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ZALEWSKI ARCHITECTURE GROUP

ZALEWSKI ARCHITECTURE GROUP

Gliwice, PL

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Plaza hotel

The project of a four-star hotel resort in Darłowo for 350 guests and with a full service base was conceived and designed  as a successor  to the existing three-star hotel.
The hotel complex is located in picturesque green areas of forests and parks that separate the main part of the town from the beach.
Authors’ main intention while working on the project was to make the hotel, situated directly on the
beach, a visible from the sea and recognizable landmark of Darłowo.

The idea for designing the facility was based on intentional merger of the "influences" of the land and the sea. This combination is reflected  in every aspect forming the building -  its function, shape and aesthetics. Functional arrangement, as well as the form of the building, was planned and organized vertically.

"The land" -  two lower floors which are intended for the main hotel service functions divided horizontally – is all hidden from  the sea behind a sand dune.
On the ground floor there are the most important public areas of the hotel: a lobby, an indoor pool, a restaurant and a bar, spa complex, club rooms and small shops. On the first floor there is a conference center (comprising 500 seats) with an independent catering service (bar, coffee shop).
This horizontal "mattress" is covered with a wavy ecological roof that "regains" parts of natural areas occupied by the building and creates a perfect place for recreation and relaxation in the fresh air . This "artificial land" is an extension of the coastal forests among which the hotel was located and contrasts with the sand dunes stretching behind the hotel.

Moving upwards there are three six-storey residential parts of the hotel placed on „the land”. Their aesthetics  expressed in the form and shape of the façade was inspired by the variation of sea waves and the transience of breeze. Three oval residential blocks optically reduce the dimensions of the hotel. On each storey there are comfortable and luxurious hotel rooms and suites.

Across the horizontal levels of the hotel vertically "flows" a seven-storey atrium. The atrium opens to an organic-shaped  wooden promenade  (perfect place for beach cafes, bars and restaurants and observation decks) leading you to the dunes and eventually to the beach and the sea.
 

 
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Status: Unbuilt
Location: Darlowo, PL