Kefalonia Hotel / Divercity Architects
For their latest hotel design in Kefalonia, Greece, Divercity Architects intended to blend this contemporary hotel with the vernacular architecture of the surroundings. Due to the site conditions, the hotel conforms to the sloping topology of the steep hill it rests on and then breaks into four distinct strands that divide the site into north and south plots. While fifteen luxury villas occupy the northern plot, the southern portion contains gardens and areas for relaxation. The facade is clad in operable perforated wooden panels that both serve to separate and extend the private living space into the outdoors.
More images after the break.
Designer: Divercity Architects (London; Athens)
Building type: Hotel
Location: Kefalonia, Greece
website: www.divercityarchitects.com
Status: Under construction; estimated completion, 2012
This sketchy, plan-composed ‘composition’ seems terrible at eye-sight level. The renderings couldn’t be more vague. And how vernacular can ‘fifteen luxury villas’ be?
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SORRY BUT VERNACULAR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LUXURY…
I’m still confused
makes no sense. idea as described doesn’t show through
then again the description is a bad one..
maybe you don’t know how to read plans.
me to
They misspelled ‘California’ ;)
Description dont say to much,
anyway the hotel take good use of slopes,
but im not sure about the open areas and their connections,
im a little bit confused about the villas and how they came up from the slopes! the pool area got a nice view so far!
CONTEXT!!!!
VERY INTERESTING!
looks really “conforms to the sloping topology of the steep hill ”
The design looks slightly dated already.
I have a feeling that this will not age well. Only time will tell…
the hotel seems like good,but… were is plans ,sections & act. PLZ
SKY CITY…?!?!?!?!?!?!?… I see… & … anyway … mig mig… I NEVER LIKE LIVEING THERE
horrific….what is this all about?
“sloping topology”!? Do they know what “topology” means?
I hope tongo noticed that there is no plan shown, but just some weird aerial top-down perspective. that’s what made his comment sorta funny.
really boring and so yesterday…
greeks still haven’t found their own path…so pathetic!
Tom have you been to Greece, is cycladic style architecture pathetic?
1. I was born in this island. Kefalonia is far away from cycladic topography.
2. I was refering to contemporary greek architecture, as it is shown with this project, which immitates a so yesterday non-site style.
I think this looks like an interesting start…
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