Natura July - August 2011 | Page 47

Projeler/Projects: Selanik/Thessaloniki yüzeyler otelin tasarım kimliğinin çağdaş zevkine ters düşmeden doğal bir karakter ortaya koyuyor. Otelin tasarımında yüzey malzemelerin yaygın kullanımına paralel olarak burada taşın temiz geometrilerinden yararlanılıyor. İç mekan tasarımında dikkatli malzeme seçimi ile özgün alanlar yaratma stratejisi The Met Hotel’in 212 odasında da görülebiliyor. Misafir odalarında kullanılan cam, lake ve ahşap malzeme hafif ve çağdaş bir atmosferde konfor sağlıyor. Banyolarda odaların genel stilini destekleyecek şekilde mermer kullanılıyor. Doğal yüzey tercihleri, avangard sanat ve mobilyaların kullanılmasıyla ayrıntıya verilen önem, The Met Hotel’in tasarım stratejisini tanımlayan zarif tonlar ve temiz hatlarda ortaya çıkıyor. Tasarımındaki avangard ve estetik kaygı oteli Selanik’in bir çağdaş kültür kenti olma yönündeki hedefinin önemli bir parçası haline getiriyor. MİMAR/ARCHITECT: ZEGE Zeppos-Georgiadi Associates Architects YER/LOCATION: Selanik, Yunanistan / Thessaloniki, Greece YIL/YEAR: 2010 PROGRAM/PROGRAMME: Şehir Oteli / City Hotel MALZEMELER/MATERIALS: Venge (ahşap), mermer, siyah granit, corian / Wenge wood, marble, black granite, corian TASARIM EKİBİ/DESIGN TEAM: Tasos Zeppos – Eleni Georgiades 48 NATURA • TEMMUZ-AĞUSTOS 2011 / JULY-AUGUST 2011 The most dominant architectural feature of the Met is the glazed atrium between the restaurants. This hybrid exterior and interior space is the prime focus of the ground floor allowing natural daylight to reach the interior. At the same time it creates an urban area as an extension of the hard paves surfaces of the surrounding city. This environmental presence is the perfect balance between the strict modern language of the stone and wood interior and the naturalearth like quality of the landscaped exterior. The natural feeling can also be in the Spa where there is an extensive use of Macedonian marble. These stone surfaces in marble are arranged to provide natural character but in the overall contemporary taste of the Hotel’s design identity. The clean geometries of stone are part of the Hotel’s extensive use of material surfaces in its design. The 212 rooms that make up the Met Hotel also are part of this same strategy to produce unique spaces through the choice of material in the interior design. Glass, lacquer and wood are the primary elements applied in the guest rooms to provide comfort in a light contemporary atmosphere. The use of marble in the bathrooms participates to the general stylishness of the rooms. The importance given to detail through the choice of natural surfaces, avant-garde art and furniture to produce the elegant tones and clean-cut design defines the design strategy of the Met Hotel. A sense of avant-garde and aesthetic purpose in its design makes it an important part of Thessaloniki’s aim to be a place of contemporary culture.