DESIGN NAME: CP Budapest
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Hotel
INSPIRATION: Interior design was inspired mostly by the location of the hotel in the busy centre of Budapest and Hungarian love to wine and its manufacturing wine traditions. Interiors of the lobby and bar are lively, full of colours and eclectic. It refers to historical train station Nyugati built by Eiffel Company in nineteenth century. On the other hand, first floor restaurant, corridors and guest rooms have more balanced colour palette - natural earthy tones as red terracotta, natural beiges and greenish hues.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Tremend design studio was hired to design the interiors of the hotel rooms and common areas. This project consisted a modernisation and rebranding of an existing hotel building, which is located nearby monumental train station Nyugati and Westend City shopping mall in the Pest side of Budapest. The essential part was to correspondent interiors with the exterior - its elements, colours and views. Modernisation was done in accordance with the IHG Crowne Plaza brand standards.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: This project is a symbol of the combination of the beauty of the journey, vibrant and busy life of the city and Hungarian wineries traditions. Nature and neighbourhood blend with interior which give the space cosy and welcoming atmosphere. It invites people from the outside to enter and enjoy glass of wine in ground floor bar Axis. For the Investor, it was a very important to design the interiors in such a way to create a vibrant place, not only for the guests of the hotel, but also for the local community. The goal was to create a new trendy meeting place on the map of the Hungarian capital.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in 2020 in Budapest and finished in November 2021
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: On the ground floor, hotel guests can find spacious lobby with reception area, relax and co-working zone. There is also a bar zone called Axis, where the colour scheme is darker and richer than the lobbys. Over the bar there is a mezzanine floor, which one could be used as an extra co-working or VIP space. The first floor consist the conference centre including multifunctional ballroom space and breakfast restaurant. VIP lounge is located at 6th floor. Hotel rooms are designed in greyish and earthy colour palette combined with camel leather and two different hues of green colour accents.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Number of rooms: 230
Guest rooms area: aprox. 6900 square meters
Common area: aprox. 2500 square meters
TAGS: crowneplaza, crowneplazabudapest, hospitality, hoteldesign, interiordesign, bardesign, restaurantdesign, hospitalitydesign, interiors, designer
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: This project is a symbol of the combination of the beauty of the journey, vibrant and busy life of the city and Hungarian wineries traditions. The essential part was to correspondent interiors with the exterior - its elements, colours and views, creating timeless connection filled with textures and colours referring to the neighbourhood.
CHALLENGE: The hardest part of the project was to create vibrant, full of life place not only for the guests of the hotel but also for the local community. The goal was to bring back to life space forgotten by locals and to create interaction between interior and exterior.
ADDED DATE: 2022-02-27 21:07:12
TEAM MEMBERS (15) : Magdalena Federowicz-Boule, Paulina Szarzec, Beata Gula, Kamila Karaś, Łukasz Zalewski, Ewa Dolot, Izabela Kozuch , Marta Idczak , Sylwester Petryka, Katarzyna Fesnak , Dominika Lewandowska , Martyna Wojtasik , Natalia Sałamacha , Teresa Łopuska and Klaudyna Czechowska
IMAGE CREDITS: Tremend
Photography by Piotr Gęsicki
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