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Paving the Way in Luxury Hospitality - HABITUS DESIGN GROUP -
It is reasonable to wonder what a new five star integrated resort in Manila that includes 600 hotel rooms , restaurants and bars , gaming , retail and leisure has in common with a supper club in Copenhagen , a French restaurant in Odense and a concept for the redevelopment of a grand residence in the UK into a hospitality destination . The red thread is Habitus Design Group .
The company was founded in 2016 by Samantha Drummond who had earned her spurs orchestrating the planning and interior design of the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore . “ We like to set new standards for the luxury experience wherever we ’ re working and whatever the project ,” says Samantha . “ We are totally comfortable designing very large-scale resorts , but also a number of our projects are boutique gems . The all-important factor to us is that we make a difference . I was delighted when a client recently commented that our work had brought a piece of Milan to the retail scene of his North European city .”
Solaire Quezon City in Manila will be opening next year . Numerous wining and dining options will include
Sentient Supper Club
a restaurant and sky bar on level 33 with a spectacular East meets West aesthetic as well as an enticingly serene Korean grill restaurant with a sophisticated Asian design . However , it is likely to be an artwork in the central 10-storey atrium that will come to epitomise the resort . Samantha commissioned artist Nikolas Weinstein to realise her idea of a semitransparent sculpture transitioning through the space and taking on different personalities through day and night . The result will be the tallest glass sculpture in the world , weighing in at 11.7 metric tons and the equivalent of 25 km of glass if laid end to end .
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Meanwhile in the Danish city of Odense , a pedestrianised quarter is receiving a stylish makeover at the heart of which there will be a new French restaurant designed by Habitus . While the name of the French chef and many of the design details are still under wraps , Samantha says the design will clearly belong within the luxury French vernacular and will be totally unlike any other restaurant in Odense .
Some 90 miles away , the new Copenhagen supper club , backed by former X Factor judge , Remee Jackman , and the Michelin Star Chef Kav , is on-site . Of course , Copenhagen is already steeped in high-end restaurants so the challenge for the designers was to create a destination distinct from the competition . Their response has been to design an all-sensory experience where scents , projections and exotic finishes together with a creative menu and specially curated music will take diners into another world .
Habitus is a design company that likes new frontiers .
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