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BUILDING
 
 
Hotel Adriatic
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DESIGNER
 
 
3LHD
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CONTEXT
 
Importance of the building in the territory and in the city
Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaAdriatic is a unique hotel with art providing an unrepeatable ambient in which fantasy and reality interact through artistic interventions and everyday objects.

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaThe existing building situated on an attractive site next to the sea was constructed in 1913 as one of the first hotels in the region and is nowadays the only one situated in the urban structure of the city of Rovinj.
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Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, Croatia
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Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaBy a comprehensive reconstruction and a collective effort of creative artists from Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Germany and France, gathered around 3LHDs concept, the hotel was transformed into a luxurious focal point of the city. Traditional, authentic historical appearance was maintained in the exterior, while the new interior designed by Studio Franić Šekoranja with 3LHD is visually lavish, eclectic, modern, classic and elegant, with an abundance of texture, shades and colours. When designing the interior concept the emphasis was placed on creating the atmosphere and aesthetics rather than the restoration of the original interior. The main characteristic of the interior are site-specific art installations, complemented with smaller works that are placed throughout the space, whose authors are well-known international artists. The entire hotel art collection consists of more than a hundred pieces of museum value which will be enjoyed by curious guests looking for a different experience.

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaThe artists and art pieces were selected by curator Vanja Žanko. The artists used various media and were united on the project by an active wish for a deeper connection with the space and activation of locality and its heritage value. The creation of site-specific art works required a constant fine-tuning and testing of their own practice from the artists, and the work on this hotel represented a true collaborative challenge for all of the participants.

In addition to preserving the heritage values ​​of the hotel, historical layers of the hotel were interpreted in the design, and the artistic interventions created a contemporary cosmopolitan spirit. The building is located in a protected historic centre of Rovinj, causing the renovation project to have a lot of predetermined factors. The conservationists’ attitude was fully abided by and full reconstruction of the facade was implemented without any possibility of modern reinterpretation of certain of its sections. Changes were allowed in the interior. The program concept set by the investor for this reconstruction is based on spacious rooms and ground floor catering facilities oriented to all guests of Rovinj, not just the hotel guests. A series of interventions thus opened up the interior and made it more representative. Emphasis was placed on maintaining the existing staircase that leads from the first to the fourth floor. The new staircase from the ground floor to the rooms is set in an eccentric ratio relative to the ground floor plan in order to open the public hotel amenities (caffe, brasserie) towards the town square.

Each area in the hotel was treated individually and emanates a different atmosphere: the brasserie is comfortable, in Mediterranean shades and intertwined with the scenery, black hallways are illuminated by artistic light installations leading to white and airy rooms overlooking urban life of the old town. Dark mirrors on bathroom room walls negate space and make classic rectangular ground-plans "anti-classic".

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaBrasserie and Caffe bar on the ground floor are oriented towards all guests of Rovinj, not just the hotel guests. Croatian artist SofijaSilvia and Slovenian artist residing in London Jasmina Cibic designed works filling the catering area with synergy. Atmospheric photographs of the Golden Cape and Rovinj archipelago by SofijaSilvia reveal a dreamers rapture of an adventurous traveler; this is how the hotel guest feels while looking at the fairy-tale scenery on the photographs surrounded by the hotel interior evoking various historical periods. His view extends from the Mediterranean hotel terrace onto the archipelago islands and mysterious landscapes yet to be revealed. Jasmina Cibic's instalment is suspended from the ceiling, visually emerging from photographs into the area with flying birds leaning against shiny postaments. Referring on decorative ceiling elements from Haludovo Palace on the island of Krk it brings back memories of the shaping of one of the first modern Croatian hotels, constructed in 1972. This building, very relevant and grandiose at its time, is vacant today and the art work is an homage to the luxury of a prestigious building, now an architectural ruin, left to the mercy of natural forces and reigned by birds.

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaSpacious bright rooms appear like artist studios; their intimate ambient provides a feeling of an elegant home instead of a hotel room. Room sizes vary, furnished very similarly but containing completely different works of art. Two artists reacted to the wonderful weather conditions transforming the local climate into a paradise destination. French artist Abdelkader Benchamma created drawings on the spot, directly on room walls, in clean and intense lines, inviting guests into a melancholic and dreamy vision of the universe and its natural phenomena which can appear as fantastic creation. The guest feels that the drawing is not limited to his support, that it could actually break the frame and cover the entire room area. The drawing provides certain mystery associated with the beauty of unreachable phenomena we cannot comprehend, perceive or even fully understand. Croatian artist Igor Eškinja in his subtle and elegant approach, prone to experiment with various techniques, dedicated himself to exploration of almost forgotten photography technique cyanotype. The author places a photo-sensitive emulsion on papers and lets sunrays "paint" the parts they shortly touch at a certain moment. Lead by the ideal of the game of light and space, Eškinja becomes fascinated by a chemical reaction occurring at the contact of the sunlight with the emulsion while also leaning on the new architectural interpretation of the hotel inspired by shape references from the 19th century.

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaThe most luxurious room in the hotel has a unique view from two balconies, a freestanding bathtub by the bed and oil on canvas by the Croatian painter Zlatan Vehabović. He fuses classical and modern values in his painting, questioning the technological development and achievements of the 21st century. Vehabović notices that modern materials are mostly cheap, mass-produced, deprived of personal touch, having utilitarian function and are as such universally available. One of these materials is the golden Mylar foil, popularly called "space blanket" in the United States of America, which is used after marathon races so the body could maintain warmth during rapid cooling. The relationship of Mylar and gold, so universally present in 16th century painting is now almost unbreakable; cheap medical material of sparkling texture is visually indiscernible from the precious ore; the significance of both materials is deeply rooted in the very essence of humanity which remains unchanged just as painting.
White rooms are entered into from spacious black corridors containing works dealing with various aspects of light, an important artistic material in this project, transforming halls into light corridors. Italian artist Massimo Uberti draws architecture as if using luminescent pencil in space. He is undoubtedly an architect in his expression - he builds places inhabited by poetic inhabitants for whom he is creating allocated dreamy areas permitting reflection; activity he considers essential for the life of every individual. A light installation in the shape of a door invites the observer to play with his own imagination; imagine the worlds residing in this hotel area before numerous renovations and changing with passing times that had left subtle traces. Their emergence and position invokes the perception of parallel spaces beyond our physical scope - in the world of imagination. Way back in 1963, Croatian artist Goran Petercol, during a night walk through the empty streets of Rovinj, using long expositions made his first photographs without being able to predict their future role. Exhibited at the hotel, they are set up along the present moment we are witnessing as we watch that same space. In the meantime, Petercol became a renowned artist who explores interrelations of material, light and shadow. His night walk, a young man’s’ experiment, still unaware of his own artistic potential, resulted in photographs of Rovinj silence still today marking the locality of the hotel Adriatic.
Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaIn the corridors the emphasis is placed on preservation of the existing staircase passing through all floors, the only original element in the interior - containing an artistic installation of the Austrian artist Valentin Ruhry. Ruhry's work is almost 15 meters high and passes through and connects with the old hotel staircase, the only area maintaining its original form and hence the spirit of a century-old building. Geometrically abstract composition of rectangular lines is the carrier of fluorescent tubes creating a surprising atmosphere and providing light to the area. Two vertically set steel props extend from the middle of the window pane at the top of the staircase all the way to the beginning of its spiral, achieving intertwined traditional architectural and modern trans-disciplinary artistic expression. With his work the author enters into direct interaction with the space, making a connection between original and modern, minimalistic space concept and expressing homage to architectural structure. He works entirely in his own workshop, at the top performance level just as the craftsmen who had forged fences a hundred years ago.
Unique uniforms of hotel employees were designed by the artists from I-Gle Studio to match the concept of joined traditional and modern artistic expression. They represent a specific aesthetic manifesto underlining the basic idea of Adriatic as a hotel with a hundred-year heritage. They were tailored as a highly sophisticated upgrade of classic dressing standards characteristic of an elegant hotel appearance. Inspired by subtle classic elegance aesthetics, the uniforms are at the same time compliant with the modern understanding of functional dressing. In a very modern way they promote sophisticated relaxation unfettered by classic templates or expectations usually applied in hotel uniform treatment, but at the same time, their simplicity is a stylistic link of traditional and modern. Colours range from anthracite grey to white and the fabric is exclusively natural cotton.

Inspiration for the visual identity designed by Lana Cavar, Marino Krstačić-Furić and Ana Tomić was found in the eclectic character of the hotel. It is a clash of old and new architecture, of classical and modern, relaxed and sophisticated. Two typographies are joined in the logotype, one modernistic and the other classical, however, both directly inspired by fonts from the times of the construction of the hotel. The logo is relatively abstract, a form remembered by watching rather than reading, like typography illustration.

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaArchitectural office Studio 3LHD is the author of the concept and the project. Interior design was created by Studio Franić/Šekoranja with 3LHD, artistic curator was Vanja Žanko, graphic designers Lana Cavar, Marino Krstačić-Furić and Ana Tomić designed the visual identity while the staff uniform design was created by the designers of Studio I-gle. Visual artists represented at hotel premises are the following: Abdelkader Benchamma, Jasmina Cibic, Igor Eškinja, Chris Goennawein, Kristina Lenard, Federico Luger, Charles Munka, Goran Petercol, Valentin Ruhry, SofijaSilvia, Saša Šekoranja, Massimo Uberti, Zlatan Vehabović, Žižić/Kožul.
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Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, Croatia
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LOCATION
 
Continent
Europe
Nation
Croatia [Hrvatska]
Region
Istria [Istra]
Town
Rovinj
Address
Trg maršala Tita 5
 
 
Telephone
+385.52.800.250
Fax
+385.52.800.215
Website
E-mail
info@maistra.hr
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TYPOLOGY
 
Main
ARCHITECTURE
Buildings for travel and tourism
Hotels
Operations on existing buildings
Renovation, rehabilitation and restructuring
Additional
ARCHITECTURE
Commercial buildings
Bars, cafeterias
Restaurants
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CHRONOLOGY
 
Project
2014 - 2015    
Realisation
2015 - 2015
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AWARDS
 
2016
Loved by Guests Award
Hotel.com
2015
Best New Hotel Award
Rexpo Adriatic 2015
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CLIENT
 
 
Maistra d.d.
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AMOUNT
 
 
€ 3,290,000
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DIMENSIONAL
DATA
 
Surface
site sq.m. 821
size sq.m. 1,911
Share
m. amsl 2,12
Consistence
18 suites
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STRUCTURES
 
 
Krešimir Tarnik, Valentino Obajdin
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STAFF
 
Project
Studio 3LHD
Interior design
Studio Franjić Šekoranja with Studio 3LHD
Design team
Saša Begović, Marko Dabrović, Tatjana Grozdanić Begović, Silvije Novak, Zorislav Petrić, Dijana Vandekar
Collaborators
Nives Krsnik Rister, Nevena Kuzmanić, Ivana Šajn
Property management
Abilia d.o.o.
Artistic consultant
Vanja Žanko
Art intervention
Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CroatiaAbdelkader Benchamma
Jasmina Cibic
Igor Eškinja
Chris Goennawein
Kristina Lenard
Federico Luger
Charles Munka
Goran Petercol
Valentin Ruhry
SofijaSilvia
Saša Šekoranja
Massimo Uberti
Zlatan Vehabović
Žižić/Kožul
Artistic supervision
Ana Cvitaš
Color and graphic consultant
Studio I-GLE [staff uniforms design]
Graphic design
Lana Cavar with Marino Krstačić-Furić and Ana Tomić
Assistants
Antonella Boldrin
Related projects
Zoran Divjak (Dekode d.o.o.) [kitchen]
Mechanical engineer
Eksperterm
Igor Karačić, Katica Pocrnja
Hydraulic engineer
Eksperterm
Ivan Vajdić, Davorin Gržan, Suzana Nuić
Lighting engineer
Ortoforma
Ninoslav Kušter
Quantity surveyor
Ivana Trobić, Renato Gulić (FOREL projekt)
Construction supervision
Ramus d.o.o.
Fire safety
Inspekting d.o.o.
Josip Radeljić, Milan Carević, Matija Žerjav
General contractor
Radnik d.d.
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CREDITS
 
 
Photos © Siniša Gulić, Duško Vlaović, SofijaSilvia, Ognjen Maravić
Drawings © Studio 3LHD
Text edited by Studio 3LHD
Courtesy of Studio 3LHD

Studio 3LHD, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, Croatia



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