The Hoxton lodge has opened its first German outpost in Berlin’s Charlottenburg, with interiors designed to mix the contrasting architectural types that rub shoulders within the prosperous neighbourhood.
Positioned simply off the Kurfürstendamm procuring road in West Berlin, the 234-room lodge was styled on a cross between the realm’s Jugendstil mansion blocks and the comparatively rugged concrete buildings of the brutalist period.
The result’s an aesthetic idea that the corporate’s in-house design crew AIME Studios has dubbed “tough nouveau”.
“By drawing inspiration from the encompassing space and celebrating the contrasting types, we have been seeking to create a novel interpretation of this nook of town, which can be recognisable to locals and let guests get a way of the realm,” AIME Studios design affiliate Charlie Cruickshank advised Dezeen.
Brutalist influences might be seen within the outsized concrete columns that run by The Hoxton’s foyer, which is completed in a textured plaster to match.
This offers a tough backdrop for extra elaborate ornamental touches, starting from mosaic flooring to bespoke Murano glass chandeliers with botanical-inspired kinds that draw on the artwork nouveau ironwork and tiling discovered within the surrounding buildings.
“One of many options we observed many occasions whereas strolling round Charlottenburg have been the tiled doorways with elaborate designs,” Cruickshank mentioned.
“Tiles are utilized in many ornamental and inventive methods all through the realm and they’re additionally built-in into a few of our joinery items.”
Behind the blue- and green-toned foyer with its classic mid-century furnishings sits the Winter Backyard bar, completed with patterned mosaic tiles to create a conservatory-meets-courtyard ambiance.
Right here, a Delft-inspired tiled fire nods to conventional Swedish stoves whereas fostering a comfy ambiance throughout Berlin’s frosty winters.
“The references to the attractive tiles within the native space have been emphasised wherever attainable, and the finely painted botanical designs echo basic artwork nouveau motifs,” Cruickshank mentioned.
Additionally on the bottom ground are the Home of Tandoor restaurant and the Teahouse cafe and bar, each designed to fuse the elegant Charlottenburg aesthetic with Indian influences, taking design cues from the grand palaces of Kolkata and Mumbai within the Twenties.
Within the cafe, shell-patterned mosaic tiles choose up the refined inexperienced hues within the bar’s marble countertop whereas outsized home windows flood the house with mild.
“The show-stopping scalloped marble ground tiles characteristic colors impressed by Indian spices and herbs which can be used for the cocktail menu,” mentioned Cruickshank.
Within the next-door restaurant, an open-plan copper-and-wood kitchen takes centre stage alongside richly upholstered banquettes.
Framed vinyl covers and vintage-style gramophones reference India’s jazz period, representing the fusion of Indian and Western cultures.
“The idea for the restaurant is to emulate the colourful color palette of the spices and textiles discovered within the markets of Mumbai in addition to the quirky curiosities usually discovered throughout the markets, reminiscent of gramophones,” mentioned Cruickshank.
“This additionally has a nod to the theatricality of the Twenties Weimar period and the cultural significance of jazz throughout this time.”
The “tough nouveau” idea continues within the 234 bedrooms, the place a restrained tackle the whiplash curves of artwork nouveau might be seen in options such because the headboards whereas the lighting brings a uncooked, unpolished component to every room.
A muted color palette of soppy pinks and greens offers a way of heat that’s amplified by the classic furnishings, herringbone flooring and patterned rugs.
Constructing on the lodge’s hyperlinks to its locale are the illuminated room numbers.
“Illuminated home and condominium quantity indicators are a quintessential characteristic you see throughout West Berlin,” Cruickshank mentioned. “Utilizing these indicators references this distinctive design marker of the neighbourhood.”
A top-floor celebration and occasion house, The House, consists of three versatile personal rooms organized round a central kitchen.
The House’s aesthetic was knowledgeable by the life and work of Mary Wigman, a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance and lived in West Berlin within the early twentieth century.
“We imagined the house to be like a Twenties condominium looking over the colourful metropolis with artwork nouveau influences within the floral and botanical wallpapers and the mushy pastel color palette,” Cruickshank mentioned.
“The placement of The House on the highest ground of the lodge provides to the residential really feel of the house.”
The Hoxton’s different outposts embody a lodge knowledgeable by the work of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill in Barcelona and one housed in Chicago’s outdated meatpacking space.
The images is courtesy of The Hoxton.
