Leisure Spaces: Driving Value Through Invention
ROB WAGEMANS (Director at Concrete Architectural Associates)
Projects involved:
- CitizenM
- Supperclub (Restaurant) (Singapore,Los Angeles/USA and Bodrum/Turkey)
- VIP lounge (Schiphol Airport) (Amsterdam/Netherlands)
Concrete Awards:
- Venuez Hospitality & Style Awards winner citizenM “Best Hotel Concept 2008″(Amsterdam)
- The Sleepevent: winner in 4 categories; The European Hotel Design of the Year Award,Best Innovation, Best Technology, Best Graphic Design (London)
- Venuez Hospitality & Style Awards Amsterdam
nomination nevy “Best Restaurant Design” (Amsterdam)
I would like hear these Speakers very much. Even though I’m not an Interior Designer, I appreciate good interior design very much.
For a long time, I wondered about hotels… … Why is it that one hotel looks like the other, even in a different country, over 2 or 3 decades? My joy of staying at hotels diminishes significantly over the years because hotels worldwide are rather predictable.
Hotels could be a country’s ambassadorial fronts. But this is not appreciated fuller. I wished hotel owners would make more effort to be creative in space design (and service provision).
Then, in my ripe old age of 30+, I saw a new-concept hotel citizenM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llyOacuzEU8
Shouldn’t this citizenM concept be made a hotel’s fundamental practice? Global hotel businesses should innovate or try be more relevant, now… … I hope my country’s hotels innovate- even though many are part of hotel chains.
Karen Seah
The concept of citizenM is really very innovative. It makes the hotel stands out from other hotels. No matter you are there on holiday or on a business trip, citizenM,s concept can really make you feel comfortable.
The impact interior design has on citizenM is really outstanding.