Kirkenes Hotel_Sami Rintala

The space that we chose as reference, that will inspire and guide our project is Sami rintala's Kirkenes Hotel.

This building is situated in the north of Norway, in the town of Kirkenes,

a small centre on the Barents sea carachterized by the interconnection of different cultures: Saami, Russian, Norwegian, Finsk.

The Finnish architect was invited to create an artwork in the centre of Kirkenes.

It was built of timber on an aerated concrete block foundation. The interior was painted white for natural light and sense of space while the outside is painted black to absorb sunlight and to integrate it into the surrounding dark rocky shore.
More information about this project here.

This weblog will show and document the design process developed by the students Paolo Dell'Elce, Luca Cornara and Daniele Dalla Pellegrina inside the Lighting Design course at the Design Faculty of Politecnico di Milano.
The course is focused on lighting for hotel and greeting spaces.
Carlotta De Bevilacqua is the professor that will follow our work.