Youthstreet Hotel

The concept of the reconstruction is the “architectural expression” required original, theatrically staged sequences of spaces and vivid architectural elements designed to lend the hotel an integral magic and a seductive accommodation quality once more. Not only architecture, but the notion of a unique place within the space and landscape is the framework of the concept. The design is a shift from the dominance of faceless apartment hotels and off-the-peg chain developments. Conceptually, the hotel should inherit the public space and get a public character. The Youthstret Hotel is a public place where accommodation facilities are intertwined with a public program of restaurant, wellness center, dance hall, and healthcare cabinets. The most important issue of the concept is the connection between the building of public facilities and public space. Once the building divides the inside from the outside, the concept of windows, entrance ramps, staircases, and terraces contributes a knot. Windows are penetrating the façade in a way that interior exits to the exterior. The ramps, terraces, and staircases collaborate to provide different ways to enter the building from the public space. Shared spaces like a restaurant, foyer, and hall are an extension of public space to everyone’s zones. In the same way, an internal open hall gets a public lounge lobby that creates several elevated open gallery-like spaces, where a net structure secures and connects single levels. It becomes a hang loose place for lazing, sitting, or climbing.