Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira . Kim Jong Kyu . photos: © Fernando Guerra FG+SG
The hotel occupies part of the existing football pitch and seems to fit into the hill on the Southside. The volume spreads out amidst the greenery outside.
With two stories and in the form of a “U”, the organization is simple: the bedrooms are located in the two almost identical legs and at their junction are the service areas and the social spaces.
The organization or distribution of the rooms is inverted between floors, so that the ground floor bedroom has a different orientation to the one above, which gives privacy to the outside use and creates variety.
Brick, exposed concrete and timber and stainless steel door and window frames characterize the exteriors.
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Design Period: 2007. 11 – 2008. 09
Office in Portugal: Carlos Castanheira & Clara Bastai, Lda.
Coordinator: Pedro Carvalho, Im Yo Jin
Collaborators: Eliana Sousa, João Figueiredo
Office in Coreia: M.A.R.U. Metropolitan Architecture Research Unit
Coordinator: Kim Soo Young
Collaborators: Kim Hyunee, Park hee chan, Lee zoo hwa
Construction area: 3,003 m2
