HOTEL REVIEW
THIS PAGE: The interiors feature a wealth of bespoke Marcel
Wanders designs created especially for the hotel. Suppliers
include Kvadrat and Jab fabrics, EMCO, Steinberg and
Hansgrohe bathroom fittings, Anker Teppichboden carpets,
and Samsung televisions
Dome, has a super-sized pixellation of the including the hotel. “The most noticeable country, with the most consultants per capita.”
bloom-like pattern used throughout the hotel. architectural feature of the hotel is its Certainly there are still a good number of
Just as some of Wanders’ ceramic designs have transparency,” he explains. The view from DAX quoted companies located in Bonn
taken their cue from the Dutch tradition of the entrance looks through the lobby, the (Deutsche Post / DHL, Deutsche Telekom for
Delft pottery, here, the signature pattern was atrium and Kameha Dome space right to the example). Several federal ministries and UN
inspired by that on a collection of Meissen riverbank. Guestrooms are arranged on only institutions remain in the city.
porcelain plates, the so-called Rhine-Trilogy, three sides of the atrium, the fourth being It is testimony to the deliverability of
referencing the hotel’s riverfront location. glazed with views to the river. Promoted as Wanders’ studio that the renderings that so
The hotel is just part of a large urban ship-like due presumably to the proximity of captivated Rath and Dr. Haas have been
redevelopment alongside the Rhine at Bonn; the Rhine, the openness and elliptical section realised with an amazing exactness in the
an attempt by the city to regain some of the of the structure are more similar to that of a finished product. However the dynamic
ground lost when the government moved to modern airport. design does not always translate into an
Berlin. Developer, Dr. Jörg Haas, working Questioned as to whether the conservative immediately liveable space. The colour
with local architectural practice, Architecture city of Bonn is ready for a hotel whose contrasts, patterning and scale certainly look
Firm Schommer, has transformed a former audacious interiors would be more in keeping dramatic. But for the conservative business
cement works into a business and technology with Dubai or Miami South Beach, Rath is types who will form the bulk of the clientele,
park that will include a residential component. quick to defend the decision. “Bonn is the city such a cacophony could be overwhelming.
Principal architect Karl-Heinz Schommer with the greatest potential in Germany,” he Behind the scenes, there is more to the hotel
won the competition to masterplan the site believes. “It is the second wealthiest city in the than Wanders’ designs. The basement is
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