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Rejuvenation: The Palace Hotel
Concept, presented at the Rejuvenation exhibition of projects for
interventions on abandoned and neglected buildings (Skopje, Cultural Centre KreAKTIV, 13-17.06.2011) http://sites.google.com/site/podmladuvanje/Built in 1958, the Palace hotel in Ohrid is the first high class hotel
in Macedonia. It is located at the shores of Lake Ohrid, in the vicinity
of all sights and places of interest in the town. Since its
inauguration, the Palace has become a real institution for Ohrid and its
citizens, and its bars, restaurants and terraces has become a focal
point of the town's social life, making it an important part of its
citizens' memory.
Designed by the eminent Slovenian architect Edo Mihevc, the building has
been shaped in a rationalist manner as a pure horizontal mass with a
grid of deep loggias projecting on its southern facade. The communal
areas are generously sized, as well as the hotel's courtyard, landscaped
as a garden with a mediterranean charm. Also, many modernist
interpretations of the local architectural tradition can be seen, such
as the collonades in the courtyard, the porticos, the double-storey
communal spaces, the use of the stone, the cerramic decorations etc.
It's worth mentioning that the main feature of the building is the view
to the Lake Ohrid, making all its spaces build a close relation with the
exterior through the orientation, the size of the openings and their
clever positioning. Unfortunately, many of these qualities have been
lost with the later renovations, when the majority of the communal
spaces were converted into guestrooms, in order to increase the capacity
of the hotel, according to the needs of the mass-tourism practice of
that time, a strategy which is questioned today.
Having in mind the above mentioned qualities, the tradition of the
hotel, as well as the strive to improve the standard of the accomodation
in the Ohrid Lake region, this project proposes transformation of the
Palace into a first-class hotel, which would bring it back the status
the hotel had right after its inauguration. The first step towards this
goal is the removal of the later (relatively unsuccessfull)
interventions on the building, reintroducing the large communal spaces
as the "living rooms" where the guests can socialize. The top floor is
transformed into a wellness centre, which, with the use of transparent
partitions and greenery, represents an interpretation of the initial
design of this floor as a covered roof terrace. With the addition of a
ballroom at the ground floor the program of the hotel is completed,
making it comply with the contemporary needs.
The image of an urban villa is even more emphasized by the application
of greenery on the roofs of the lower parts of the building, as well as
on the northern facade of the building, making it a real green oasis in
the centre of Ohrid.
interventions on abandoned and neglected buildings (Skopje, Cultural Centre KreAKTIV, 13-17.06.2011) http://sites.google.com/site/podmladuvanje/Built in 1958, the Palace hotel in Ohrid is the first high class hotel
in Macedonia. It is located at the shores of Lake Ohrid, in the vicinity
of all sights and places of interest in the town. Since its
inauguration, the Palace has become a real institution for Ohrid and its
citizens, and its bars, restaurants and terraces has become a focal
point of the town's social life, making it an important part of its
citizens' memory.
Designed by the eminent Slovenian architect Edo Mihevc, the building has
been shaped in a rationalist manner as a pure horizontal mass with a
grid of deep loggias projecting on its southern facade. The communal
areas are generously sized, as well as the hotel's courtyard, landscaped
as a garden with a mediterranean charm. Also, many modernist
interpretations of the local architectural tradition can be seen, such
as the collonades in the courtyard, the porticos, the double-storey
communal spaces, the use of the stone, the cerramic decorations etc.
It's worth mentioning that the main feature of the building is the view
to the Lake Ohrid, making all its spaces build a close relation with the
exterior through the orientation, the size of the openings and their
clever positioning. Unfortunately, many of these qualities have been
lost with the later renovations, when the majority of the communal
spaces were converted into guestrooms, in order to increase the capacity
of the hotel, according to the needs of the mass-tourism practice of
that time, a strategy which is questioned today.
Having in mind the above mentioned qualities, the tradition of the
hotel, as well as the strive to improve the standard of the accomodation
in the Ohrid Lake region, this project proposes transformation of the
Palace into a first-class hotel, which would bring it back the status
the hotel had right after its inauguration. The first step towards this
goal is the removal of the later (relatively unsuccessfull)
interventions on the building, reintroducing the large communal spaces
as the "living rooms" where the guests can socialize. The top floor is
transformed into a wellness centre, which, with the use of transparent
partitions and greenery, represents an interpretation of the initial
design of this floor as a covered roof terrace. With the addition of a
ballroom at the ground floor the program of the hotel is completed,
making it comply with the contemporary needs.
The image of an urban villa is even more emphasized by the application
of greenery on the roofs of the lower parts of the building, as well as
on the northern facade of the building, making it a real green oasis in
the centre of Ohrid.
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