GRAND VILLA ARGENTINA

DOLDER WALDHAUS developed design 2016. with 3LHD possible use of elements

Conceptual aproach for the Interior Design of Dolder Waldhaus Hotel was to unite enjoyment of nature, rest and recreation. Integrated, Natural and Relaxed were the keywords for the design principles. How does nature combine things?

The hotel itself lives with the nature that surrounds it and permeates its artificial structures to create a more natural living space for people that will inhabit it.

All spaces naturaly flow from beautiful forest on the north side of the hotel, through the entrance and lobby, then separate into two sides of the lobby, around the fireplace, and the bar and restaurant. The gentle flow follows through to the terrace to the garden level and a funicular on the other side, down to the lake and the city. That spatial flow can be also found in the rooms and apartments.

Multimedia Institute “mama” is one of a few organizations in Zagreb which are financed from the municipal budget and are designed for youth culture. Specific to their work is that they are completely open to citizens who, in return, contribute with their ideas to make up the programme of “mama”. The main problem is lack of space. “Mama” means mother and “seka” - sister. Both spaces are on the same pedestrian route and while “mama” is in the interior of the block, the new space is positioned at the corner of the block and thus offers greater exposure for the events and contents being generated there.

Apart from the obvious need for transparency, it was crucial to achieve interaction of the environment and its users. As the exchange of information on a computer screen simply happens by the opposition of 0/1, pixel on/off, so the information game is played by designed elements on the facade. The game initiator is the fact that there is virtually no indoor furniture so by using these elements as such, by removing them from the facade or putting them back on, one is “caught” in the process of action and reaction, feedback information, generating new situations, manipulating the everchangeing flow of data.