Don Majestic ホテル by Natalia Ottonello and Ian Guevara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
銀建築· 2021
Don Majestic ホテル
by Natalia Ottonello and Ian Guevara
Client: Guevara Ottonello Architects
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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About Don Majestic ホテル
ドン・マジェスティックは、ウルグアイのプンタ・デル・エステに建つホテルである。建物は自然の曲線から着想を得た彫刻的な曲面フォルムを備えている。2つの曲面ボリュームがこのデザインを形づくっている。垂直方向の主ボリュームは楕円形の平面を持ち、各階ごとにその大きさが変化し、客室を収めている。水平方向のボリュームにはホールとカフェテリアが配されている。ホテルは高さ54メートル、19階建てで、52室の客室を有する。コアに設けられた1本の中心柱が構造を支え、開放的な眺望を可能にしている。曲面ガラスがファサード全体を覆っている。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Don Majestic ホテルは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Don Majestic ホテルは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Don Majestic ホテルは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
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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