A fragment of New York in Warsaw. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group
23/03/2022.
[Warsaw] Poland
metalocus, ÁNGELA MARTÍNEZ
metalocus, ÁNGELA MARTÍNEZ
As a new story of 21st century Warsaw, the architects of Medusa Group have designed the innovative Hotel Nobu. The building is located in the city centre of Warsaw.
Based on the symbolism of buildings such as the Hotel Rialto, which represented the traditional values of Polish architecture after the Second World War, this building emerges from elegance and modernity with the intention of recovering all the splendour of that time.
Based on the symbolism of buildings such as the Hotel Rialto, which represented the traditional values of Polish architecture after the Second World War, this building emerges from elegance and modernity with the intention of recovering all the splendour of that time.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Nate Cook.
Site plan. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
Ground floor plan. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
First floor plan. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
Standard plan 2-5. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
Sixth floor plan. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
Basement floor plan -1. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
Basement floor plan -2. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
Section. Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group.
The architects of Medusa Group have taken advantage of the existing shape of the site to design a building that continues its outline, a building of large dimensions and rounded angles. Robert De Niro, owner of the hotel chain, wanted to bring a certain New York touch to the urban design of the Polish city through this exceptional composition.
Nobu Hotel is made up of 7 floors with large continuous balconies that appear on its façade. These balconies, as openings in the volume, try to reduce the weight of the formal composition of the work and generate a discontinuous and balanced play of the volume.
Its interior is endowed with simplicity through materiality generated by elements such as wood, stone, concrete and glass. A strong Japanese essence permeates the entire work, a decision that is the result of the original Japanese restaurant Nobu in Los Angeles.
Nobu Hotel is made up of 7 floors with large continuous balconies that appear on its façade. These balconies, as openings in the volume, try to reduce the weight of the formal composition of the work and generate a discontinuous and balanced play of the volume.
Its interior is endowed with simplicity through materiality generated by elements such as wood, stone, concrete and glass. A strong Japanese essence permeates the entire work, a decision that is the result of the original Japanese restaurant Nobu in Los Angeles.
Nobu Hotel by Medusa Group. Photograph by Juliusz Sokołowski.
Project description by Medusa Group
The capital of Poland completely destroyed during World War II, rebuilt its traditions, thanks to places like Hotel Rialto. Its history draws from the best Polish architectural values. Each of the rooms has been individually designed and furnished with art-deco antiques.
Today, the capital of Poland is already a different city than in the time of Rialto splendour. The socomodern buildings mixed here with contemporary architecture stands out from the best European realizations.
The openness and multiculturalism of the city can be seen on every corner. The Nobu Hotel, designed in the studio of Medusa Group Architects, is a story about this 21st-century Warsaw: open, modern and diverse.
"I'm taking part of New York with me to Poland," Robert De Niro announced. It is thanks to Nobu Hospitality, a global brand of lifestyle hotels and original restaurants, founded by a famous actor and his partners - a film producer and a renowned chef. New York chic is only part of the truth about Warsaw Nobu. It will be a new arm of famous in Warsaw Rialto Hotel, which is an important symbol of the city's history.
The impressive shape was created by dividing seven storeys in relation to each other based on the "V" line. In this way, a rounded, corner block of mass-dyed architectural concrete gained balconies, which, planted with greenery, form a vertical garden in the center of an urbanized city.
The interiors economical in forms operate with simple materials: concrete, wood, stone, glass. They were designed in a japonizing style referring to the heart of the hotel - the Nobu Restaurant, designed jointly with the California PCH studio.
The story of the NOBU brand began in the late 1980s in Los Angeles when Robert De Niro entered the restaurant of chef Nobu Matsuhisa. A few years later, together with Meir Teper, they opened their first Nobu Restaurant in Manhattan.
The five-star Hotel Nobu Warsaw will be the 18th hotel of this chain and the Nobu Restaurant is one of 40. located on 5 continents. Annually, 3 million visitors visit them. The shared vision that created the first restaurant allowed the founders of Nobu to create a network of unique places. They offer their guests the highest quality service and an extraordinary culinary experience, providing a unique experience. Nobu hotels have been a reflection of noble elegance and original design for years.
Medusa Group studio has designed 120 luxurious rooms, as well as spacious rooms dedicated to events and business events, fitness zone and branded Nobu Restaurant. It will be not only the first hotel of this chain in Poland but also in all of Eastern Europe.
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Architects
Medusa Group. Architects.- Przemo Łukasik, Łukasz Zagała.
Design team
Associate architects.- Aleksandra Nowak, Dorota Pala, Wojtek Funkiewicz, Magda Kołłątaj, Paulina Skalska, Kasia Chobot, Natalia Krzeszowska, Izabela Moskal, Magdalena Stanik, Weronika Korpalska, Anna Szuba, Anna Wawrzyniak, Tomasz Budziński, Monika Muszyńska, Michał Sokołowski, Mateusz Rymar, Michał Laskowski, Krzysztof Weber.
Client
Tacit Investment S.A.
Area
GFA.- 11,830 sqm.
Dates
Design.- 2017. Completion Date.- July, 2020.
Location
Wilcza 73, 00-670 Warszawa, Poland.
Photography
Przemo Łukasik, Łukasz Zagała. Medusa Group
Medusa Group was established in 1997 by architects: Przemo Łukasik and Łukasz Zagała. It is an interdisciplinary design studio involved in projects related to architecture, urban planning, graphic and industrial design. Medusa Group’s projects are prize winners in many competitions and exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
Przemo Łukasik was born in Chorzów, Poland in 1970. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He also studied at Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Villemin in Paris, France. After graduation he worked in the following offices: P.P. Pabel Architekten in Berlin and the Paris offices of Jean Nouvel Architecture and Odile Decq / Benoit Cornette.
In 1997, together with Łukasz Zagała, he founded Medusa Group – their own architectural studio. For a year he taught at Ecole Speciale d’Architecture in Paris as a visiting professor. Privately, he is strongly involved in sport – he practices triathlon and is socially active in Silesia (industrial region of Poland).
Lukas Zagała was born in 1972 in Zabrze. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. After graduation, he worked in the office of P.P. Pabel Architekten in Berlin, Germany and at the Odile Decq / Benoit Cornette studio in Paris, France.
In 1997 along with Przemo Lukasik he established his own practice: medusagroup. He has been a Professor at Silesian University of Technology at Faculty of Architecture for over 10 years. In 2005 he obtained PhD in architecture writing his thesis about “efurbishment of post industrial buildings and objects as important trend in contemporary architecture”.
Privately, he is strongly involved in sports – he practices road cycling and alpine skiing, is interested in classical and jazz music, and plays the piano himself.
Przemo Łukasik was born in Chorzów, Poland in 1970. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He also studied at Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Villemin in Paris, France. After graduation he worked in the following offices: P.P. Pabel Architekten in Berlin and the Paris offices of Jean Nouvel Architecture and Odile Decq / Benoit Cornette.
In 1997, together with Łukasz Zagała, he founded Medusa Group – their own architectural studio. For a year he taught at Ecole Speciale d’Architecture in Paris as a visiting professor. Privately, he is strongly involved in sport – he practices triathlon and is socially active in Silesia (industrial region of Poland).
Lukas Zagała was born in 1972 in Zabrze. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. After graduation, he worked in the office of P.P. Pabel Architekten in Berlin, Germany and at the Odile Decq / Benoit Cornette studio in Paris, France.
In 1997 along with Przemo Lukasik he established his own practice: medusagroup. He has been a Professor at Silesian University of Technology at Faculty of Architecture for over 10 years. In 2005 he obtained PhD in architecture writing his thesis about “efurbishment of post industrial buildings and objects as important trend in contemporary architecture”.
Privately, he is strongly involved in sports – he practices road cycling and alpine skiing, is interested in classical and jazz music, and plays the piano himself.
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