Dezeen promotion: an abandoned wine factory converted into a hotel by Athens architects K-Studio has been named Ultimate Winner of the AHEAD Global Awards in a livestream broadcast on Dezeen today.
Built within the derelict structures of an abandoned wine factory on Greece's western Peloponnese coastline, the Dexamenes Seaside Hotel took home the highly coveted AHEAD Global Ultimate Accolade as well as the Creative Conversion Award.
Untouched since the 1920s, the wine factory's existing buildings were sensitively preserved by design practice K-Studio while interventions that would complement their brutality were added.
On site, the studio were presented with two concrete blocks that were divided lengthwise into two rows of 10 storage tanks. These tanks became the identical hotel rooms arranged in a linear plan with their openings towards the adjacent beach. Hotel rooms are located within the factory's former storage tanks
A wide promenade raised above the sand and leads down to the water connecting the rooms to a lightweight structure at the end of the block, which houses the reception, bar, dining room and lounge.
Judges described the design as "the height of unpretentious luxury" and praised it for respecting both its past and its surroundings.
Judges praised the design for respecting both its past and its surroundings
"This transformation was the main challenge of the project," commented K-Studio, which has previously designed a Greek restaurant in Lo...