{"id":121345,"date":"2019-02-26T15:17:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/noa-gives-arches-a-modern-twist-at-gloriette-guesthouse-in-italy\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:21:15","slug":"noa-gives-arches-a-modern-twist-at-gloriette-guesthouse-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/noa-gives-arches-a-modern-twist-at-gloriette-guesthouse-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"NOA Gives Arches a Modern Twist at Gloriette Guesthouse in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

For centuries, <\/span>residents of the northern Italian city of Bolzano have sought refuge from the summer heat by retreating to the Dolomites. The construction of a cog railway in 1907 gave ready access to the nearby Alpine village of Soprabolzano, where members of Bolzano\u2019s upper crust established warm-weather estates. In their gardens they built gloriettes, small guest houses, one of the most known being the 18th-century pavilion on the grounds of Vienna\u2019s Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace. That arcaded belvedere, along with its local descendants and the villas they serve, many in the art nouveau style, informed the design of Gloriette Guesthouse<\/a>, a new 25-room boutique hotel by NOA* Network of Architecture<\/a> that reinterprets Soprabolzano\u2019s leisured past for the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Naturally, NOA founder Lukas Rungger begins all his and co-founding partner Stefan Rier\u2019s projects with consideration of site and context. But stringent municipal regulations heavily influenced Gloriette\u2019s size, form, and materials. \u201cI took them not as limitations, but as inspirations,\u201d says Rungger, who demolished the sloping property\u2019s existing hotel and replaced it with a compact six-story building. One of its facades reads as three stories topped by a mansard roof; on another, the land falls away to reveal an additional  <\/span>story housing seven suites, each with a private terrace opening onto the garden. Overall square footage is 21,500 square feet.<\/p>\n

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Maple trees and porphyry pavers define the garden. Photography by Alex Filz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The neoclassical arches of Vienna\u2019s Gloriette are echoed in the sinuous curves and rounded windows of Soprabolzano\u2019s art nouveau buildings. Respecting that tradition, Rungger has made the semicircular arch a defining architectural element of this hotel, inside and out. \u201cNew building techniques allowed us to twist and mirror the form,\u201d the architect says, referring to its most prominent exterior use: a rooftop infinity pool that cantilevers 7 feet from the mansard roof, making it visible from the hotel grounds and further away. A massive horizontal half-cylinder, whose inverted \u201cU\u201d cross-section Rungger likens to a smile, the aerial structure is clad in bronzed panels and, above the pool, sports a canopy of crisscrossing aluminum rods that casts geometric patterns on the surface of the water.<\/p>\n

Entry to the pool is via sliding glass doors set in a large cylindrical portal reminiscent of an airlock on a space station. Accessed by a monumental resin platform, it\u2019s a sleek, sculptural object that dominates one end of the top-floor spa, defining the atticlike volume as strongly as the angles of the mansard roof overhead.<\/p>\n

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Bronzed glass forms the end wall of the pool\u2019s entry portal. Photography by Alex Filz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cThe spa is organized as one floating space surrounded by more intimate niches,\u201d Rungger explains, acknowledging the need to create moments of enclosure in the face of the omni\u00adpresent mountain views. Custom beds, for example, are pushed against low peripheral walls paneled in herringbone oak that serve as anchoring headboards, and upholstery-padded alcoves are outfitted with mattresses on oak platforms, like a luxury take on a mountain grotto. The spa\u2019s more private spaces include a steam bath and a sauna.<\/p>\n

Rungger weaves the arch form into the six additional suites and 12 guest rooms occupying the three floors below the spa. All have a balcony framed by a semicircular arch in the hotel\u2019s facade. In some rooms, the inverted \u201cU\u201d reappears as a sort of partition between the sleeping area and the bathroom. On the bathroom side, it\u2019s mirrored and set above the vanity and sink. <\/p>\n

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European oak extends from floor to ceiling in a guest room. Photography by Alex Filz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cRungger has made the arch a defining architectural element of this hotel, inside and out.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Beds, desks, built-ins, and paneling are all in European oak. Wood is an essential part of the regional vernacular, after all, but the architect was sure the interiors didn\u2019t read as what he calls \u201cAlpine rustic.\u201d So, wherever the material appears, it\u2019s silky smooth with knots and imperfections minimized. \u201cWe used a lot of timber, but with clean lines and surfaces,\u201d Rungger explains.<\/p>\n

In a nod to the geometric forms mixed in with the curves and arches, Rungger has given some suites cuboid bays that project  <\/span>from the hotel\u2019s facade. Fitted with arched windows and built-in daybeds, these nooks feature walls and ceilings upholstered in cot\u00adton in a deep blue, a reference to the signature color at the client\u2019s restaurant, V\u00f6gele, in Bolzano. Each suite\u2019s lounge area is furnished with comfortable sofas, adding to the sense of warmth and welcome; one, appropriately named the Chimney suite, has an enormous blackened-steel fireplace.<\/p>\n

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The Chimney suite\u2019s blackened-steel gas fireplace is custom. Photography by Alex Filz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Arched and rounded elements repeat on the ground floor, where reception and the lounge, restaurant, and bar areas are located. \u201cThere\u2019s not a single door,\u201d Rungger notes of the mostly open plan. The fireplace near the entry is circular, while the shiny black bar is a semicircle. Extra-wide arched windows give access to the dining terrace. Angularity figures in through some of the lighting, particularly the bronzed pendant fixtures that bend out and down\u00adward, like peaks of a mountain.<\/p>\n

These areas are peppered with salvaged treasures, antique cupboards and tables from the previous hotel that Rungger refinished and mixed with new furnishings. That touch is representative of the way he blends past with present to create a contemporary environment\u2014an effect he calls \u201ca journey through time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Project Team: <\/span><\/strong>Christian Rottensteiner; Marina Gousia; Barbara Runggatscher; Lea Mittel\u00adBerger: NOA* Network Of Architecture. Tschigg-Garden<\/a>: Landscaping Consultant. Led-Tec<\/a>: Lighting Consultant. Ing. Stefano Brunetti<\/a>: Structural, Civil Engineer. KTB-Group Engineering Design<\/a>: MEP. Pechlaner Nikolaus & Urban: Woodwork. Metall Ritten<\/a>: Metalwork. Ramoser<\/a>: General Contractor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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> See more from the February 2019 issue of Interior Design.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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