Hotel Centro Soggiorno San Servolo Venice, Venetian Lagoon Architecture Photos
Hotel Centro Soggiorno San Servolo
2 August 2021
Architect: Alfonso Femia / AF*Design
Location: island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy
Tranquility and hospitality

Photos © Stefano Anzini
Hotel Centro Soggiorno San Servolo Design
The spiritual abundance and the setting of the Venetian lagoon are the main elements of the interior design project by Alfonso Femia / AF*Design for the hotel in San Servolo: a different hospitality code that turns the identity and uniqueness of the place into the key elements of the architecture.
Inaugurated in July, during the 2021 Architecture Biennale, the hotel on the island of San Servolo overlooks the Venetian lagoon between Sant?Elena and the Lido.
If, on one hand, the limited budget did not allow updating the plant aspects of the building, on the other hand, working with limited resources pushed the design team to search for narrative solutions connected to the chromatic essence of the area, eliminating the boundary between exterior and interior with the green area of the park, one of the largest and oldest parks of the city.

The renovated building is now a collective space that welcomes the function of hospitality declined in spaces for meetings, work, and study.
Shades of blue are the dominant tones that transform the walls of the stairwells and common areas of the Hotel Centro Soggiorno San Servolo into moments of reconciliation of the stratified memories in...