Competition board
Aerial view
Unit "living room" interior
Hotel room interior
View from the sea
Mobility description
Existing Lighthouse building renovation
Conceptual diagram of existing Lighthouse building renovation
Detail
Unit section
Unit layout
Section
Masterplan
Masterplan
Hotel capacity
Murro di Porco is one of a dozen Sicilian lighthouses. Possesing unique landscape characteristics and symbol of poetic maritimes scenery, it declines day by day : unknown by tourists and needless for locals. Our aim is to change this condition.
Our conceptual scheme can be adapted to all existing lighthouses in Sicily and plays with three classes of elements:
Existing buildings host collective functions like reception, administration, cafés, restaurants and social clubs.
Permanent elements are decking platforms which provide all necessary needs such as wc, showers and electricity supply. Compared to a traditional house, the platform can be conceived as an open-air living room with a place for gathering and a fireplace.
Temporary elements are bedrooms that are plugged-in to the decking platforms. Combined together in several modules they form units that we like to call “Light” houses.
Once that lighthouse’s site is prepared to host LIGHT HOUSE(s) HOTEL (plug-in platforms are built, and the existing buildings are tidied up), temporary elements are moved from one location to another. The moving hotel will leave a revitalized site that can be used by local communities, providing them outdoor activities by the sea with all the necessary comforts.
The same moving hotel can be hosted every time in a different scenery.
LIGHT catching - contextual design
The project is an interpretation of light as source of visual connection. From the ancestral fire to the old lighthouse tower, light is the element that vitalizes our hotel.
LIGHT intervention – sustainability
Our proposal wants to preserve the natural beauty of the site:
few interventions for the minimum impact.
LIGHT weight structures-mobility
Foldable elements from wood and fabric, a mobile hotel towards the aim of promoting the net of Sicilian lighthouses.
Year 2016
Work finished in 2016
Status Competition works
Type Hotel/Resorts / River and coastal redevelopment / Building Recovery and Renewal
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