It’s an idea with legs.
An amazing extension to a hotel in Italy has been built on three-metre-high (9.8ft) stilts.
The treehouse-style add-on contains an additional 10 suites for the Parc Hotel Florian in the Alpine village of Siusi allo Sciliar (also known, Germanically, as Seis am Schlern), with each suite boasting a hot tub, a sauna and magnificent views of South Tyrol.
The incredible extension to the Parc Hotel Florian in the Alpine village of Siusi allo Sciliar, which is built on stilts
The treehouse-style extension contains an additional 10 suites for the hotel, with each containing a hot tub, a sauna and magnificent views of South Tyrol
The design studio behind the new building is Italy-based Network of Architecture (Noa). It says: ‘The idea was not just a row of rooms door to door, but an orderly grouping of intimate, self-contained treehouses elevated on three-metre-high supports, leaving the grounds fully accessible underneath’
According to Network of Architecture (Noa), the Italian-based studio behind the new building, the hotel is located in a ‘magnificent park, where you are encouraged to linger among ancient trees, an idyllic pond and an outdoor pool’.
The idea of using stilts was ‘in order to leave the grounds untouched and occupy as little space as possible’.
Noa continues: ‘A building at ground level would have resulted in the loss of a sizeable portion of the grounds.
Inside one of the hotel suites. Network of Architecture also took charge of kitting out the interiors of the extension
Noa says: ‘The central living area opens out onto a sheltered balcony overlooking the magnificent mountain scenery, a benefit also afforded to the glass bedroom’
There are five suites on each floor of the two-storey extension. Each suite is built at a slight angle ‘creating the impression of a natural, grown structure while preserving the views’
Inside the suites, Noa says that ‘guests have the sensation of being ensconced in their own little house’
The village of Siusi allo Sciliar, pictured, sits amid a truly breathtaking landscape
‘But the idea was not just a row of rooms door to door, but an orderly grouping of intimate, self-contained treehouses elevated on three-metre-high supports, leaving the grounds fully accessible underneath.’
The two-storey extension, called the Floris Green Suites, comprises five suites on each floor with each one built at a slight angle ‘creating the impression of a natural, grown structure while preserving the views’.
Noa adds: ‘Guests have the sensation of being ensconced in their own little house.’
The design firm also took charge of kitting out the interiors of the suites and says the ‘central living area opens out onto a sheltered balcony overlooking the magnificent mountain scenery, a benefit also afforded to the glass bedroom’.
Noa says: ‘In addition to the many views and vistas, there is another highlight that makes a stay in one of the green suites irresistible: an open patio with an outdoor hot tub’
‘Expansive horizons, casual openness and personal freedom are the defining undertones in this project – in every sense,’ says Noa
The hotel, according to Noa, is located in a ‘magnificent park, where you are encouraged to linger among ancient trees, an idyllic pond and an outdoor pool’
It continues: ‘The most intimate area is located at the far end of the suite, where the entrance is: an open shower is elegantly flanked on one side by the self-contained toilet and bidet unit, and on the other by a small, private Finnish sauna, which guests can use whenever they wish.
‘In addition to the many views and vistas, there is another highlight that makes a stay in one of the Green suites irresistible: an open patio with an outdoor hot tub, which complements the sauna offer in an exceptionally appealing way.
‘The unhemmed patio provides a private, garment-free retreat, as does the external terrace area, which is bordered by apertures through which the newly planted tall trees grow and where you can sink back and relax in a hammock-like mesh.
‘Expansive horizons, casual openness and personal freedom are the defining undertones in this project – in every sense.’
