Hotel in the forest
Total built-up area: 12,200 m2
Bulgaria – Velingrad town
Concept:
This project is one of the winning competitions of Art New Vision studio in 2015. Projects for reconstruction and upgrading of old buildings are among the most difficult and complex and require extraordinary professionalism to manage the existing building with all its functional and constructive drawbacks and to combine it with the newly designed volumes so that the end product is not no compromise. Such kind of objects have always been a great challenge for us, because here you can demonstrate your creativity and turn an old ruin into a work of art.
Architectural Solutions:
The hotel has a total built-up area of 12 200 m2 and will contain different accommodation of guests – double rooms, studios and apartments, restaurant with terrace, piano bar, conference block, modern SPA center with balneology and various therapeutic procedures, indoor swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool, a children’s pool and a thermal pool – typidarium, as well as outdoor swimming pools. The hotel will have a medical center with a doctor’s and rehabilitation cabinet with physiotherapy and healing gymnasiums.
Architecturally, we decided to use the concession with mineral water by absorbing the temperature of the hot nearly 50 degree fountain through the water-water heat pumps. We planted solar collectors on the roof to help domestic hot water. This will reduce electrical consumption and increase room comfort. We staked on high-quality insulating materials, window frames and glass packs. Facade materials are natural stone, HPL ventilated facade and white mineral plaster. All this in combination with energy-efficient installations will result in low energy consumption.
