Don Majestic Hotel by Natalia Ottonello and Ian Guevara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perak in Desain Arsitektur, Bangunan dan Struktur Competition Category.
PerakArsitektur· 2021
Don Majestic Hotel
by Natalia Ottonello and Ian Guevara
Client: Guevara Ottonello Architects
A' Design Award Perak Winner in Arsitektur Category
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The Design
About Don Majestic Hotel
Don Majestic adalah sebuah hotel di Punta del Este, Uruguay. Bangunan ini memiliki bentuk melengkung yang bersifat pahatan, terinspirasi oleh lengkungan-lengkungan alam. Dua volume melengkung membentuk rancangan ini. Volume utama vertikal memiliki denah elips yang berubah ukurannya pada setiap lantai dan menampung kamar-kamar. Volume horizontal menampung lobi dan kafetaria. Hotel ini memiliki ketinggian 54 meter dengan 19 lantai dan 52 kamar. Sebuah kolom tunggal di bagian inti menopang struktur bangunan dan memungkinkan pandangan yang terbuka. Kaca melengkung menyelubungi seluruh fasad.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Perak
Don Majestic Hotel adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas atas yang indah dan mengesankan. Pemenang Perak adalah karya yang sangat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan keahlian, bakat, dan ketajaman luar biasa para desainernya. Don Majestic Hotel diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, etalase keahlian, sangat profesional, dan sangat inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini adalah penemuan yang sangat menonjol dan dikagumi yang bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Don Majestic Hotel adalah kreasi yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif, dan memercikkan keheranan dan kekaguman.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Singularity and uniqueness are the main concepts that have guided the creation of the Hotel. For the design, and for the process of transforming the abstract concepts into the real, the Architects got inspired by nature, by the curves of nature.
The studio designed a sculptural curved piece of architecture, conceived with the same concepts and the same spirit, from the macro to the micro scale, from the exterior design to the interior design. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The hotel is 5.900 m2. It has got 19 floors and it is 54 m tall.
It has got 52 rooms:
- 48 Standard rooms ( from 32 to 47 m2)
- 4 Luxury Suites ( 81 m2)
The hotel has also got several amenities, such as outdoor and indoor heated swimming pools, a fitness centre, a spa, a conference room, a restaurant and a cafeteria. - Tags
- Architecture, Iconic, Innovative Design, Hotel, Resort, Modern, Elegant, Futuristic
- Production Technology
- Innovative Engineering structure
To materialize the sculptural shape of the building, with floor plans that vary in size, a very exceptional engineering structure was designed, with a unique central pillar in the core of the building. This enabled to benefit from uninterrupted incredible views.
Innovative Curved Glazing Facade
An essential aspect of the hotel is the Skin of the building.
As the essence of the sculptural shape is the curve, curved glasses were installed in the whole building. - Design Challenge
- The main requirement for the design of the hotel had been to try to build an innovative architecture, with a singular and unique shape.
The client wanted to try to build a jewel. Therefore, the main objective and the main challenge was to create, to design, to conceive and then to develop an innovative design, an Architectural Jewel, an Icon.
The mission was, not only to design, but also to create an emotion on people, to surprise, to seduce, with both exterior and interior design. - Research
- Don Majestic Hotel is a freestanding building located in the touristic city of Punta del Este, that try to stand out from its surroundings, by the proposal of a sculptural shape, by the proposal of an attractive and innovative design
- Inspiration
- In the Design of the Hotel, the main objective was to create a sculptural and unique architectural shape, an innovative design, an Icon. Looking for that moment when architecture transcend itself. Trying to express poetic in architecture.
Light and transparency, as a pure and curved shape, are main aspects of the project.
In Don Majestic Hotel, the main objetive and challenge was to design with poetic, with courage and with passion, the sculptural shape of a Punta del Este Architectural Icon. - Project Duration
- The hotel is located in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
The project started in 2013 and finished in 2019 - Operation Flow
- The studio designed two curved Architectural volumes. The main volume is vertical, with an elliptical plan that varies in size at every level, with a symmetry in the middle of the building. This main volume holds all the rooms of the hotel and many amenities. The secondary volume is horizontal and holds the hall and the cafeteria.
It complements the main volume creating a balance between both volumes. The objective was to create a strong harmony in their aesthetics and between their forms. - Team Members
- Natalia Ottonello
Ian Guevara - Image Credits
- Image #1 Photographer Nacho Correa Belino
Image #2 Photographer Nacho Correa Belino
Image #3 Photographer Nacho Correa Belino
Image #4 Photographer Nacho Correa Belino
Image #5 Photographer Nacho Correa Belino
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