HOTEL RESORT ON DANUBE ISLAND
Across city of Smederevo, Serbia
Across city of Smederevo, Serbia
Design team: Sandra Draskovic.
3D visualtisation: Uros Kovacevic.
Hotel (touristic-recreational) resort on Danube Island across town of Smederevo around 60km from capital city Belgrade.
“Hotel is main building of resort, inner and outer "vortex" that attracts all other amenities, visitors and buildings.”
Shape of “Smederevska ada” island natural movement of water in a collision with the river islands, as well as conflict of aquatic and terrestrial streams formed the idea of a "vortex" system, which in itself sucks in and out and emits a variety of activities and facilities. In general hotel is truncated triangle, which is "turbulent" moving in the direction opposite to the clockwise and its increasing towards the top.
The hotel interior is generating another "vortex" which is "a vortex in the vortex” a void of the environment in the interior, which is patio and skylights that part of the atmosphere introducing into the interior. Internal corridors get natural light, avoiding the creation of dark, closed-hallways inside the building. In this way corridors are public spaces, paths through the space that is in constant contact with the external environment.
Master plan proposes new Marina (for 80 small boats, kayaks and yachts), Port for river cruisers and touristic boats, Hotel (with 100 rooms, wellness, restaurants, spa, gym, pool, wine bar on the roof with sightseeing terrace), Water channel with Bungalows, Boat houses, Recreational areas, Restaurants, Bars etc. Hotel is main building, "vortex" that attracts all other amenities, visitors and buildings. Water channel is soft, serene area that embrace different typologies of private accommodations such as luxurious boat houses, romantic bungalows, family cells etc. Water channel at the same time gather visitors around water where they can rent a boat or have touristic tours, rent a bike or be part of various touristic and recreational activities such as kite festival, picnic bar or bird watching.
"When you come to an island for either vacation or conference, recreation or business, you want to
feel like you ”escaped to New World. That’s why concept of accommodation follow both economical
principle (hotel building) and idea of creating private, individual and independent bungalows and
boat houses as “temporary” rooms for different moods of guests (romantic, wild, exhibitionist, sensual,
luxurious, exotic, subtle, ecological, etc).”
3D visualtisation: Uros Kovacevic.
Hotel (touristic-recreational) resort on Danube Island across town of Smederevo around 60km from capital city Belgrade.
“Hotel is main building of resort, inner and outer "vortex" that attracts all other amenities, visitors and buildings.”
Shape of “Smederevska ada” island natural movement of water in a collision with the river islands, as well as conflict of aquatic and terrestrial streams formed the idea of a "vortex" system, which in itself sucks in and out and emits a variety of activities and facilities. In general hotel is truncated triangle, which is "turbulent" moving in the direction opposite to the clockwise and its increasing towards the top.
The hotel interior is generating another "vortex" which is "a vortex in the vortex” a void of the environment in the interior, which is patio and skylights that part of the atmosphere introducing into the interior. Internal corridors get natural light, avoiding the creation of dark, closed-hallways inside the building. In this way corridors are public spaces, paths through the space that is in constant contact with the external environment.
Master plan proposes new Marina (for 80 small boats, kayaks and yachts), Port for river cruisers and touristic boats, Hotel (with 100 rooms, wellness, restaurants, spa, gym, pool, wine bar on the roof with sightseeing terrace), Water channel with Bungalows, Boat houses, Recreational areas, Restaurants, Bars etc. Hotel is main building, "vortex" that attracts all other amenities, visitors and buildings. Water channel is soft, serene area that embrace different typologies of private accommodations such as luxurious boat houses, romantic bungalows, family cells etc. Water channel at the same time gather visitors around water where they can rent a boat or have touristic tours, rent a bike or be part of various touristic and recreational activities such as kite festival, picnic bar or bird watching.
"When you come to an island for either vacation or conference, recreation or business, you want to
feel like you ”escaped to New World. That’s why concept of accommodation follow both economical
principle (hotel building) and idea of creating private, individual and independent bungalows and
boat houses as “temporary” rooms for different moods of guests (romantic, wild, exhibitionist, sensual,
luxurious, exotic, subtle, ecological, etc).”
