Snohetta's architectural design for the Clarion Hotel Energy was completed, and began welcoming guests on August 20th, 2014. Situated in Stavanger, Norway, this hotel serves as a significant architectural icon and one of the region's drawcards.
Commissioned for a volume and concept study to design the hotel and conference center, Snohetta Architects wanted to reintroduce the town’s history as a former center for the fishing and canning industries. They chose to design the building as two distinct volumes in one to emphasize the industrialism of Stavanger.
The building’s volume is divided into two, with each volume having separate functions and distinct aesthetic characters. The first volume covers two stories and has a large base in terms of area. It is constructed from concrete, and the roof cover is made from Riverstone. This two-story volume consists of public areas like the foyer, restaurant, and conference center.
Alongside this volume, bike parking was incorporated around the base of the building since Norway is largely a cycling nation, especially in the town of Stavanger, where vehicles are not very common.
The second volume is right above the first volume, and unlike the first volume’s concrete with tile cladding characters, the second one is quite distinct in terms of height and cladding materials. This volume facilitates 410 hotel rooms in a lamella volume with a tilted roof extending from its highest point of 7 stories to its lowest point of 5 stories towards the south of the site.
The interiors of the rooms are distinct despite the use of similar furniture. From each room, visitors can enjoy views of the town and the serene landscape while relishing the timber-inspired floor finish. Views are further enhanced where the lamella volume slopes from the 7th floor to the 5th floor, generating a nice artificial scenery created by the building’s own design.
The lamella volume’s exterior façade has been designed with reflective metal of natural anodized aluminum to seal Stavanger’s history as one of the former industrialized areas participating in the fishing and canning industry.
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Project Information
Architects:
Snohetta
Location:
Stavanger, Norway
Client: AB Invest
Status: Completed
Size: 19, 194 sq. metres
Photographs: Snohetta
