Motel One Vienna

Art, function or daylight optimization? Perhaps a bit of all three. The hotel rooms on the lower level received too little natural light and were unacceptable. We designed a poetic way of diverting the natural light.

Building type
Hospitality
Location
Europe, Austria, Vienna
Project time frame
2013 — 2016
Architect
BEHF Ebner Hasenauer Ferenczy ZT GmbH
Client
Motel One
Image rights
Kardorff Ingenieure Lichtplanung

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