UNStudio wins Grand Hyatt Design
Six projects were presented for the competition of a Grand Hyatt Hotel for Frankfurt, Germany. The jury’s chairperson, Johann Eisele, chose UNStudio’s proposal to proceed with further development. “All the proposals were of an exceptionally high standard. The award-winning design by UNStudio is particularly outstanding as it presents a type of high-rise which does not yet exist in this form in Frankfurt. The contribution by UNStudio demonstrates how harmony can be created between extensive functional demands and the high requirements of exterior and interior design,” commented Eisele.
More images and further description after the break.
According to Ben van Berkel, the design for the Grand Hyatt’s 110 meter tall building celebrates and highlights the cosmopolitan character and diversity of Frankfurt. “It has three different elevations that are linked to the different aspects of the city. The tower takes up the variation and diversity offered by the city of Frankfurt and reflects that multiplicity of experiences back to the city itself,” van Berkel stated.
These different elevations fuse together to form a sleek façade that will appear to change shape depending on the angle from which it is viewed. “It appears needle-thin from one spot, strong and straight from another, and complex with a slight twist from yet another,” comments van Berkel. UNStudio’s simple and yet elegant form will offer a dynamic entrance to the city while also providing 405 rooms and suites, a ballroom, spa, various restaurants, and a public Sky Lounge.
With this winning proposal, UNStudio has created an architectural language that responds to the programmatic needs of a luxury hotel and is also highly integrated into the preexisting cityscape.
As seen on Dezeen.
To focus on the purely aesthetic…This is not my style at all. There is no sense of materiality and doesn’t seem to address any aspect of sustainability other than economic.
It’s Europe; it must be sustainable.
looks like a merger between zaha and one of these big commercial firms
It’s very hard to evaluate a design based on only three exterior views other than I “like” or “dislike” it. The description provides only some general info. Personally I do not like skyscrapers however this one seems to fit in the Frankfurt skyline quite well and it brings new quality to the downtown in a very subtle way.
It goes with the German Engineering.
for a money-oriented skyscraper, its quite a building… different, nice, good proportions and I loved the curvy detail in the facade… real estate buildings should look more like this in its intentions… but, just with a couple of exterior images is really hard to criticize it in a profound way.
nice
good design, bad feng shui
…”looks like a merger between Zaha and one of these big commercial firms….”
absolut !!!
With the money Ben will pay new plotters for the UN office…
but is not one of the best designs of UN studio.
С птички НУ ваще прям ЧИЧЕТКО…
Man, this was a dissapointing project, you could expect more from a firm like UNStudio.
Strange how many firms fades to lame after having some avant-garde years. Maybe they have a family to support now.
Peace
Finally someone not trying to build mile high buildings! What a relief!
it has no merit