Thirteen floor: sauna and Turkish bath with shower
Color: LG HI-MACS - Alpine White (S28); Midnight Grey (S207)
Jean Nouvel. The French architect was commissioned to design the façade, the penthouse and the twelfth floor, which boasts twelve suites. In the latter space he blends photography (lining the walls with images of women and flowers) and architecture to achieve a highly provocative space ideal for “experiencing exceptional moments”.
‘The propriety of LG HI-MACS permits a totally coherent result. You can create form just as you want with imperceptible joints, as well as furniture and walls in the same product. We are totally satisfied with the result this product achieves and hope to use it in other projects'.
Nouvel developed a design concept based on the idea of liberty, visible from the first glimpse on the panels on the hotel’s façade which is adorned with the words of a poem by Paul Eluard, In the twelfth floor bedrooms and suites he chose to feature the work of photographers Alain Fleischer and Nobuyoshi Araki because of their focus on dreams, fantasy, nudity, fetishism and the exotic. The design is very simple, pure, giving prominence to huge sliding glazed panels serigraphed with the photographers’ work. This sense of absence allows visitors to imagine ghostly shadows on the ceilings and walls, and creates an atmospheric urban event. By contrast, the materials and furniture featured are muted in expression and essential only for their functional purpose. Consequently the propriety of LG HI-MACS material used for the bedroom furniture and bathroom surfaces achieves a high level of coherence. They are realised in LG HI-MACS in Alpine White. LG Chem also responded to the architect’s request for Anthracite Black, a dark grey custom colour.
