Opus Hotel, Vancouver
Whether on vacation or a business trip, only a special note turns staying in a hotel into an experience. Small boutique hotels, such as the Hotel Opus in Vancouver, achieve this more often than in the larger hotels. This has something to do as much with personal service as also with special, many times individual organization. The modern, seven-storey building of the Hotel Opus is found in Vancouver’s chic Yaletown, surrounded by bars, restaurants and right near the harbor. The style of the hotel, its special flair so esteemed by its guests, is shaped from five lifestyle-inspired décor systems. Red stands somewhat for modern and minimalistic, blue for style and elegance, and green for artistic and eclectic. The placement of the bathroom is unusual: It is directly behind the windows of the external façade. The daylight which streams in is passed through the large-dimensioned raumplus sliding doors into the sleeping area. The use of matt foil for the glass filling of the sliding doors creates a satisfactory private sphere. Because the use of sliding doors in hotels is much more common than in private areas, the sliding doors were placed on security bottom roller. Especially stable stoppers and a soft-close brake gave additional assurance of comfort and safety with opening and closing the doors. Perhaps it’s the good feeling that makes a lot of hotel guests forget that you can see into their bathroom from the street.
And they are the cause of a good deal of discussion in the surrounding cafés and restaurants, especially in the summer, if they haven’t closed the jalousies and windows in time.
Design_ Architectura Planning, Architecture Interiors Inc.
Realization_ raumplus North America
