Harmonies and contrasts
The eight-story, 1800m2 building is undergoing a complete renovation and transformation into a modern, four-star city hotel with a total of 53 guest rooms. Designed to accommodate the high volume of tourists who pass through the Port of Piraeus, this project aims to offer an updated, comfortable, and stylish hotel experience that aligns with the needs of contemporary travelers.
Material Palette
In line with contemporary architectural aesthetics, materials are carefully selected to provide guests with a sense of warmth, intimacy, and luxury. Wood is chosen as the primary material, featured in the flooring and wall cladding of both the rooms and corridors on each floor.
To complement the wood’s natural appeal, sections of the interior room walls are covered in sound-insulating wallpaper in an off-white tone, creating harmony with the dominant wood elements. The lobby area, designed to feel open and inviting, is highlighted in white and finished using polished, pressed cement mortar.
Contemporary Aesthetic
Together with the wooden elements, the high aesthetic quality of the space is further enhanced. The hotel’s restaurant evokes the ambiance of a modern industrial bistro, where material choices and color palettes blend contemporary design trends with touches of vintage charm from past decades.
Façade Renovation & Sustainable Design
The building’s exterior façade preserves the original stucco, enhanced with black aluminum frames and architectural accents around each frame. The contrast between the white marble of the façade and the rectangular metal etalbond panels forms a striking, repetitive geometric pattern. In terms of infrastructure, modern mechanical systems have been installed to maximize energy efficiency, supporting environmentally conscious operations, which are essential in today’s world.