July 20th, 2010 admin Posted in Good Environmental News | No Comments »
Montenegro is a strongly growing economy touristic. This is largly due to its rough and unspoiled coastline. Some parts of the coastline are already heavily developed but most of the coastline is still untouched.
On a piece of this untouched coastline, barely 2 kilometers from the monumental village fisher peninsula Sveti Stefan, a resort with a hotel exclusive Aston Martin is projected. The client was determined to combine exclusivity with a responsible sustainable embedding of the project in its surrounding landscape. they were convinced that the attraction of the Montenegranian landscape could only be maintained by preserving its rough beauty. Exclusivity and building a high quality standard would be the best strategy serving this preservation.
The split / limbo we found ourselves in was to design an iconic exclusive luxury resort in projecting total of 100,000 library program that should be invisible. An exclusive residence under cover.
As a result we designed the whole project as an offset to the terrain and covered it with a blanket of the original landscape. Where a higher density was needed we lift the blanket to create a hill. The iconic hotel is formed by pulling the blanket in front of the cliff to create a even more dramatic overhang. The more flat parts of the landscape hold the villa’s organized around their private patios facing the sea.
Though I’d rather the coastline remain unspoiled, this is an interesting idea for a resort in Montenegro that incorporates green roofing to the extreme. MVRDV, a Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice company, has offered us a peek at their new design plans for a luxury holiday resort for Aston Martin. The project, named “Galije,” (which I believe means “ship”), is to blend into the natural landscape of the coastline – according to MVRDV, it should be invisible. The plan is to combine exclusivity with sustainability, preserving the rough beauty of Montenegro’s undeveloped coastline. It brings to mind a “hobbit hotel,” I’ve always loved the idea of hobbit houses. The resort would contain 115 apartments, 87 hotel rooms, a restaurant, a pool, a parking lot and retail space.
An interesting idea… it will be neat to see this project progress.
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