Special feature: Hotel Acta Mimic

Special feature: Hotel Acta Mimic
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Interior Architecture Of China
HOTEL ACTA MIMIC

China

SPECIAL FEATURE: HOTEL ACTA MIMIC

Looking back over history, it turns out that in a street very close to Paral.lel, but well within the maze of streets known as the Raval, and particularly known as “Barrio Chino”, there once stood a lofty theatre. This building, greatly frequented by the public, has made it this far in the form of a decrepit ruin that now spends its days precariously propping up a facade and the occasional, and by-now forgotten wall. Not completely unexpectedly, its apparent uselessness, immorality or problem, has been seen as the opportunity to build a new hotel which is not clear whether it is supposed to entice or house the tourists, necessary or inevitable, that arrive in the city of Barcelona. Continue reading

Xavier Claramunt: ‘És millor pensar una mica i treballar que invertir temps i esforç a pensar i estar massa sense fer res’


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El Punt
XAVIER CLARAMUNT

Spain

CANVIAR EL MODEL DE NEGOCI PER APROPAR-SE AL CLIENT

Els ponents de la jornada van estar d’acord que la innovació és necessària a l’empresa, però van dir que perquè sigui efectiva ha de ser un procés relaxant

El model de negoci és clau i cal redefinir-lo constantment per transformar l’empresa, segons va assegurar Toni Flores, CEO de Loop Business Innovation, en la sessió d’innovació i transformació. Per Flores el millor mètode per transformar una empresa “és l’actitud positiva cap al canvi”, i va afirmar que a vegades cal entrar en una zona “d’inseguretat o incompetència juntament amb els equips per assegurar la transformació”. “La innovació pot néixer de l’espontaneïtat, però a l’empresa sempre volem que estigui estructurada”, va dir.
En aquest mateix sentit es va pronunciar Xavier Claramunt, fundador d’Equip Claramunt, que va assegurar que la innovació és necessària, però per ser efectiva ha de ser “un procés relaxat”. Continue reading

New & Spot: Hotel Acta Mimic

Hotel Acta Mimic Barcelona
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HOTEL ACTA MIMIC

Korea

NEW & SPOT: HOTEL ACTA MIMIC

The decision was taken to preserve a historic facade, despite the fact that it is not officially protected, and to insert the building between it and the party wall of the adjacent building. The aim of the huge wrap covering the facade is for the building’s appearance to change during the day both from inside the rooms and from the street, while lighting conditions also vary on the inside and on the outside. It is a commitment to integration with the variety of the surrounding buildings. The public areas in the building, below street level, are treated heterogeneously to generate cosy corners and different ambiences. A variety of forms, colours and furniture is offered, as an extension of the street-level dynamism that is not actually within sight. And on the contrary, the rooms are imbued with sobriety to make for easy adaptation to the tourist’s decisions. From the inside of the room a direct visual relationship is established with the street through the shower area, located on the facade, and the huge wrap which, with the help of vinyl, protects it from the eyes of the street.