Ibis Styles Sarajevo Draws from the Citys Vibrant Past to Celebrate its Promising Future

2019-08-05 18:20

Idyllically located at the foot of snow-capped Mount Trebević and sporting a rich, multi-cultural and multi-faith heritage that dates back to the 15th century, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital, Sarajevo, is a remarkable destination of Ottoman-era cobblestone alleys, candy-coloured Austro-Hungarian mansions, and gleaming glass office towers, made all the more intriguing by its tumultuous history as the bloody epicentre of the Bosnian War in the early 1990s. Catering to a sharp rise in tourism, the recently opened Ibis Styles Sarajevo taps into the city’s diverse architecture, local artisans and historic fabric in celebration both of Sarajevo’s vibrant past and promising future. Occupying an existing building and a newly built tower block, the 192-room hotel sports an eclectic aesthetic of Balkan chic and urban grittiness by Polish interior design practice MIXD studio, inspired by the 1984 Winter Olympics which the city successfully hosted less than a decade before the catastrophic war. More than just a nostalgic gesture that harks back to one of the happiest periods in the city’s history, the choice of the 1984 Winter Olympics conveys both the city’s potential for greatness and indomitable spirit.

田园般的地理位置位于白雪覆盖的特雷贝维山(Mounttrebević)脚下，拥有丰富、多文化和多信仰的遗产，可以追溯到15世纪，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的首都萨拉热窝，是奥斯曼时代鹅卵石胡同、糖果色的奥匈帝国大厦和闪闪发光的玻璃写字楼的显著目的地，它作为上世纪90年代波斯尼亚战争血腥中心的动荡历史，使它更加引人入胜。考虑到旅游业的急剧增长，最近开放的伊比斯风格萨拉热窝，利用了该市多样的建筑、当地工匠和历史结构，以庆祝萨拉热窝生机勃勃的过去和充满希望的未来。这座192个房间的酒店占据了一座现有的建筑和一座新建的塔楼，在1984年冬季奥运会的启发下，波兰室内设计实践混合工作室展现了一种兼容并蓄的巴尔干风格、别致的风格和城市的坚韧不拔精神。1984年冬季奥运会在灾难性的战争爆发前不到十年，该市就成功举办了。1984年冬奥会的选择不仅仅是一种怀旧的姿态，让人回想起这座城市历史上最幸福的时期之一。它传递出了城市伟大的潜力和不屈不挠的精神。

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Photo by PION Studio.

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Photo by PION Studio.

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Photo by PION Studio.

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Photo by PION Studio.

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On the ground floor, the hotel’s lobby is intertwined with the shisha bar Chill Cafe in an eccentric space that boldly combines rough concrete surfaces and exposed ceiling services with colourful carpets and hand-crafted wooden furniture, setting the tone for the entire hotel. And if that wasn’t enough to convince you of MIXD studio’s playful approach, the designers managed to acquire a number of old gondolas that were once part of the local ski lifts which now hang from the ceiling for guests to sit on. Clever references to the Winter Olympics such as this abound throughout the hotel. Large winter landscapes by Polish illustrator and graphic designer Karol Banach colourfully grace the a-la-carte restaurant and other spaces, a pair of vintage skis painted in an orange hue hangs on the wall of every guestroom while a whimsical portrait of the 1984 Winter Olympics mascot, Vućko the wolf, hangs above the fireplace in the lobby. Such iconography is also playfully juxtaposed with handcrafted details like hand-woven kilims indicating the guestroom number and the installation of hand-forged metal trays in the restaurant. Together with a wellness and spa area in the basement and a bar on the 15th floor blessed with panoramic views of the city and the surrounding mountains, the hotel thankfully complements its aesthetic exuberance with some good-old pampering.

在一楼，酒店的大堂与西沙酒吧“冷咖啡厅”交织在一起，在一个古怪的空间里，大胆地将粗糙的混凝土表面和裸露的天花板服务与五颜六色的地毯和手工制作的木制家具结合在一起，为整个酒店定下了基调。如果这还不足以让你相信混合工作室的玩法，设计师们成功地买到了一些旧的缆车，它们曾经是当地滑雪场的一部分，现在悬挂在天花板上，供客人们坐在上面。在整个酒店里，对冬季奥运会这样的巧妙的提及比比皆是。波兰插画家兼平面设计师卡洛尔·巴纳赫(Karol Banach)设计的大型冬季景观，色彩绚丽地优雅着a-la点菜餐厅和其他空间，每一间客房的墙上都挂着一双橙色的老式滑雪板，而1984年冬季奥运会吉祥物VućKo的异想天开的肖像悬挂在大厅的壁炉上方。这样的肖像还与手工制作的细节并列，如手工编织的基姆，显示客房号码和在餐厅安装手工锻造金属托盘。除了地下室的健康水疗区和15楼的酒吧外，酒店还能欣赏到城市和周围山脉的全景，酒店还能用一些古老的呵护来补充它的美感。