A STOP ALONG THE WAY
The city of Santiago de Compostela, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1985, receives more tourists every year interested in the many attractions of the city.
Loop Inn Santiago is located in a strategic location within the city, just 800m from the Cathedral, which becomes the last stop on the road before reaching the Apostle and positions it as a reference accommodation for tourists, visitors and pilgrims.
The project proposes the renovation and updating of a traditional lodging building with a double objective. On the one hand, adapting the existing facility, lacking collective living areas, to its new and growing needs. On the other, turning a building without character or elements of interest into a vibrant space characteristic of the Loop Inn brand.
The intervention rearranges the access, reception and living areas, expanding the spaces for collective use and allowing their effective use by large groups of users.
The use of furniture and color acquires a special role throughout the intervention, being a structuring tool in the organization of the project program. The ad hoc design of the furniture has a strong functional and formal component, making it possible to optimize the capacity of the areas while giving them a unique character.
The process, which tries to break with all the existing, begins a “modus operandi” to continue with the renovation of the rest of the areas, with the aim of surprising a pilgrim who, after many days on the Camino, believes that he has already seen everything.
Team:
Architect: Martin Lejarraga Architecture Office
Client: RYA Residencias S.L.
Architecture: Martin Lejarraga, José Botí
Photography: Santos-Diez
