Divercity Architects Trac

Project: Hotel
Location: Corinth Canal
Project Status: Unbuilt
Collaborators: Dimitris Panagiotou-Ntounis

Architectural competition of ideas upon invitation, 1st prize 2005

The Invisible Hotel explores the idea that guests take
on a new identity when they stay at a hotel. The transition
to a condition of relative anonymity allows the visitor
to participate in a series of illicit activities. There may
be an unexpected acquaintance in your bedroom.
Illegal transactions take place in the lobby. The casino
offers an adrenaline rush. The cabaret offers a glimpse
into the ecstacy of lust.

The Invisible Hotel occupies a ‘non-place’ that
is not marked on any map - a crack in the rockface
of the Corinth Canal. As its presence begins to corrode
the rock, the landscape is subjected to a series
of incisions, mutations and reinforcements, until
a hybrid landscape emerges. Once the hotel has taken
root, its cells start to reproduce. The rooms spread along
the articulated tentacles that stretch out across the canal
and hook onto the opposite wall, rendering
its presence irreversible.