Patina Maldives Gwesty by Studio MK27 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Gwobr Arian A' Design Award in Eiddo Tiriog Competition Category.

ArianEiddo Tiriog· 2023

Patina Maldives Gwesty

by Studio MK27

Client: Studio mk27

Gwobr Arian A' Design Award Winner in Eiddo Tiriog Category

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The Design

About Patina Maldives Gwesty

Mae Patina Maldives yn gyrchfan gwesty wedi'i leoli ar ynys yn y Maldives. Mae'r dyluniad yn cwmpasu arwynebedd adeiledig o 34,500 metr sgwâr ac yn cynnwys pob elfen, o'r prif gynllun i'r crogluserni golau. Mae strwythurau pren yn caniatáu adeiladu glanach a chyflymach. Defnyddir deunyddiau naturiol fel carreg, ffyn a ffibrau drwyddi draw. Mae'r adeiladau'n isel ac yn weledol dryloyw, fel nad yw'r llinellau pensaernïol yn torri'r gorwel. Trefnir gofodau o'r preifat i'r cyhoeddus, ac mae ardaloedd awyr agored yn cysylltu'r tu mewn a'r tu allan. Mae'r bensaernïaeth yn aros yn dawel fel bod natur yn parhau i fod yn brif ffocws.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Arian A' Design Award

Mae Patina Maldives Gwesty yn enillydd Gwobr Arian A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau o'r radd uchaf, hardd a thrawiadol. Mae enillwyr Arian yn weithiau tra disglair a hynod greadigol sydd yn darlunio arbenigedd, dawn a chraffter rhagorol eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Patina Maldives Gwesty fod yn waith gwych ac esiampl, yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac yn ddwfn arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Arian A' Design Award yn ddyfais hynod nodedig a edmygir sydd yn elwa ac yn symud ymlaen ffiniau celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg. Mae Patina Maldives Gwesty yn greadigaeth y cenfigennir wrthi yn eang, sydd yn deffro dyheadau, yn cyflwyno teimladau cadarnhaol ac yn cynnau rhyfeddod a syndod.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The hotel in the Maldives provides a welcoming space for people to live light and amplify natural feelings in a dreamy state. The volumetric answers are extremely delicate, respectful to its surroundings, trying to provide shadows and coziness, to capture and amplify the landscape strength. The architectural lines never break the horizon, they speak low and elegantly. All buildings are visually permeable, dematerialized, putting life and men in the center of the experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: built area: 34.500 m²
Tags: Hotel, Maldives, Resort, Wood, Tropical Design
Production Technology: From the thoughtful use of wooden structures, that enabled a cleaner and faster construction, to the choice of natural materials such as stones, sticks and fibers – Patina Maldives buildings enhances our connection with nature, place and culture.
Everything on the island – from the masterplan to the light pendants – was designed by studio mk27 with various collaborators worldwide. Through a healthy collaborative process, the team managed to create an unique living experience.
Design Challenge: Patina Maldives design was built on growing attention to the connection with the place and culture,the importance of uniqueness and authenticity. The special role of wellness, places to exercise and meditate, a generous bathing room with a view. And most recently, of course, the need for open air spaces, a deep integration of inside-out, spaces that are welcoming and poetic, rather than sculptures. We also saw it as an ultimate stage for voyeurism, for observation of ourselves from a distance, and therefore to reconnect with
ourselves and the others. We searched for diversity, for empathy with the other and our
environment, the need for quiet solutions to our problems.
Research: The vernacular design In Maldives is basically fisherman villages spread among the islands, that sometimes one can´t even notice from the sea. Corral stone walls, wooden roof structures were some of the natural materials available to build and set an architecture fully Integrated to the nature. That was our biggest Inspiration, to respect nature and allow the guest to enjoy such a special place.
Inspiration: In the Maldives sand, skies and ocean, all architecture can do is humbly filter the lights, frame the views, creating different narratives as one strolls around the magnificent surroundings.
Patina Maldives project was able to produce architecture that is much less important than nature. Contemporary, classic and elegant.
Project Duration: The project started in 2016 and lasted for two years. The architecture team was based in São Paulo, Brazil, and had the collaboration of a local architect in the Maldives. Construction started after a year into the project, and was finished in 2021
Operation Flow: The hotel is a kaleidoscope of atmospheres organized in an ascending way: from private to public, from isolation to belonging, from simplicity to sophistication. We escalate the textures and emotions from 0 to 100, from soft shadows to overwhelming light. It’s a rhythm with contrast, pauses and transparencies. From slow dolce far niente to exuberant real vitality, it is a place for people to bond with nature and each other, for people to experience the essential with glamour.
Team Members: Marcio Kogan (author)
Renata Furnaletto (co-author)
Diana Radomysler (interior design author)
Pedro Ribeiro (interior design co-author)
Image Credits: Fernando Guerra and George Roske