HOTEL REVIEW


LEFT: Guestrooms feature Quim Larrea’s Boomerang chair for Sancal, and Marset’s Tina lamps. The maps of Berlin are by branding agency Schindler Parent ABOVE: Shower controls are in a playful, handwritten font


approach of Amat and Tió. Industrial Erco spot lamps and exposed ducting line the ceiling of the seventh-floor Tentempié guest lounge. Here a 24-hour snack menu is available and breakfast is prepared in the adjacent kitchen. An arrangement of comfy, wing-backed leather upholstered chairs is partially separated from the adjacent Bodega honesty bar by some of the Bouroullec brothers’ self-assembly, modular Algue screening for Vitra. Further design from the Bouroullecs can be experienced downstairs at the Dos Palillos restaurant, which they designed in its entirety. Entered via the lobby or through a separate street entrance around the corner, Dos Palillos offers a set menu of oriental tapas style dishes. Each dish of the multi-course set menus is lovingly prepared in the open stainless steel kitchen. Diners seated at the long wooden counter, which forms the axis of the restaurant, get to see the precision of the preparation. With Albert Raurich, a former elBulli chef, at the helm this is a culinary


experience not to be missed. Passersby get to glimpse the action except when the fragile- looking, crushed gold and silver backed curtains are pulled. A small basement gym and sauna together with a boardroom meeting space complete the hotel’s offer. A variety of Spanish furniture suppliers


have supplied the hotel with pieces including Quim Larrea’s Boomerang Chill chair for Sancal, the Tina light by Marset which feature in each guestroom, and Amat’s Jamaica stools in the bathrooms. The Tentempié restaurant is furnished with Lievore Altherr Molina’s Aero bench for Sellex and Andreu World’s Sit chairs. All the rugs are from Nani Marquina. General Manager Alexander Schneider


describes the hotel as “a true design icon mixed with an everyday touch.” Certainly there are a wealth of design details to be experienced at many levels across the property. However it is the pared-down, no- nonsense simplicity of Amat and Tió’s design together that really makes the hotel.


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Casa Camper Weinmesiterstraße 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 2000 3410 www.casacamper.com


„ 51 guestrooms ‰ Dos Palillos, Tentempie  Bodega Honesty Bar [ Gym / sauna + Boardroom, business centre


Owner: Camper SL Designers (hotel): Fernando Amat / Jordi Tió Designers (Dos Palillos restaurant): Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Architect: AO Berlin Consultant: NDC Real Estate Consulting GmbH


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