CPH HOTEL
Type: Hotel
Client: DGI
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Status: Completed, May 2020
Photographs by: Spacon & X and Daniel Rasmussen
Awards: Shortlisted - Europe Award in International Hotel and Property Awards
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DGI-BYEN
As part of an overall transformation of ‘DGI-byen’ in Copenhagen, Spacon & X presents a new, embracing, and activity-based spatial identity of Hotel CPH – a place designed to greet its guests welcome and represent the diversity and active values inherent in DGI (Danish Association of Sports Clubs).
As part of an overall transformation of ‘DGI-byen’ in Copenhagen, Spacon & X presents a new, embracing, and activity-based spatial identity of Hotel CPH – a place designed to greet its guests welcome and represent the diversity and active values inherent in DGI (Danish Association of Sports Clubs).
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Spatial identity
Our design of the rooms started with a rail on the wall that runs throughout the room and frames a room in movement. The majority of the elements in the rooms are based on the rail-system, which enables guests to personalize their stay at Hotel CPH by making their own interventions and have the elements follow their movement around the room. Like this, our design has a democratic foundation making each guest an active co-creator of the room, which will change from guest to guest and adapt to their specific needs.
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Warm colours and graphic lines
The black lines in the rooms connect the flexible elements and are altered by warm colors chosen to invoke the experience of being under water – inviting the body to rest and recover. On the same note, the used materials have been selected based on their tactile qualities. Like this, each room gets a voice that invites guests to experience the space with their senses. The composition of warmly painted timber, acoustic-performing textile panels, natural leather surfaces, black painted steel, and thick rugs create a space that embraces the body. The balance between luxury and active is continued in the bathrooms where the brightly colored surfaces are combined with striking black fixtures and terrazzo floor.
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The O-Lamp
A mobile and flexible product of our design is the O-Lamp. The O-Lamp is a combination of high-quality materials and active functionality that can both sit on a surface or hang on a hook from the rail-system. It is made of a cube in black speckled Hi-Macs as the base with a round LED light tube with one side covered in brushed steel. The O-Lamp enables guests to create different light settings from the same source of light – if the light tube side is facing the space it produces a lot of light, but if the light tube side faces the wall it creates soft light and another mood.
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