Plasma Studio

Project: Hotel Puerta America-4th Floor, Madrid / Spain
Puerta America is an unusual designer hotel in Madrid. Each floor has been designed by a different, internationally renowned architect. The designers of the award-winning 4th floor have used polished mirror-finish steel to construct folding and interlocking surfaces for the walls, ceilings and floors. The corridors in particular are fractured and distorted spaces that feel positively surreal. The same approach to the use of materials is continued inside the guest rooms, but the mood here is much calmer and conveys a sense of luxury without ostentation.

The jury's verdict: "The design has transformed the usual repetitive and boring sequence of hotel rooms and corridors into a spatial sculpture - a walk-in work of art."

Website: www.plasmastudio.com

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