CBAG.Studio
Lamaison hotel & guesthouse
best architects 21
commercial/industrial buildings
Place
Saarlouis, Germany
Studio
Photos
Brigida González
Description
Set
around a historic mansion in its own park in the town of Saarlouis, the
Lamaison Hotel was developed with a close connection to the town in mind. Old
and new form a contrast in their architectural language while they are
connected through the reduced harmonised material palette. The existing
structures are now in warm white colours, plain tiles in ochre and travertine
while all the new buildings are wrapped with a skin of aluminium elements in
bronze. All architectural elements in the landscape come in weathered steel.
This material palette resembles the colours of the bark of the plane trees that
were planted when the town was founded by Louis XIV, thus linking the hotel in
an abstract manner with the Francophile history. At the same time, it echoes
the industrial tradition of the region. Lamaison is a hotel with 50 rooms and
suites, conference areas, a restaurant and a guesthouse. Located in the park,
the guesthouse links architecture and nature through its façade of natural
rough sawn silver fir and oversized windows that create a smooth transition
between the interior and the world outside. With wood panelling and oak floors,
the rooms in the guesthouse create a warm atmosphere, augmented by the use of
natural materials and a natural colour palette. The rooms have contemporary
furnishings, while modern interpreted quotes of past eras
such as rattan, ornamental glazing, marble washbasins and Art Nouveau-inspired
tiles refer to the property as it was at the beginning of the 20th century.