Boutique Design - December 2016 - 36

2016 GOLD K E Y AWAR DS

BEST GUEST ROOM BUDGET/FOCUSED SERVICE
SOURCES

FINALIST

OWNER: Generator
Hostels/Patron Capital;
OPERATOR: Generator
Hostels: DESIGN
FIRM: DesignAgency:
Anwar Mekhayech, lead
partner; ARCHITECT:
Idea BV; PURCHASING
COMPANY: Benjamin
West; GENERAL
CONTRACTOR:
Pleijsierbouw; DESIGN
CONSULTANTS:
Artec (lighting);
CARPETS AND RUGS:
Miniforms; FABRICS:
Kvadrat; FLOORING:
41zero42; FURNITURE:
Alki;Andreu
World; Expormim;
Innovation; Muuto;
Soft Line; Tom Dixon;
Zangra; LIGHTING:
Anglepoise; Blom &
Blom; Merci Merci;
SURFACING: D-Tile;
WALLCOVERINGS:
Studio Job

GENERATOR AMSTERDAM
DESIGN FIRM

DesignAgency, Toronto

INSPIRATION Use the light-filled spaces in a building that has both
historic and modern elements to craft an upgraded spin on the traditional
hostel/budget stay. Create design signatures that work across room types
from dorm style accommodation for up to four guests to suites.
INNOVATION The punchy pieces here aren't cheap and cheerful. Instead,
the focus is on adding in can't-miss vibrant shades in large-scale elements.
In one room, a striped wall accent draws the eye. In another, it's an ultradetailed wallpaper accent. Keeping the furniture pieces and other FF&E to
a solid shades helps them counterbalance, not clash. A green chair anchors a
corner under a window. Cream and black on dorm-style bunks offer a clean
finish to the room. Three different wood textures in a suite wall work as a unit,
rendered in one tone
INTEL Escapism is alive and well. A sense of place doesn't mean tying every
aspect of the design to the street outside. "We wanted the guest rooms to feel
like treehouses," says Anwar Mekhayech, lead partner, DesignAgency. "So,
since each room has either a floor-to-ceiling window or a paned one, we used
the light to inform the design."

FINALIST

CAMPUS HONG KONG
DESIGN FIRMS

LYCS Architecture, Hong Kong, & GCP Hospitality,

INSPIRATION Redefine the concept of student housing. Tweak
layouts and functionality to make a live/work space out of a typical
shared room. "The bed was designed to be half raised and the study
desk is placed under the bed to make full use of the space," says LYCS
architect Lilly Jiang. "Each bed has a steel access ladder, blackout
curtain for privacy, electrical wall and USB sockets and a reading light."

SOURCES
OWNER: Gaw Capital
Partners Group;
OPERATOR: GCP
Hospitality; DESIGN
FIRMS: GCP Hospitality;
LYCS Architecture:
Lilly Jiang, Architect;
ARCHITECT: KLS
International Architects
& Planners Co. LTD.
PURCHASING COMPANY:
GCP Hospitality; GENERAL
CONTRACTOR:
Dicky Decoration And
Engineering (Hong Kong)

boutiquedesign.com DECEMBER 2016

INNOVATION Privatizing the space. Striped curtains work to
screen the beds in the 48-room property from the rest of the room.
"With the curtain shut, you will own a personal space, which also
neatly incorporates a clothes rail, built-in shelves and lockable
drawers, separate luggage space, along with a built-in desk sporting
a multi-socket USB hub," says Jiang. Using white for the built-ins at
the back of the bed offers a clean look.
INTEL No surface is too far away to be a design star. With every
square inch needed for work and sleeping functions, the ceiling is
the last outpost for playful design. So, a black background becomes
the foundation for what looks like a chalkboard. Maybe students'
sweet dreams can include useful test prep during sleep?

N I KO L A S KO E N I G ( G E N E R AT O R ) ; K E L LY P U L E I O ( C A M P U S )

Hong Kong

http://www.boutiquedesign.com

Boutique Design - December 2016

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Boutique Design - December 2016