Hotel Fedora

The inspiration for the project came from the surrounding alpine landscape, with its forests and naked rock, tiny villages with stone streets and wooden houses. The construction echoes the landscape with just two low-environmental-impact materials: wood and porcelain stoneware, used as an excellent replacement for stone for both ecological and functional reasons. The impressive flexibility of porcelain stoneware made it an excellent option in a variety of areas of the hotel (such as the anti-slip surfaces in the wellness centre), where it was used both on the floors and walls, as well as the stairs, for a total of more than 1,500 square metres supplied. This aided both the development of the construction site and the laying process, while helping to maintain the evocative appearance of the mountain landscape shaped by rock and trees, from which the project drew its inspiration right from the initial idea.

The architecture of the interiors was shaped through the colour and material contrast between the two materials: the stoneware tiles in various formats used for the floors and walls, and the room dividers and wood panelling created using simple wooden boards that recall the conifer forests that stand out against the rock (the porcelain stoneware) behind them.

The porcelain stoneware flooring thus forms the fabric that connects the various functional areas (Lobby, Bar, TV Room, Wellness Centre, Dining Room, stairs), which are linked visually thanks to the use of large wood and glass openings and a skilful use of mirrors.

The work on the layout regarded much of the existing ground floor, as well as an extension of around 100 square metres of the dining room. All the spaces on the ground floor are closely connected both with each other and with the exterior.

Immediately after the main entrance is the spacious Lobby, featuring a fir wood desk with a porcelain stoneware top that matches the floor, in the colour Dragon Black from the Amazzonia collection, with a straight laying pattern featuring three different tile formats (45x90 cm, 230x60 cm, 60x60 cm).