Horticultural Hotel
Pentan Architects are delighted to have been ‘commended’ in the RIBA ‘Bespoke Access Design Competition’. Initiated by the Peers of the House of Lords, the competition aimed to employ good design to re-imagine the welcome that hotels extend to guests with physical disabilities and learning difficulties, with the aim of making the hotel experience more joyful and inclusive. The judging panel included Paralympic gold medalist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Stirling Prize-winning architect Alan Stanton, and Baroness Celia Thomas.
Our proposal looked to bring the benefits of horticulture and the engagement with nature into the hotel environment. A well established therapy for those with both mental and physical impairments the introduction of ‘landscape’ into the hotel environment has the potential to provide a stimulating and joyful experience for all users. We believe that an environment that is well suited to those with disabilities is an environment that everyone will enjoy; there being no distinction nor separation between the two groups. We are proposing a hotel environment that, through the use of nature and planting is more engaging, more stimulating, more memorable and more joyful for everyone, rather than an environment that is evidently designed for any specific user group, avoiding the stigma or medicalisation of designing for disabilities.
Pentan Architects are delighted to have been ‘commended’ in the RIBA ‘Bespoke Access Design Competition’. Initiated by the Peers of the House of Lords, the competition aimed to employ good design to re-imagine the welcome that hotels extend to guests with physical disabilities and learning difficulties, with the aim of making the hotel experience more joyful and inclusive. The judging panel included Paralympic gold medalist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Stirling Prize-winning architect Alan Stanton, and Baroness Celia Thomas.
Our proposal looked to bring the benefits of horticulture and the engagement with nature into the hotel environment. A well established therapy for those with both mental and physical impairments the introduction of ‘landscape’ into the hotel environment has the potential to provide a stimulating and joyful experience for all users. We believe that an environment that is well suited to those with disabilities is an environment that everyone will enjoy; there being no distinction nor separation between the two groups. We are proposing a hotel environment that, through the use of nature and planting is more engaging, more stimulating, more memorable and more joyful for everyone, rather than an environment that is evidently designed for any specific user group, avoiding the stigma or medicalisation of designing for disabilities.
