*르망24, 미라지 호텔 [ Kilo Architectures ] Virage Mulsanne Hotel

르망 24시간 레이스는 미라지 물상 호텔의 파사드를
디자인하는 건축적 스피드의 주요 모티브가 되었다.
리드믹컬한 오프닝이 표현하는 건축적인 스피드는
평면과 중력에 대한 분리에서 시작되어
입면에 자유로움을 준다.

reviewed by SJ

On the circuit of the world’s oldest sports car race, the 24 hours of Le Mans, this project addresses questions of architectural scale and ‘speed.’ Architectural speed is the manner or rate at which a building is viewed or experienced. For this project, the high velocity at which this building will most frequently be viewed led us to compose an ‘elevation of motion’ wherein the facade is designed to be regarded in accelerated motion.

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In order to break the homogeneity present in most economic hotel buildings, multiple horizontal windows were scattered over the facade in order to obfuscate the scale and nature of the building.  The scale of the building is not immediately clear, and the repetition and rhythm of the rooms within are impossible to read from the facade. In addition, the playful placement of windows renders every room unique; some rooms have windows on the floor or at the line of the ceiling, and every room benefits from a unique framing of the world outside.

from  contemporist