*드레이크 호텔 [ +tongtong / ERA Architects ] Drake Devonshire Inn

예술과 문화 그리고 이곳을 방문하는 여행객들과 지역주민들의 지역생활 중심지 형성을 위한 드레이크 데본쉬어 인 (Drake Devonshire Inn)호텔 리노베이션 프로젝트.

토론토 시내 중심부에 위치한 드레이크 (Drake)호텔의 자매호텔로 호텔 브랜드가 추구하는 지향점을 연장하는 동시에 지역성이 투영된 기존 건축물의 건축어휘를 세련된 현대적인 어휘로 (일부분을) 치환 및 복원한다. 공존하는 시공간의 차이는 지리적 특징 (조용한 호숫가 마을)과 함께 고유한 노스텔지아를 완성, 함께 늙어가는 건축을 구현한다.

건축가, 통통 (+tongtong)과 지역건축가, 이알에이 (ERA Architects)의 협업과정은 존중, 복원해야할 건축을 찾는 것에서 시작, 최소한의 개입으로 장소성과 브랜드를 연결한다. 전통적인 영국 지방의 숙박시설과 농장 하우스가 투영된 현대적인 숙박공간으로 탄생한다.

reviewed by SJ,오사

Toronto-based design studio +tongtong was assigned to revive an old bed and breakfast in Prince Edward County in south eastern Ontario, transforming it into a hip inn that aspires to become a gathering point for art and culture-loving visitors and locals alike. Owned by Drake Hotel Properties, the new Drake Devonshire Inn is the sister property to the popular Drake Hotel in downtown Toronto, and as such now brings the brand’s well known love for art and mischievous attitude out of the city and into the countryside. Situated about two hours east of Toronto, the Devonshire occupies a c.1880 building that used to be a foundry sitting at the mouth of a small creek and boasting unobstructed views over Lake Ontario.

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Name: Drake Devonshire Inn
Type: Hotel
Location: 24 Wharf St, Welllington, ON K0K 3L0
Completion: April 2015
Owner: Jeff Stober, founder and CEO, Drake Hotel Properties
Lead Design Firm: +tongtong, John Tong, Eunice Lam
Architects of Record: ERA Architects
Art Curator: Mia Nielson
Stylist: Carlo Colacci
Landscape Architect: Joel Loblaw
Construction: BLT Construction and Loyalist
Design Identity: Coolaide Design Field Office
Rooms: 11 plus 2 suites

For the renovation, +tongtong principal John Tong collaborated with ERA Architects in order to remove additions added to the original foundry building over the years and replace them with contemporary structures — one of which is the Douglas Fir dining area which is cantilevered over the creek. With traditional British country inns and Lake Ontario’s farmhouses in mind, the Devonshire’s rooms and public areas have been decorated with an idiosyncratic mix of old and new furniture, lighting and objects — meanwhile, an in-house curator has filled the spaces with colourful artworks that echo the local culture and character, including a site-specific paper installation suspended in the lobby.

from  yatzer