Inside designer Dorothée Meilichzon has crammed the inside of Mylos Lodge in Cargèse, Corsica, with particulars that nod to the village’s Greek origins.
Though positioned on the French island of Corsica, Cargèse is called Cargèse la Grecque or Cargèse the Greek, because it was based by Greek refugees within the seventeenth century.
Right here, structure agency Orma Architettura used soil amassed throughout excavation to type the partitions of the recent Mylos Lodge, making a lodge with an earth-coloured exterior that seems to mix into the panorama.
The lodge was designed to slot in with the village of Cargèse and consists of a bunch of buildings with inexperienced roofs. The principle constructing holds 25 rooms, with one other 10 positioned in two exterior buildings constructed on terraces.
Inside Mylos Lodge, Meilichzon and her design studio Chzon created an inside that references the village’s Greek heritage. Having spent many holidays in Cargèse, Meilichzon knew the place nicely and drew on the world’s historical past and terrain for the inside.
“It’s not that traditional to work on a lodge challenge in Corsica,” she advised Dezeen. “So initially, our inspiration was Corsica, the countless sea, the maquis [shrubland] and the soil.”
“Then it was crucial to reconnect with the historical past of the village, a Greek village in Corsica, with its well-organised streets, orange-tiled roofs, various ranges and breathtaking views.”
The island’s rocky panorama impressed tactile interiors with cave-like particulars and openings.
“The rooms are mineral and textured,” Meilichzon stated. “Nothing is silky. Some rocks emerge in locations. We needed to inform the story of the Mediterranean, with just a few nods to Greek mythology.”
Within the bedrooms, some partitions had been left naked, with the identical color and texture as the outside partitions, whereas others had been clad in tactile lime plaster.
Pink, blue and inexperienced assertion partitions add curiosity within the guestrooms, which additionally function bogs and bed room nooks with half-moon cutouts.
The designer additionally added black particulars that nod to the hats worn by Corsican shepherds, even going as far as to chop the headboards within the bedrooms to reflect their distinctive form.
“Black was for me the color of Corsica, so a whole lot of black touches above beds, above mirrors, on the concrete flooring, remind of the shepherd’s hat,” Meilichzon stated.
“The soil is ocher and this ocher may be very current all through the challenge, soaked on each wall, colouring the material of the sunbeds of the swimming pool and stained on some coloured glass items within the restaurant,” the designer added.
Greek particulars had been added all through, as seen within the facet tables that resemble Greek pillars.
“Some wood tables have amphora ears, the friezes on the toilet partitions depict waves and are carved into the lime plaster,” the designer stated.
She additionally added to the Greek really feel by “recreating columns and alcoves”, which might be discovered within the bedrooms in addition to within the restaurant and reception.
Within the lodge reception, a monolithic stone desk incorporates a ornamental design that pulls on the scrolls of Ionic pillars. Reverse the desk, a built-in cupboard options curving, cave-like cutouts for the cabinets.
This natural theme additionally runs by way of Mylos Lodge’s restaurant, Teos, which serves Mediterranean delicacies with a Greek twist.
Right here, Meilichzon used curved, sloping facet partitions to create cubicles and designed the doorway door with an uneven, undulating body to evoke the sensation of getting into a cave.
“We needed to create some distinction,” she defined. “Some partitions and items are edged, some others are spherical and extra natural, reminding of the character surrounding the lodge.”
In one other reference to the island’s panorama, Meilichzon used “pure supplies that may mix in with the structure”, together with Australian wooden, purple wooden, wool, cotton, branches, concrete, lime, rocks, stone and soil.
A landscaped backyard outdoors Mylos Lodge options native crops, together with olive timber and myrtles.
Meilichzon was named finest inside designer at Dezeen Awards 2024. Earlier this yr, she unveiled an Alpine lodge inside that includes big ski headboards.
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