ROOM MATE HOTELS ARRIVES IN MILAN WITH AN EXCLUSIVE DESIGN BY PATRICIA URQUIOLA
• The hotel, of 85 rooms, is located just a few steps away from the‘Piazza del Duomo’ • Kike Sarasola, founder and chairman of Room Mate Hotels and the architect, Patricia Urquiola,hosted the opening event held last Tuesday
Room Mate Hotels, the hotel chain starring a change in tourism founded and chaired by Kike Sarasola, has opened its first hotel in Milan: Room Mate Giulia designed by Patricia Urquiola. This becomes the third hotel of the chain in Italy, adding to those located in Florence, Room Mate Luca and Room Mate Isabella.
The hotel is owned by Primo RE Fund organized by the CassaNazionale di Previdenza e AssistenzaDottoriCommercialisti ("CNPADC" - the Italian social security fund for chartered accountants). Prelios SGR fund manager has identified the building and worked with Room Mate for the renovation of the building that took place in just 15 months.
The hotel is located in the heart of Milan, a few steps from Piazza del Duomo and the Vittorio Emanuele gallery, features 85 rooms divided into 5 categories (standard, superior, deluxe, junior suite and penthouse with terrace). In addition, customers can enjoy innovative services such as breakfast until noon or WiMate, Wi-Fi not only in the hotel but all around the city, among others.
The opening event of the flagship of Room Mate Hotels in Italy was held last Tuesday and brought together more than 200 attendees, such as the Mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia, and many representatives of the media, design and social life of Milan. Kike Sarasola, founder and chairman of Room Mate Hotels, and Patricia Urquiola, world-renowned architect and designer responsible for the interior design of the hotel, greeted guests on the debut of the new hotel.
"Italy has always been a key market for Room Mate Hotels. The opening of Room Mate Giulia in the capital of fashion and trends comes to surprise both Milanese residents and travelers, through striking design full of elegance and passion. It also has a dreamlike location in the heart of Piazza Duomo ", states Kike Sarasola, founder andchairman of Room Mate Hotels.
INTERIOR DESIGN BY PATRICIA URQUIOLA
“Working with Room Mate is wonderful, they have given me complete freedom as they are not afraid to make a difference. Room Mate Giulia combines the essence of Milan; it’s new, fresh, fun and welcoming. The hotel reflects the city through its colors, materials, images, irony, the mix of different languages and also its rigour, all with the most intimate accuracy. Room Mate Giulia has a great personality and promises guests a unique experience in Milan” states Patricia Urquiola, responsible for the interior design of the hotel.
Room Mate Giulia indeed has a great connection with the city of Milan in the use of materials and elements.
The hotel lobby floor is made of pink marble, the same used in the Duomo of Milan, following the line of the latest projects of the architect. The predominance of this color in her work has become one of her hallmarks. Terracotta bricks, another typical feature in the Milanese architecture, are used on a curved wall in the lobby to create a tridimensional effect. The recurrent geometric patterns reflect the rigour of the city and also refer to the graphic arts, an important element of the cultural history of Milan.
The rooms refer to typical Italian domestic spaces with a vintage touch. The goal is to create an essential and very familiar space where guests find everything they need to live temporarily in the rooms as if they were at home.And all through areas of the hotel you can admire works of different artists, photographers and illustrators with a common denominator: they are “Milanesi”.
Cassina Contract has managed the entire fit out of the hotel producing made to measure beds, tables, sofas, desks, cabinets, furniture for the bathrooms, mirrors and curtains with the high quality that characterizes the company.
The hotel chain reaffirms its international vision. With 20 properties and presence in 6 international markets, it has planned 10 new openings in 2016 in destinations like Rotterdam, Florence, Rome, Paris, Malaga, Barcelona or Madrid. Thereby, multiplying its size, reaching over 4,000 rooms and obtaining global presence.
