Palazzo Daniele is a “modern place with an historical construction”

Architect Roberto Palomba describes his agency’s strategy to renovating the Palazzo Daniele resort in Puglia, Italy, on this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards.

Palazzo Daniele, which was named Lodge of the Yr on the 2019 AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, is a nine-suite boutique resort housed in a 158-year-old palazzo situated close to the southern tip of the Salento peninsula in Puglia.

The mission was additionally awarded for its visitor rooms on the a ceremony that happened in London in November.

Palazzo Daniele by Palomba Serafini Associati was awarded Lodge of the Yr on the 2019 AHEAD Europe awards

The renovation of the constructing was dealt with by Palomba Serafini Associati, the structure follow that Palomba runs along with his companion Ludovica Serafini.

Rooms and public areas host the resort proprietor’s artwork assortment. Numerous frescoes on the partitions and ceilings have been restored through the renovation.

As a part of the renovation, the studio restored frescoes on the partitions and ceilings

“After we discovered the constructing it was in a really dangerous situation,” says Palomba within the video interview, which was shot by Dezeen at White Metropolis Home in London.

“The entire renovation was fairly difficult as a result of we had to avoid wasting components of the work on the partitions or on the ceiling.”

Palomba Serafini Associati took a sparing strategy to furnishing the house so as to draw consideration to the constructing’s historic construction.

The designers took a minimalistic strategy to furnishing the interiors

“All of the rooms are actually pure,” he mentioned. “There’s not a lot furnishings, we tried to cut back it to the utmost.”

“You actually really feel that you’re in a recent place with an historical construction.”

Palomba Serafini Associati sought to stress the traditional constructing’s historical past

In response to Palomba, the strategy to the design of the house went past aesthetics to a holistic strategy to visitor expertise.

“It was essential for us not solely to design the structure or the interiors, however to design the expertise of the place,” he mentioned. “We did not need this place to seem like a resort. You are not visiting, you are dwelling the expertise.”

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Amongst the resort’s  private options is a kitchen that acts because the social centre of the constructing, the place visitors can talk about the day’s menu with the cooks and take a look at their hand at cooking.

Palomba says that visitors are more and more in search of out such experiences reasonably than materials luxuries.

The resort is an try and create a holistic visitor expertise

“[People] do not wish to see one other room in one other resort – they wish to be a part of an expertise that’s fully totally different,” he mentioned.

“For us it was essential to create this form of expertise, not simply to have a pleasant design.”

The resort eschews luxurious supplies in favour of making a extra private ambiance

This video was produced by Dezeen for AHEAD. It was filmed at White Metropolis Home in London.

Images is by Adrian Gaut, courtesy of Palomba Serafini Associati.