Don Majestic Primary Function: Hoteli by Natalia Ottonello and Ian Guevara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Majengo, Ujenzi na Miundo Competition Category.
FedhaUsanifu wa Majengo· 2021
Don Majestic Primary Function: Hoteli
by Natalia Ottonello and Ian Guevara
Client: Guevara Ottonello Architects
Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award Winner in Usanifu wa Majengo Category
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About Don Majestic Primary Function: Hoteli
Book Text: Don Majestic ni hoteli iliyoko Punta del Este, Uruguay. Jengo lina umbo la mkunjo lenye mvuto wa kisanaa lililochochewa na mikunjo ya asili. Vipande viwili vilivyopinda vinaunda muundo huu. Kipande kikuu cha wima kina mpangilio wa duaradufu unaobadilika ukubwa katika kila ngazi na huhifadhi vyumba. Kipande cha mlalo huhifadhi ukumbi na mkahawa. Hoteli hii ina urefu wa mita 54 na ina ghorofa 19 na vyumba 52. Nguzo moja ya kati katika kiini husaidia muundo mzima na kuruhusu mionekano wazi. Kioo kilichopinda hufunika sehemu nzima ya mbele ya jengo.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award
Don Majestic Primary Function: Hoteli ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa ya ajabu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya hali ya juu kabisa, ya kupendeza na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Fedha ni kazi zinazong'aa mno na bunifu kupita kiasi zinazoonyesha utaalamu bora, kipaji na busara ya wabunifu wao. Don Majestic Primary Function: Hoteli inatarajiwa kuwa kazi nzuri ya kuigwa ambayo ni ya kitaalamu kwa kiasi kikubwa na yenye ubunifu wa kina. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award ni uvumbuzi unaojulikana sana na kupendwa, unaonufaisha na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Don Majestic Primary Function: Hoteli ni kazi inayotamaniwa mno inayochochea hamu, huleta hisia chanya na huzua mshangao na mastaajabu.
Behind the Design
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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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