B BOUTIQUE HOTEL
A resort architecture precedent illustrating stepped cubic massing and earth-toned plaster that harmonizes with a dramatic mountain landscape.
- What we like about this project
- Mid-level open cubic frame acts as an oversized viewing portal framing figures on a balcony.
Materials
- stucco
- concrete
- glass
- stone
- timber
Visual identifiers
- stepped-volumes
- earth-toned-plaster
- mountain-backdrop
- terraced-balconies
Style tags
- contemporary
- regionalist
- contextual
Visual tags
- hospitality
- resort
- topography-responsive
- stepped-massing
- mediterranean
- Geometry
- Stepped, cascading volumetric massing organized in stacked terraces that conform to the sloping topography beneath a dramatic mountain backdrop.
- Facade system
- Stuccoed or rendered concrete walls featuring deep window reveals and cantilevered glass-balustrade balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame and shear walls matching the terraced hillside profile.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-tiered low-rise resort development spanning several structural bays and three to four levels of stacked volumes.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight catching the vertical and horizontal planes of the earth-toned volumes with gentle shadow play.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, monumental, and integrated deeply with its natural geological context.
- Environmental context
- Rugged, arid mountain backdrop with dense native vegetation and olive trees in the foreground framing the stepped development.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture dissolves into the hillside through overlapping shaded terraces, recessed balconies, and outdoor dining patios.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular yet balanced horizontal terracing punctuated by vertical window frames and cypress accents.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist resort architecture
- Program
- Boutique hotel resort
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, concrete, glass, stone, timber
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-volumes, earth-toned-plaster, mountain-backdrop, terraced-balconies
- Style tags
- contemporary, regionalist, contextual
- Visual tags
- hospitality, resort, topography-responsive, stepped-massing, mediterranean
- Geometry
- Stepped, cascading volumetric massing organized in stacked terraces that conform to the sloping topography beneath a dramatic mountain backdrop.
- Facade system
- Stuccoed or rendered concrete walls featuring deep window reveals and cantilevered glass-balustrade balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame and shear walls matching the terraced hillside profile.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-tiered low-rise resort development spanning several structural bays and three to four levels of stacked volumes.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight catching the vertical and horizontal planes of the earth-toned volumes with gentle shadow play.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, monumental, and integrated deeply with its natural geological context.
- Environmental context
- Rugged, arid mountain backdrop with dense native vegetation and olive trees in the foreground framing the stepped development.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture dissolves into the hillside through overlapping shaded terraces, recessed balconies, and outdoor dining patios.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular yet balanced horizontal terracing punctuated by vertical window frames and cypress accents.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist resort architecture
- Program
- Boutique hotel resort
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture