
Tags
architecture, hospitality, hotel, Serbia, design
Production Technology
The extensive wooded landscape of Zlatibor directly informed the materiality of the project. The timber louvers of the facade imply the rhythm of the surrounding forest while providing solar shading and enhancing the energy performance of the building envelope. Integrated with glazed surfaces, the shading elements reflect the environment, allowing the building volumes to visually transform and acquire an almost landscape quality.
Design Challenge
The dialogue between ARBORIS Hotel and the natural landscape of Zlatibor emerges as a primary experiential element, defining the way the complex is conceptualised and takes form.
Research
The narrative is deeply embedded in a continuous process of hiding, revealing, and engaging between the user and nature. Within this interactive and creative approach, architecture functions as a mechanism of integration between modes of inhabitation determined by the landscape, movement patterns and views, constructing a coherent experience deeply connected to its natural surroundings.
Inspiration
On the elevated plateau of Zlatibor, among mildly sloping hills, forests, and open flat areas, the ARBORIS Hotel tourist complex is conceived as a node within a complex network of landscape conditions. The three circular volumes draw their inspiration from Stopica Cave, a system of underground limestone basins formed in natural circular geometries. The rationale of these concave forms served as an influence on the overall scheme geometry, distinct circular units organized around an internal courtyard, shaping a clear spatial character.
Project Duration
Design 2025
Location Zlatibor, Serbia
Operation Flow
Τhe green roofs of the buildings, providing outdoor lounging areas and viewing points, contribute both to the environmental performance of the complex and to the perception of a continuity across the landscape and the built forms. Although distinct in presence, the three buildings are integrated into the plateau s ecosystem, interact with the landscape and emphasize the natural character of the terrain.
Team Members
Architectural Design Potiropoulos+Partners
3D Visualization Potiropoulos+Partners
Image Credits
Architectural Design Potiropoulos+Partners
3D Visualization Potiropoulos+Partners

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