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the World Of Hospitality
Atelier Pod
Atelier Pod designed the guest
rooms of the new
Radisson Blu in Marrakech
The Radisson Blu Hotel Marrakech has just officially
opened its doors. Xavier Guerrand Hermes and the
investment fund Actif Invest invited Atelier Pod to
design the accommodation of their new Marrakech
property operated by the Carlson Rezidor hotel chain.
The main design challenge was to create a
contemporary and innovative aesthetic recalling
the essence of the red city. The hotel is located in
Gueliz, and is part of a mixed-use property including
apartments and a shopping center called “Carre Eden”.
The design team had a tailored approach of extending
the urban dynamic of the city to provide a relaxing,
atypical atmosphere.
Atelier Pod focused on the design layout before
looking for the aesthetic DNA. The purpose was to
repeal the separation between the bathroom and the
bedroom, and make a typical object of the eastern
Arab language: the mousharabieh screen, the design
highlight of the room.
The sliding screen cuts a white monolithic bloc,
creating an elegant separation between the bathroom
and bedroom, showing on one side a vanity counter
and on the other, a dressing table. The elegance is in
the use of the mousharabieh, and the extension of its
perspective behind a mirror which provides a visual
connection between the bedroom and the bathroom.
The dressing is the second master piece of the room,
designed as a multifunctional carved monolithic
bloc, used as bathroom storage with a corner minibar
column.