[ Department of Architecture ] Hilton Pattaya Hotel

천장에 길게 이어진 오브제와 은은한 빛의 조화가 색다른 요소로 작용한것 같습니다. 길게 이어진 오브제는 로비와 여러 공간을 자연스럽게 연계시켜 공간의 연속성을 잘 표현하는것 같습니다.

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Bangkok studio Department of Architecture have installed rippling fabric fins hanging from the ceiling of this hotel lobby in Pattaya, Thailand.

Located on the 17th floor of a tower over the beach, the Hilton Pattaya Hotel lobby was designed to draw visitors from a central elevator towards the windows and sea view beyond.Air conditioning causes the fabric sheets to sway and ripple across the ceiling.

Lobby & Bar

The space given for a luxury hotel lobby and bar occupies the 17th floor of a tower high above the bustle of Pattaya beach below.

Configuration of the space was challenging due to relatively low ceiling-height comparing to its depth and width. Its accessibility was another challenge. Elevators bringing guests from the hotel Ground floor reception hall come up 40m. deep from the building edge keeping guests away from sea view.

Our proposal acknowledges these challenges by providing architectural intervention with a site-specific installation on its entire ceiling plane. The design of this space is centered on a fabric installation inspired by rippling lighting reflection on ocean surface looking from divers’ eyes. Guests stepping out from the elevators will be allured by wavy movement above and will drift forward toward sea view. Layers of fabric sway with air-con supplies giving an illusion of breeze appearing as a familiar outdoor feel to be out of an unfamiliar indoor context.