Patina Maldives Óstán by Studio MK27 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dearadh Eastáit Réadaigh Competition Category.

AirgeadEastát Réadach· 2023

Patina Maldives Óstán

by Studio MK27

Client: Studio mk27

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Eastát Réadach Category

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The Design

About Patina Maldives Óstán

Is ionad saoire óstáin é Patina Maldives atá suite ar oileán sna Oileáin Mhaildíve. Clúdaíonn an dearadh achar tógtha de 34,500 méadar cearnach agus áirítear ann gach eilimint, ón máistirphlean go dtí na soilse crochta. Ceadaíonn struchtúir adhmaid tógáil níos glaine agus níos tapúla. Úsáidtear ábhair nádúrtha ar nós cloiche, maidí agus snáithíní ar fud na háite. Tá na foirgnimh íseal agus tréscaoilteach ó thaobh na súl de, ionas nach mbriseann na línte ailtireachta an léaslíne. Tá na spásanna eagraithe ón bpríobháideach go dtí an poiblí, agus nascann limistéir faoin aer an taobh istigh agus an taobh amuigh. Fanann an ailtireacht ciúin ionas go mbeidh an dúlra fós mar phríomhfhócas.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Patina Maldives Óstán Duais Airgid A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí ardchaighdeáin, álainn agus drámatach. Is saothair thar a bheith drithleacha agus an-chruthaitheach iad buaiteoirí Airgid a léiríonn saineolas, tallann agus géarchúis shármhaith a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Patina Maldives Óstán ina shaothar iontach, ina léiriú sampla, thar a bheith gairmiúil agus go domhain nuálach. Is aireagán an-suntasach, ionadmhuirthe é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Airgid A' Design Award a dhéanann leas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Is cruthú é an dearadh Patina Maldives Óstán a bhfuil formad mór leis, a mhúsclaíonn mianta, a thugann mothúcháin dhearfacha agus a adhnann iontas agus ionadh.

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