Hotel Bjornson Shelters, Slovakian Commercial Building Development, Architecture Photos
Hotel Bjornson Shelters in Slovakia
16 Apr 2021
Hotel Bjornson Shelters
Design: Ark-shelter
Location: Low Tatras, Jasná, Demanovská dolina, Slovakia

Ark-shelter was asked to build a cluster of forest apartments for Hotel Bjornson. The investor had a clear idea of one side oriented double cabins, placed in the surrounding of the main hotel building, which made the design solution relatively straightforward.

The architects consider the concept of placing the modules between the trees ecological, not only for the tree preservation, but also for the minimum contact of the modules with the ground due to raising them on stilts instead of laying on the classic concrete plate foundations. This allows the landscape to continuously flow under the building and breathe, while the green roof of the module doubles the biotope that lays beneath it.
The apartment design was based on the client?s idea of the outer shell, one sided orientation and views, that had to fit quite a large program. All buildings/cottages comprise of two independent modules, each with its own independent apartment consisting of a bedroom-living room, children?s room, entry hall and a bathroom.

Each of these two separately functioning units can be connected into one by sliding the partitioning wall of the living rooms, creating a spacious central space where two families can meet and socialize.

Two of the apartments fun...