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Project Name: Hotel Remota
Year: 2005
Owner: Inmobiliaria Mares del Sur Ltda.
Location: Puerto Natales, Chile
Building Type: Commercial
Type: Intensive
System: Custom
Size: 18700 sq.ft.
Slope: 14.5%
Access: Accessible, Private
Submitted by: Greenroofs.com
Designers/Manufacturers of Record:
Architect: German del Sol
Structural Engineer: Pedro Bartolomé
Collaborating Architects: José Luis Ibańez & Francisca Schüler
Construction: SALFACORP S.A.
Photographer: Guy Wemborne,
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| The 4-star eco Hotel Remota (Remote Hotel) is located in the town of Puerto Natales, in the Seno de Ultima Esperanza province, the best starting place to visit the Patagonia area. It has a privileged location by the ocean at the starting point of the amazing mountains, lakes and glaciers of the Chilean Patagonia, and all of the rooms have a view of Ultima Esperanza bay, the Balmaceda glacier and the Paine Mountain Range. The Hotel Remota is located only 158 miles from Punta Arenas and 93 miles from the Torres del Paine national park. Each room has 344 square feet and has a private bath, direct dial phone and safe; and two meeting halls as well as a restaurant and bar. There is an additional complex with an indoor pool, sauna and Jacuzzi. |
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Inspired by Patagonian sheep farm buildings, architect (and professor at the Universidad de Chile) Germán del Sol designed the 72-room hotel to blend into the surrounding vistas and offer unparalleled luxury. It has two areas covered in gravel and native grasses covering 30 cm; the maximum slope of the hotel greenroof is 14.5%, and the maximum slope of the guest rooms is 7%. The hotel is set on 4.31 Ha; built area encompasses 5,213 m2; and construction started in 2004 - 2005. According to ArchitectureWeek (see below), "Saving energy was an important consideration in Hotel Remota's design. The orientation to the sun ensures passive solar energy absorption, and the yellow-shaded electric lights are of low-wattage. The bathrooms and laundry systems boast low-consumption water fittings. The spare interior is uncluttered by anything unnecessary, del Sol says. This not only conserves resources but contributes to the feeling of serenity.
"The natural grass of the Patagonian plain is left to grow wild all around Hotel Remota. This landscape also covers the roofs. In fact, the roof's asphalt-coated concrete slabs are planted with a two-foot- (60 centimeter-) high carpet of wild grasses." |
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| Visit the Hotel Remota website and download a PDF from the architect, Germán del Sol describing architectural features here, and the architect's website. Read more about this eco hotel in the April 5, 2006 ArchitectureWeek article by Jennifer LeClaire entitled "Patagonian Luxuries." |
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