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25hours Hotel Florence: a stay in the landscape of Dante’s Divine Comedy
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25hours, Piazza San Paolino, Florence, Italy, OTTO Studio
Image copyright: @M. G. Fourcade L. Fantacuzzi
25hours, Piazza San Paolino, Florence, Italy, OTTO Studio
Image copyright: @M. G. Fourcade L. Fantacuzzi
25hours, Piazza San Paolino, Florence, Italy, OTTO Studio
Image copyright: @M. G. Fourcade L. Fantacuzzi
25hours, Piazza San Paolino, Florence, Italy, OTTO Studio
Image copyright: @M. G. Fourcade L. Fantacuzzi
The reinterpretation of Dante’s comedy passes, in terms of design and architecture, through a precise chromatic choice. For the rooms and environments inspired by the Hell reign were in fact chosen intense reds, while for the Paradise reign the choice fell, even to say, on ethereal colors. Added to this is the vast spectrum of materials employed, many coming from the Tuscan artisan tradition albeit interpreted in a non-traditional way. These include marble, mosaics, terracotta, metals, wood, ceramics, glass, mirrors and brocade.
As for the design of the individual areas, the reception is characterized by walls covered in wallpaper with a marbled design by OTTO Studio. The check-in desk is true art: it is in fact an installation created by the artist Patrick Bailly with vintage suitcases, painted in silver green and found around Europe by Davide Mariani, a former antiquarian and now owner of All’Origine, a company that retrieves and ennobles objects and memorabilia from Eastern Europe.
25hours, Piazza San Paolino, Florence, Italy, OTTO Studio
Image copyright: @M. G. Fourcade L. Fantacuzzi
25hours, Piazza San Paolino, Florence, Italy, OTTO Studio
Image copyright: @M. G. Fourcade L. Fantacuzzi
The entrance on Piazza San Paolino is dedicated to the greedy – this is the meaning of the sign created with the mosaic Picassiette technique. The range of food products offered here has been curated by the local bakery S. Forno. Looking up at the ceiling there is an installation consisting of kitchen utensils and food products of different materials: some crocheted, others made of fabric, others in papier-mâché or painted plaster.
The San Paolino restaurant shows inside a collection of large vases and jars in Tuscan terracotta and an installation of green sound-absorbing leaves made with fabrics and materials recovered by the artist Linda Nieuwstad. The design of the Lobby bar Sfere Celesti is also particularly enchanting, with antique mirror walls by the artisan Franco Falli and tables in blue glazed lava stone, as well as that of the Companion Bar, with polygonal basalt tile flooring. The inner courtyard, in shades of green, consists of ancient stone and zinc tanks creating small liquid realms with fountains, animal and aquatic plants. Finally, the cinema room is characterized by exposed brick walls – the same as the original ones of the building – and large hanging portraits depicting scenes of great classics of Italian cinematography.