Ripa Hotel, Rome. (1993-continues)

Design, development and site management of:
redesign of 120 rooms in 7 types,
3 meeting rooms of 110, 70, 30 places,
entrance lobby,
restaurant/bar 350m² 150 covers,
in house discotheque 350m² (inc. sound proofing project),
all projects include furniture and fittings.
Redesign of facade and entrance road.

The project for the Ripa Hotel has evolved piecemeal over the years as a series of interiors in an existing residence hotel of the 70s and its gradual conversion to a 4 star all suites hotel. The entrance lobby is developed as a single fluid space connecting the entrance to the reception desk crossing the entrances to the restaurant (to the right) and the conference room the left. Rooms Standard suite- the benefit of starting with a room that was a residence apartment is exploited by removing all internal divisions and high furniture to maximise the room size. The “cupboard” is left open behind the bed-head. The “pebble” carpet (to our design) designates the various zones of the room.

Suite-ripasoundhotel

Project for a discotheque within the Ripa hotel complex in which the design for the interior envelope visibly overpowers the technical problems posed by the soundproofing and the existing structure. The logo enlarged to the height of the facade (at street level) is set in a sound trap between two layers of glass as the exterior face of the disco. The project was reworked in three successive years as the disco was enlarged.