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Galardonado con el Premio Asturias de Arquitectura 2012, y seleccionado por
MONOCLE en su especial monográfico sobre España ese mismo año, CAEaCLAVELES es un five-room-hotel, y estudio de arte-residencia de la artista Emma Fernández Granada, diseñado por longo+roldán_arquitectos. En La Pereda / Llanes / Costa del Oriente de Asturias, cercado por la exuberante vegetación de los ecosistemas atlánticos, es un lugar idóneo para descansar al abrigo de fragantes bosques o redescubrir el Norte de España.

En este enclave privilegiado entre el mar Cantábrico y los Picos de Europa -el paisaje protegido de la Costa Oriental de la Sierra del Cuera-, de alineación paralela al mar y naturaleza predominantemente kárstica con numerosas y suaves elevaciones del
terreno, la edificación se levanta y adapta a esta peculiar topografía, recreando una colina similar a las ya existentes en el lugar, concebida como un volumen orgánico de trayectoria curva, cuyo espacio interior se proyecta en relación a la vegetación circundante.

El paisaje fluye y atraviesa el cerramiento exterior de vidrios de este volumen cubierto por una losa de hormigón en forma de hélice que sustenta la cubierta vegetal, en una oposición de transparencia / opacidad. La edificación se abre así hacia los bosques circundantes y hacia los impresionantes relieves de esta sierra, muy próximos a la costa, para ofrecer al viajero una alternativa de turismo que parte y explota la idea de promover el entendimiento del entorno natural y su conservación, disociando los manidos conceptos dominantes: turismo rural_arquitectura popular_tradición, con el fin de implantar un modelo que asocie las necesarias relaciones de: turismo rural_arquitectura
contemporánea _cultura medioambiental.

*El concepto del hotel se basa en el diseño y trato personal como directrices principales del negocio. Las cinco habitaciones con superficie de 40, 35 y 25 m2 tienen grandes
ventanas panorámicas con vistas y acceso al bosque. Todos los espacios están equipados con los muebles necesarios, las nuevas tecnologías y las piezas de arte han sido elaboradas por la propietaria, y también pueden ser adquiridas.

CAEaCLAVELES is aimed at those individuals, regardless of gender or age-, able to distance
themselves from the local thinking as to penetration of new architectural approaches
in rural areas, and able to perceive that CAEaCLAVELES is “…a geography. “A Line Made by Walking”, a straight line “sculpted” on the ground simply by tread on grass. It’s a long segment that stops at the trees that enclose the visual field, but could continue aroud the entire region, the entire planet…”

CAEaCLAVELES_Hotel
Star rating: ****
Direction: La Pereda. 33509 Llanes, Principado de Asturias.
Website: www.caeaclaveles.com
Contact details: hotel@caeaclaveles.com / +34 984 09 40 10 / +34 658 110 774
Facilities: Free parking, 8.900 m2 garden, living room, breakfast service,
free WIFI, rental bike.
Rooms: 5 doubles.

CAEaClAVELES_Hotel is a unique project , awarded with the Asturias
Architectural prize 2012 and listed as one of the 100 Spain essentials by Monocle magazine. Designed by Longo+Roldán architects combines a five-room-hotel with the art studio/residence of the owner and promoter, the artist Emma Fernández.

The hotel is located in a 8,000 m2 land, in LLanes (Asturias-Spain) A prime location between the Cantabrian Spanish shore and the “Sierra del Cuera” a protected mountain chain aligned parallel to the seaside, a karstic landscape characterized by umerous terrain elevations and gentle slopes.

The peculiar topography of the site, its orientation and mountain views of Cuera are the starting points in the design. The project takes advantage of a loophole in the law -which requires regional build-pitched roofs of curved ceramic tile- to propose a building that looks forward the integration into the natural beauty of the area more than in the built environment that surrounds it. To reach a level that will optimize the views of the mountains and the forest surrounding the plot, the action takes place in the northern part of the site. The existing hill there is removed to play with a single green roof that shelters the different uses, thereby diluting the boundaries between the natural and the built in a game between the tectonic and stereotomic that refers to the land-art interventions.

A curved concrete wall leads from the main road and back into the building and gains altitude to become the load bearing wall that supports the concrete deck, while
separates the residence/studio area, for the artist private use, from the small hotel open to the public. This central wall, massive and forceful to ensure the privacy of both functions, contrast to the facades oriented to the north and south in the housing area and to the east in the hotel, much lighter and visually permeable, to enhance the views. The cover in continuity with the ground not only integrates the building into the environment and minimizes the height above the ground naturally, but also allows to maximize energy savings.
(Source: Architizer)

*The hotel concept is based in the design and personal treat as the main business guidelines. The five rooms with gross floor areas of 40, 35 and 25 m2 have large panoramic windows with views and access to the forest. All spaces are equipped with only the most necessary furniture, the newest technologies and art pieces developed by the owner that can also be acquired.

CAEaCLAVELES_Hotel
Star rating: ****
Direction: La Pereda. 33509 Llanes, Principado de Asturias.
Website: www.caeaclaveles.com
Contact details: hotel@caeaclaveles.com / +34 984 09 40 10 / +34 658 110 774
Facilities: Free parking, 8.900 m2 garden, living room, breakfast service,
free WIFI, rental bike.
Rooms: 5 doubles.