Landmark Hotel
Plan:b arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
Plan:b Arquitectos
MANUFACTURERS
Cimbrados, Corona, Fabricaciones Santa Fe, Indural
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Felipe Mesa, Federico Mesa
DIRECTION AND OVERSIGHT
Cristian Camacho, Laura Kate Correa
INTERIOR DESIGN
Sandra Pizano
CONSTRUCTION
Jorge González Ingeniería
STRUCTURE DESIGN
E+ Ingeniería
TEAM
Verónica Mesa, Sebastián González, Leyre Vicente, Santiago Maya
YEAR
2022
LOCATION
Colombia
CATEGORY
Hotels
Text description provided by architect.
Faced with a regular urban layout of elongated blocks, a narrow lot and strict regulations on heights, overhangs and setbacks, we proposed a building that crosses the block from north to south, creating a "U" shaped floor plan and leaving a central patio.
Open to the existing pedestrian walkway on the western side. In this way, the building offers the city a new semi-public space, simultaneously generating adequate lighting and natural ventilation conditions for the rooms without a façade facing the street.
We located the technical zones and vertical circulations in a strip along the eastern side, thus controlling the afternoon sun and freeing the north, south and west faces for the 84 rooms.
The building program consists of a technical basement, a first access level with commercial premises and double-height halls, five levels of rooms and a terrace with recreational spaces and a swimming pool.
The first three levels of rooms are single-story units, and the last two are two-story units.
Among the 84 units, there are corner rooms, street-facing rooms, courtyard-facing rooms, terrace rooms, and balcony rooms.
We proposed a building with the typical materials of the city of Medellin: exposed brick and concrete.
We designed the balconies as prefabricated pieces in gray concrete, anchored to a secondary structure, generating a deep and shaded façade, suitable for the tropical climate.
