Hotel Zenden
The Hotel and Sport School Zenden was built by Wiel Arets Architects and is located within three monumental town houses near the river Maas in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The hotel includes nine rooms, a pool, a lounge, and a patio. The concept of the project was to transform a once-disparate assortment of guest rooms and athletic spaces – formerly known as the Hotel and Sport School Zenden – into one cohesive hotel.
Wiel Arets opened up the ground floor completely to make it feel like one continuous space. A sleek white palette, including white polyurethane floors, and minimalist, box-like rooms with Corian inlays and night-stands integrated into the walls, washing tables placed on floating shelves, TV’s hidden behind reflecting glass and bathroom doors serving as mirrors blend the interior and the three houses together.
I like that the architects were able to contradict the typical approach of many hotels of “the more the better” and assume the striking white must be quite calming in the city environment. Thoughts?
Photography by Jan Bitter and Joao Morgado.
- 05.10.2011 .
- Anna Korkobcova .
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- Architecture & Interior design
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- Maastricht, Netherlands
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Yes, it’s so beautiful it doesn’t even look real. If it’s not far from the place in the Netherlands where I’m going to go I will take a look at the real thing. Maybe I can stay there for few days too. If I’m not wrong rooms start from € 99,00 in October.
Awesome! I have passed this building many times, as I live in Maastricht, but I never knew that it hosted such a beautiful interior. Great post!
Next time I am in the vicinity, I’m definitely staying here.
Like livin’ inside an iPod.
That pool is gorgeous.
The pool really is spectacular.
My only critisism of an all white/sleek hospitality space is durability. This sort of interior requires a tremendous amount of work to maintain in perfect condition. Hotels often use a maximalist approch to diguise wear and tear on public spaces and high traffic guest rooms. I am very curious to see how this space looks after five years of usage (even moreso if the price point turly does start at 99euro!)
Regardless, this is a very beautiful hotel. Thanks for sharing!
cool! especially the pool!
Pool’s very nice. Absolutely surreal.
Zurich has a very similar place (which I did try to make Minimalissimo ed’s to write about) – it is called Hotel Greulich. It is less drastically minimalistic, but very minimalistic still. Have a look, try and stay – http://www.greulich.ch :)
Looks great.
However I would ditch those ugly TVs and just go with projectors instead. If you already have such lovely white surfaces, there is no need for any foreign objects on them; simply turn them into whatever you want (tv, wall, light source) with a click of a button.
this space feels so peaceful and serene. i imagine a stay at hotel zenden would help quiet the mind, enhance creativity, and provide sound sleep.