Clipping 00138 - This Mexico City Hotel is a Showcase of New Mexican Design - Heather Corcoran - revista Dwell

Artículo derivado de Art, Architecture and Design Press Trip Coverage:

http://www.dwell.com/hotels/article/mexico-city-hotel-showcase-new-mexican-design#6

This Mexico City Hotel is a Showcase 

of New Mexican Design

WRITTEN BY:

HEATHER CORCORAN

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In a neighborhood on the verge of 

rediscovery, JSa Arquitectura transforms a formerly hip hotel into a brand-new hot spot

filled with work by emerging designers.

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In Mexico City's central Cuauhtémoc neighborhood, the new Hotel Carlota revives a once-glamorous location. The 36-room hotel takes the place of Hotel Jardín Amazonas, a popular 1970s hangout that had fallen out of favor and lingered on into the 21st century as a run-down budget motel.   

For architect Javier Sanchez of JSa Arquitectura, the transformation from motel to (boutique) hotel began with "urban-archeological work," as his team researched the structure's past lives. Digging through decades' worth of renovations, and, virtually, through Google Images, they found inspiration in the relaxed poolside glamour of the interior courtyard in its heyday—then updated it by losing dated touches like the AstroTurf patio and by streamlining the swimming pool into a modern, glass-edged refuge. 

To complete the project, JSa called in an army of young interior designers and emerging artists, who transformed each room into a singular place to stay in the capital city—one that combines chic accommodations with a total immersion in a city's booming design scene.  

- See more at: http://www.dwell.com/hotels/article/mexico-city-hotel-showcase-new-mexican-design#sthash.gxI2GPci.dpuf

·Dwell:Her second article from the press trip, attendee
Heather Corcoran details the architectural transformation of the brand new Hotel Carlota from motel to glamourous boutique hotel created by the young and creative group of architects, interior designers at JSa Arquitectura in her article titled, “This
Mexico City Hotel is a Showcase of New Mexican Design”(unique monthly visitors: 306,713).