Patina Maldives 酒店 by Studio MK27 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 房地產設計 Competition Category.

銀房地產· 2023

Patina Maldives 酒店

by Studio MK27

Client: Studio mk27

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 房地產 Category

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The Design

About Patina Maldives 酒店

Patina Maldives 係一間位於馬爾代夫島嶼上嘅度假酒店。設計涵蓋34,500平方米嘅建築面積,包括每一個元素,由總體規劃到吊燈都一手包辦。木結構令施工更清潔、更快捷。石材、枝條同纖維等天然材料喺整個項目中廣泛使用。建築物低矮而且視覺上通透,令建築線條唔會打斷地平線。空間由私密到公共有序排列,而露天區域將室內同室外連接起嚟。建築保持低調安靜,令大自然成為主角。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Patina Maldives 酒店是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Patina Maldives 酒店將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Patina Maldives 酒店是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

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