Glass Resort in Rovaniemi
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Glass Resort in Rovaniemi
Rural Hotel Building Development, Finland – design by VOID Architecture
13 Jan 2019
Glass Resort
Design: VOID Architecture
Location: Rovaniemi, Finland
Glass Resort
A winter holiday resort made of contemporary and distinctive wooden houses. Large glazed surfaces and spacious interiors are designed to let guests experience comfort and amazement.
The aspiration to create a group of buildings that could re-imagine holiday accommodation in Lapland guided this project from the beginning. The starting point was to conceive apartments where comfort, generosity of space, and compelling views towards the surrounding forest and sky would be central themes of the design.
A solution was found in a contemporary design inspired by a traditional local theme. The resort consists of accommodation units on two levels. The design stresses the importance of the connection to the surrounding landscape with large glazed surfaces and, most strikingly, opens to the opportunity of spotting starry skies and northern lights from a comfortable and warm setting.
The resort represents an evolution of the igloo-style winter holiday accommodation type.
The space of the apartments develops vertically along a fully glazed facade and towards the roof, made entirely of glass. The effect creates a fully immersive atmosphere, stretching out the double height interior space towards the landscape and...
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