Hotel The Britannique
Naples
Year: 2017
Client: Palazzo Caracciolo Spa
Location: Naples
Performance: feasibility study, final and executive design and artistic direction for the re-functioning of the Hotel Britannique.
Project amount: € 13.000.000
Status: completed (private tender awarded)
Architectural project: Gnosis Progetti
Structural project: Interprogetti Srl
Plant project: Itaca
The redevelopment project of The Britannique hotel included an important innovative element on the building’s façade.
A large central pane of glass separates the two original bodies, a decomposed and
The same large glass surfaces are found on the roof level where the light, which marks the entrance on the ground floor, also reaches the top level and spreads its wings to embrace the entire hotel.
The wall that blocked the roof’s view of the sea
A large central pane of glass separates the two original bodies, a decomposed and
dynamic scanning of glass
that draws a successively closed portion.The same large glass surfaces are found on the roof level where the light, which marks the entrance on the ground floor, also reaches the top level and spreads its wings to embrace the entire hotel.
The wall that blocked the roof’s view of the sea
becomes a glass wall
.
The hall, a former courtyard between the buildings, was inspired by the courtyard of an ancient Neapolitan classical building: the paving slabs on the floor become the play of sown strips, the
Neapolitan staircase balconies
above the heads become the ribbons connecting the two lifts, leaving the central void illuminated by the large glass window.
The rooms, varying in number from 67 to 72, thanks to the use of high-performance retractable sliding walls, have been designed as spaces in historical Neapolitan residences so as to totally
immerse the guest
in the city atmosphere. Some common spaces such as the conference room, auditorium and suites are dedicated to Neapolitan myths and legends characterised by site-specific works of art.
