Situated on the site of a former children?s hospital on the Sarphatistraat in Amsterdam, the 5 star Hyatt Regency hotel, will be the first of its kind in the Netherlands. The historic hospital building is transformed as part of a new 211 room hotel. In addition, the building contains all the amenities that one can expect from an international 5-star hotel, with a conference center, bars, a restaurant with terrace, and accessible spa and fitness facilities.
Photography by © Bart van Hoek
The main challenge in designing the new Regency hotel was developing an architectural language that does justice to the layers of history within this complex context. This has been achieved in an architectural sense through the conservation of three historic façades, transforming each in their own unique manner to fit into the new structure of the building. Photography by © Bart van Hoek
The new addition represents a transition from the small-scale plot sizes that you can find in surrounding buildings to a larger scale through the building?s volume, the design of the façade and material use. The latter refers to the large-scale barrack buildings further along the Sarphatistraat.
Photography by © Bart van Hoek
The building is as transparent as possible on street level where a public or urban programme is situated. The site itself dictated a compact volume that maximizes the efficient use of the plot and internal programmatic relations.
Photography by © Bart van Hoek
The building desig...