Hotel at Obvodniy kanal
Location
Russia, St. Petersburg
Type
Years
2008
Status
Completed
Works
Concept idea development

About

This industrial territory lacks any vegetation not only at the planned ground, but also close around it. Green zones are only occasional.

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That is why some part of the ground is to become a park (a promenade area). It can be used not only by temporary guests of the hotel, but also by constant residents of this district. Also, the artificial hill has been formed and incorporated into the architecture of the building. It hides the ground floor while having a transparent glazing, which allows the pedestrians to see the development and transformation of this hill into the part of the building.

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The building consists of three blocks. Two of them are over the hill and they house room fund of the hotel. The main idea of these two blocks is to give a new attitude to the corridors, which lead to the guestrooms. Traditionally these corridors, no matter long or short, one wishes to pass as quickly as possible. The idea is to turn them into promenade zones. They face the inner area of the building, which allows the person to take part in the social life of the hotel as soon as one gets out of his/her room. One can walk along these corridors enjoying new views every time and move from one block to another at different levels by means of special passages. The passages have an extra social role, they serve as a library, a media library and conference halls. The fencing of passages is transparent, which allows the person walking along the corridors, to see where other members of the delegation are and to join them at a wish.

The complex includes not only room fund and supportive hotel services, but also a cultural and entertainment block which can be used not only by guests of the hotel, but also by the residents of the district. It complements “The culture house” located in close vicinity. Its new functions include sport activities and an assembly hall, which simultaneously serves as a cinema hall, and additionally can be used for congress tourism events.

The entrance to the third block is reached from the park hill, and can work separately from the hotel and along with that to be architecturally connected with it. The main idea of the hotel is to erase the visual borders between the out and inside spaces.

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