Wunder Locke is a unique lifestyle aparthotel by the Locke brand in Munich, Germany, designed by Holloway Li in 2022.

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This summer Holloway Li unveils WunderLocke in Sendling, Munich ? the latest outpost of pioneering lifestyle aparthotel brand Locke ? a low impact design which will focus on renewal through connection to nature. The site will be underpinned by Mural Farmhouse, a unique farm-to-table concept, comprising five food and drink destinations over seven floors.
Based in the industrial Obersendling district of Munich, the 360-studio aparthotel occupies a monumental ex-Siemens office building. As an alternative to the typically material intensive approach to retrofitting, Holloway Li have developed their low- impact and adaptive re-use design approach, exposing the bare bones of the existing concrete frame with carefully curated minimal layers of ?dressing?. Holloway Li grounded their approach to the existing structure by referring to the rich theory and aesthetic of artist Vasily Kandinsky, who was based in Munich for a significant period in the early 20th century. Kandinsky?s work explores how we can develop a closer relationship to nature through abstraction, rather than through more figurative approaches favoured at the time. He believed that by connecting with the ?Innerer Klang? (inner voice) of things, an artist could reveal the natural essence of objects and materials. The resulting visual language explored the tension between s...