World-renowned carpet manufacturer Brintons has worked in partnership with esteemed Dutch designer Marcel Wanders to produce a unique range of custom carpets for the spectacular luxury lifestyle hotel, Kameha Grand Zürich.
The hotel interior is inspired by traditional Swiss Culture, showcasing the most iconic elements of the country. Chocolate patterned wall paneling is featured within the bedrooms to complement door handles and mini bars within the rooms that replicate bank safes.
Marcel Wanders said: “Reflecting the Swiss themes of the hotel, the carpets exhibit motifs inspired by chocolate bars, and beautifully integrate the Kameha Grand logo and Marcel Wanders signature patterns.”
“The luxury and
opulence of the hotel is reflected within
the rich design of the carpet and range of deep colours used.”
Opened in March 2015, the hotel features 245 rooms with six business suites, 11 themed suites, two Executive Suites, the King Kameha Suite, a Space Suite, the Kameha Spa, two restaurants as well as a convention centre, catering to all tastes.
Marcel continued: “Various rooms are equipped with their own personalised designs. The carpet of the Guest Room features a signature pattern with a floral top layer and geometric under layer. In the Middle Eastern Suite, Arabic shapes and colours are used, and a loose rug with integrated logo is created to appear as though it is on top of the carpet. The meeting rooms and Gentlemen’s Suite carpets provide a more contemporary texture with a representation of a silver wrapper around a chocolate bar.”
“To evoke the feeling of being in a casino, the Poker Suite uses a standard suite design with darker, more saturated colours. As a contrast to the multitude of busy clockworks the Watches Suite
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carpet presents a composed black on grey signature heart pattern.”
The corridors, reception and public spaces of the hotel also represent identifiable Swiss culture in both their interior design and carpets. As a lifestyle hotel, the conference bars and rooms can be hired out for personal meetings, presentations and business discussions.
“Throughout the hotel, the corridor carpets use the alternating hotel logo on a geometric pattern of various greys to give a calm impression before entering and room. For the corridor of the Conference Bar a logo alternating between the background and foreground is adorned with stripes in different width and shade, with a touch of lively red,” Marcel added.
The hotel was a year in development and 8,000m² of custom Axminster carpet was installed throughout the bedrooms, conference rooms, hallways and even on one of the walls of a premier bedroom. Over 6,000m² of underlay was also installed to help create a comfortable and stylish finish whilst giving the perfect installation.
Andrew Howell, Head designer for Brintons, said: “The luxury and opulence of the hotel is reflected within the rich design of the carpet and range of deep colours used. The contemporary, striped border of the carpet contrasted against the intricate, interwoven designs of Marcel Wanders and the Kameha Grand logo, making the carpets a signature feature within all of the bedrooms that adds a real individuality to them.”
Created by tecArchitecture and designed by renowned designer Marcel Wanders, the unique lifestyle hotel is nestled in the centre of Glattpark, right in the heart of one of the central business districts of Europe.
Marcel added: “The role of the carpets in Marcel Wanders interiors is to tie all the design elements of the interior together. Remarkably, in the Kameha Grand Zurich, the carpets fluently incorporate the many elements of Swiss themes, the hotel logo, Brintons’ know-how and Marcel Wanders’ signature patterns into a gracefully cohesive whole.”
All images from the Kameha Grand Zurich private library.
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