Park Associati | I Hotel Dubai

in Concept & Competition by editor — December 16, 2011 at 8:37 pm | 1 comment

The I Hotel & Resort is an innovative idea for the creation of chain of small and medium-sized hotels based exclusively on Italian culture, tradition and design. The project is distinguished by a highly recognizable style and a top quality brand. The I Hotel does not just aim to be a hotel or a large boutique but intends to be the point of encounter between the creativity of contemporary design, the traditionally recognized quality of the Italian hotel industry and the glamour of the fashion world.

The general concept of the I Hotels materialized with the I Hotel & Resort in the United Arab Emirates. The I Dubai is unique but in a certain way its characteristics are repeatable. Suspended as if on stilts over a steel and concrete structure, the glass volume appears to float over a cloud of vapour and mist. The I Dubai, with its green coloured acidated panels, has thirteen floors suspended over a forest of steel columns and glass lifts. The interiors are conceived and developed to offer guests a state-of-the-art experience with extremely user-friendly technology. Each private and public area has a generous amount of space and offers guests maximum comfort and privacy.

Set up in 2000 by Filippo Pagliani and Michele Rossi, Park Associati  is an architectural design studio which works on a large scale. The investigation into the dynamics and flows in urban places forms the basis of a wide range of projects for the tertiary, manufacturing and residential sectors. Equally important for the studio is the planning of interiors which pays close attention to both craftsmanship and design. This adopts a transversal approach to the planning process and a vision that seeks to interrelate cultures and specializations, experiments with new technologies and is sensitive to the issues of sustainability and energy saving. Such an approach opens up new possibilities in terms of scope and vision, and on each occasion gives rise to original compositional landscapes where architecture, place, technology and materials combine to create different spatial forms. The projects on urban and architectonic scale underline the aptitude of  Park Associati to research solutions that  can combine local identity and technological innovation, this is confirmed by the recent awards in  competitions and following realized projects. The projects of Park Associati have been showed in several exhibitions and published in Italian and international magazines.

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