FLORIADE - IT IS A BIG DUTCH EXIBITION OF FLOWERS AND GARDENING, WHICH TAKES PLACE EVERY TEN YEARS. IN THE YEAR OF 2022 IT WILL NOT ONLY SHINE IN VARIETY OF VEGETATION, BUT ALSO ATTRACTS ATTENTION WITH THE OPENING OF A GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD AS A BROADENING OF THE CENTRE OF ALMERE.
THE ICON OF FLORIADE - THE HOTEL WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE EXIBITION AREA AT THE END OF THE SMALL ISLAND CALLED UTOPIA. THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL BUILDING WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE OVER 500 VISITORS, CONSISTING OF RESTAURANTS (THE 2ND AND TOP FLOORS), CAFE-BAR, POOL-SPORTS COMPLEX AND CONFERENCE CENTER. |
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IN RESPONCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL THEMED EXIBITION, CHOSEN MOTIVE OF THE HOTEL - "ALIVE AS A TREE". ORGANISATION OF INTERNAL SPACE IS BASED ON THE SYSTEM OF THE TREE. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRUNK - A DOMINANT VERTICAL ATRIUM EQUIPPED WITH ELEVATORS IS WAVING AND GETTING NAROW AT THE LAST 17 FLOOR TILL HOOD COMPLETES THE ROOF. THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF SUCH SPACE - ENCOURAGEMENT OF A NATURAL INSIDE VENTILATION SYSTEM ON THE MATTER OF MOVING AIR AND THE CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE.
EACH FLOOR HAS A HORIZONTAL SPLITTING CONNECTIONS WITH LOBBIES, DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND BALCONIES. THEREFORE PEOPLE AND THE AIR MIGRATES INSIDE OF THE SYSTEM VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALY IN THE SAME WAY AS A TREE HAS ITS OWN COMPLEX METABOLISM BETWEEN THE TRUNK AND BRANCHES, THE THEORY OF TREE GROWTH EXHIBITED ON THE FACADES - THEY ARE BEING COVERED WITH GREEN VERTICAL GARDEN SYSTEM PANELS IN THE FIRST FIVE FLOORS AND ABOVE THEM - A VERTICAL VINE PLANTING AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN VERTICAL GARDENS AND THE GLASS FACADE AT THE TOP. |