German architectural firm JOI-Design Innenarchitekten chose the originality of the Fossil porcelain tile collection by Refin for the new Hotel Hyatt Place at Frankfurt Airport in Germany.

Sophisticated elegance and accurate design characterize an international concept that mirrors the dynamism and contemporary taste of global travelers.

The project won the “Hospitality” category in the international competition Refin Project Contest 2020, conceived to reward the best architecture and interior design projects made with Refin tiles.

Hyatt Place Frankfurt Airport is the first Place hotel in Germany, the brand of the Hyatt luxury chain focused on the business target with a wide range of services for companies.  The 312-room building is located on the former Rhein-Main  US-Airbase and is part of the new Gateway Gardens district, which is taking shape around Europe's largest airport hub.

The nature of the public park overlooked by the hotel enters the bright, discreet surroundings, where the mix of natural materials and the different shades of green of the furnishings and plant elements invite guests to relax, concentrate and interact.

In the open-plan hall, the patterns of the Fossil collection - throughout the ground floor in the Grey shade - move in various directions and pleasantly lead through the paths where the restaurant, bar, and lobby meet, creating optical illusions of empty and more densely designed areas. The strokes, drawn by hand, revisit the prehistoric footprints of plants and animals on the rock formations, interrupting and overlapping each other like the signs of time and the stories of the past. A particular surface was chosen in line with the natural mood of the interiors, to enliven them and make them unique thanks to the graphic effect and the sober décor touch.

FOSSIL by Kasia Zareba - The FOSSIL tile collection revisits the prehistorical imprints left by plants and animals in rock formations, designed as ornamental patterns destined for contemporary interiors. The preliminary designs were particularly inspired by the signs left by the grooved shells of extinct ammonites. The hand-drawn pattern gives it a unique appearance, similar to the imprints of primordial creatures impressed on the surface of the stone. In our own imagination, each of us can see different figures in subtle patterns. The imprints break up and overlap just like the signs of time in archaeological digs. Moving in different directions, the FOSSIL surface creates optical illusions of voids and other more densely patterned areas, producing a simple, natural, and elegant atmosphere for indoor settings.

The Bolero Restaurant, BAULI, Rheingold Bushwick, the INTREND Store and the new EMA Office are also winners in the Refin Project Contest 2020.

JOI-Design is one of Europe’s leading interior architecture and design studios with over 35 years of experience in hospitality design and more than 500 projects at the national and international levels. The focus lies on the development of exclusive and design-oriented concepts for the international hotel industry, serviced apartments, design-oriented offices with New Work character, and concept design for the cruise ship industry. The creative and multidisciplinary teams of the design studio in Germany and India design, with experienced interior designers, architects, engineers, graphic and product designers, unique living spaces relevant to today’s society for the different target groups in response to the constantly changing needs of our everyday life.

Ceramiche Refin - Active on international markets since 1962,  Refin designs and makes porcelain stoneware entirely in Italy, through a management system based on quality research, technical innovation, and respect for the environment.  From this corporate vision comes a wide variety of floor and wall coverings able to integrate with the many styles of contemporary architecture in commercial and public projects as well as in the residential sector.

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