Design studio Policronica has remodeled the inside of Lodge Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying nearly completely on a single species of wooden.
The 850-square-metre area nods to the studio’s signature aesthetic and incorporates a monochrome inside characterised by architectural woodwork and picket furnishings.
Practically each component of the resort inside was custom-designed and crafted on-site at Policronica’s workshop in Lisbon utilizing regionally sourced eucalyptus wooden.
“Every thing is constructed from eucalyptus wooden, an invasive wooden that we’re requalifying,” the studio mentioned. “We proposed to the client that each one the resort’s fixtures and fittings be constructed from eucalyptus trunks, that are usually reduce to make paper pulp.”
By bringing all the design and manufacturing course of in-house, the studio aimed to rethink the manufacturing course of for a industrial inside – a alternative that it says considerably lowered the undertaking’s carbon footprint.
“In distinction to the everyday approaches to resort inside design, usually addressed in a extra ensemble-focused logic, we aimed for this undertaking to design and manufacture 100 per cent of the resort’s parts: the furnishings, lighting and handles,” architect Julien Labrousse informed Dezeen.
“With out repetitive delivery from one level to a different, as in conventional schemes, our manufacturing is extraordinarily low in carbon.”
That includes “heat and uncooked supplies” equivalent to wooden, plant fibres, brass and impartial materials, the studio strived to create a clear, natural aesthetic all through all 16 rooms of Lodge Elysée Montmartre.
“This resulted in a really cohesive inside design that evokes a return to fundamentals in an city context,” mentioned Labrousse. “The design highlights uncooked supplies of their most pure kind, the place wooden – ever-present – is labored to protect its imperfections.”
With its design, Policronica aimed to reevaluate the native eucalyptus wooden – usually reserved for papermaking – through the use of it to point out high-end craftsmanship all through the inside.
“The aim, on a small scale, is to reveal the opportunity of utilizing this wooden for noble functions, valorising this materials and getting concerned in heterogeneous forestry practices,” Labrousse defined.
Knowledgeable by Nordic aesthetics and Japanese architectural woodwork, the studio’s use of pared-back, pure supplies supposed to emphasize the simplicity and performance of its design.
“It’s impressed by completely different universes, equivalent to Nordic design and Japanese picket structure,” defined Labrousse. “These influences manifest in easy varieties, [with] a powerful emphasis on woodwork and the refinement of joinery.”
The studio remains to be within the technique of finalising the inside, with Lodge Elysée Montmartre scheduled to open in January 2025. Plans for ongoing renovations hope to see a further ten rooms added to the resort inside a yr of its opening.
This undertaking has been shortlisted within the resort and short-stay inside class of Dezeen Awards 2024. Different initiatives which have additionally been shortlisted on this class embrace Ennea Lodge by Comité de Proyectos and Locke at East Aspect Gallery by Grzywinksk + Pons.
