Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh

ANOKA APART HOTEL BOUTIQUE

AM Arquitectura

ARCHITECTS
AM Arquitectura

DESIGN TEAM
Alexandra Walzer Kuncar

LIGHTING
Katerina Jofré

MANUFACTURERS
Arauco, Archicad, Cubiertas Nacionales, MK, Topwood

LEAD ARCHITECT
Rodrigo Araya Manzanares

BUILDER
Ruperto Pineda Cabello

ENGINEERING
Sebastián Reyes Parancán

AREA
376 m²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Frutillar, Chile

CATEGORY
Hotels

Text description provided by architect.

Anoka, from the Yaghan language, meaning moon, is an Apart Hotel located at the “Typical area” of Frutillar Bajo, Lagos Region, Chile. It’s situated in between the urban area and the part of the hillside.

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh

Located in front of Llanquihue Lake, the “Typical area” of Frutillar is characterized by its heritage architectural richness, promoting the conservation of the traditional buildings.

Some building typologies are recovered which involve shapes, heights, ornamentations, levels, and characteristic elements, such as the homogeneity of materials, separated housing, and front yards.

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh

Anoka is located at an irregular-triangular shape land with a slight slope that defines a plateau over which it’s located the construction.

It reinterprets the “Simple with bay window” Heritage Typology, with a regular morphology, simple roof with balconies and small bays.

An important part of Frutillar’s identity is the strong relation of their buildings with the natural surroundings (Lake and Volcanoes).

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh

Thus, one of the criteria for the intervention was to raise the building over the plot through the pillars like inverted pyramids, providing more altitude so that all the rooms of the hostelry have a view to the Llanquihue Lake and Osorno Volcano.

It’s proposed a mixed structure composed of partition walls of traditional joinery with metallic reinforcement, while the lining recovers predominant materials used in the traditional zone buildings: wood interior and steel exterior with a wood emphasis on separating walls, hallways, and balconies that bring out a contemporary expression of materials’ use.

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh

The ten rooms are pointed towards the North counting with balconies that bind together with the city and the natural surroundings.

The second-level rooms count with mansards or habitable skylights, while the room accesses is through a corridor or covered gallery that protects from rain utilizing a wood lattice skin that allows light to enter.

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh


Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh


Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh
Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique
© Nicolas Saieh


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