Siturated in the core of Garda, close to the river of the Lake, Astoria Hotel is one of the most well know accomodations of the area, thanks to its central position. The project aims to renew the hotel, preserving most of the existing furniture, with small structural interventions and in short time frame.
In the core of Garda, close to the river of the lake, Astoria Hotel is one of the most well known and established accomodations of the area. It has been built in the 60s and never changed its appearance since then. The challenge was to give a new style to the hotel, keeping most of the existing materials and furniture, avoiding invasive structural works. The project aims to show that even with few focused works it is possible to transform and to give a new identity to a space.
The Hall
The hall is certainly the space that best represents the hotel’s identity, and it is the first room that talks to the guests, welcoming them at the beginning of their stay and then becoming a meeting, rest and relaxation point for them. The first element useful to imagine this space is the already existing black marble floor combined with a massive walnut wood counter, another invariant element of the project. These two elements which, combined, may see too strong, are softened by the blue-green color of the walls, by the brass and the elegant shapes of the suspensions and appliques, by the colors of the furnishings. The result is a visually harmonious environment, an elegant, welcoming and relaxing space. The floor becomes a perfect canvas for putting in mustard, sage and blue velvet seats and the tables whose tops recall the texture of black marble.
The entrances
The hall can be reached through two entrances. The main one, large and massive, and the second one, which is smaller but receives large numbers of visitors from the side of the square. The main entrance is characterized by a semicircular theatrical staircase and a central panel that divides the entrance in half, distributing the flows of passage to the right, towards the hall and to the left, towards the restaurant.
Camere e Corridoi
The guests stay in the 21 rooms located on the first floor of the hotel. Four themes have been designed for the rooms, each interpreted with a different wallpaper, applied to the wall, which acts as a backdrop to the bed and which give particular liveliness to the room. Each room has portions of walls colored to match the wallpaper. The decorations with brass details, such as the frames of the mirrors and the edges of the appliques, enrich the space and make it more elegant. The corridors have been made more interesting through the coloring of the walls and ceilings, the lighting and the brass room numbers.
The Restaurant
Another environment subject to renewal is the restaurant consecutive to the hotel. The existing floor was preserved and the ceileng has been repainted in white and made even. Thus the space has been made more interesting by adding rustic-looking rope suspensions to create a more welcoming atmosphere. The existing sideboards, as well as some walls, have been repainted in green, to match the color of the majolica tiles on the floor. Tables and chairs surround the large central green counter.
