Italian architecture studio CaberlonCaroppi (in collaboration with the general contractor Concreta) has recently worked at UNAHotel Giardini Naxos in Taormina, a project born from a building belonging to the 1970-1980’s constructive culture and composed of a central core where you can find the restaurant area, the bar, the common areas, and the reception along with a series of villas spread throughout the great and beautiful Mediterranean garden which you can drive around by golf-cart.
For the first three years of the project, the Studio has worked on the villas, and, this year, the challenge was to work on the hotel, starting from the principle that villas are seasonal in terms of occupation, whereas the central body should have a life on its own for the whole year.
The designing commitment focused on the central body, which is four-story high and includes the common areas on the ground floor and the rooms, with a corridor traced by a series of great portals, which contain the nearby doors and carry also the lights and the room numbers.
For the flooring the architects used plaid carpet to obtain a remarkable practicality and a fast replacement of the damaged parts.
The wallpaper featuring palms brings metaphorically nature into the rooms, but the line has become more graphic in form of little details to “urbanize” the concept, working, then, also on cabinet handles, room numbers, small objects which recall the Mediterranean context.
In addition, some furnishing details like the made-to-measure lamp or the wicker armchair contribute to bring also a flavor of holiday in a corporate hotel context, including huge meeting rooms.
in the restaurant facing the sea, the architects worked on furnishings adding marine and fishing motifs with simple yet always creative techniques; in perspective, the project will also be able to include an intervention on the spa and a relevant work on the outdoor areas.
In Taormina UNAHotel Giardini Naxos is coming, waiting for next summer.
