New Leisure Area for the Grande Hotel / Levisky Arquitetos | Estratégia Urbana

Curated by Pedro Vada

Architects: Levisky Arquitetos | Estratégia Urbana
Area: 1500 m²
Year: 2016
Photographs:Ana Mello
Manufacturers: dormakaba, mmcite, Schneider Electric, BLUE WAVE Waterpark Equipaments, Benito Urban, Cecrisa, Centru, Conforme projeto, Cumaru, Deca, Docol, Dulux, Fernando Jaeger, Neocon, Gobos, Pufolandia, Fantasy Play, Gail, HUFCOR, Itaim Iluminação, Jatobá, Kraten, Lumicenter, Lumini, +13MMCITE, Breton, Melhoramentos, Neocon, Nuprotec, Piso EPDM, Piso Elevado, Portobello, Schréder, Sodramar, Tramontina, Water Toys, Brasandino, Wibre, thyssenkrupp-13
Drilling and Earthmoving: Damascus Penna Geotechnical Engineering
Landscaping: Fany Galender Arquitetura e Paisagismo Ltda
Environmental Consulting: Legal Tree
Structures: Perezim Consultoria e Projetos Estruturais
Climatization: Politécnica Engenharia Ltda
Irrigation: Regatec
Foundations: Solonet
Lighting: Studio Ix

Text description provided by the architects. Based on a proposal to create a main axis to connect two blocks originally housing the hotel’s activities by sector, in the main building and the pool area, this project by Levisky Arquitetos | Estratégia Urbana for the Nova Área de Lazer do Grande Hotel Senac São Pedro was conceived with the objective of extending, integrating and qualifying recreational, social interaction and leisure options with mobility and comfort to cater to guests’ different age brackets.

Located in a valley area, the project takes advantage of the topography of the land to implement two building volumes connected by squares that in turn create areas for contemplation and leisure in the open. Access to the squares is easy and they are integrated to decks and environments for sociability furnished for ludic and creative activities. Partly in the shade of pergolas, partly open with trees, these open air spaces have been conceived for total integration with the indoors.

The project’s highlight is the construction of a new Aquatic Park, rescuing and enriching the presence of the “water” element as a telling symbolic reference to the hotel’s history and its relationship with the town of Águas de São Pedro – São Paulo State. With its aquatic recreational equipment, it is a true water playground in a wide area, with pool, sheets of water and waterslide.

The ambience for indoor activities are designed in modules enabling flexibility in both layout and programs called for, in line with the characteristics of each group of guests and their respective age brackets. With design language and visual communication, external closures with retractable colorless glass partitions make it possible for rooms to be extended and integrate the outdoors. Even when closed, these partitions ensure permeability to vision and inviting visual capture of the surrounding landscape. Indoor spaces are thus always linked to the square and central garden.