grand emily hotel by yod group
Part of the Emily Resort in Lviv, Ukraine, Y.O.D. group completed the Grand Emily Hotel with a striking atrium interior that mirrors the surrounding landscape in what the architects call “terroir design”. Rejecting the traditional concept of a luxury chandelier, the centerpiece in Hotel design, YOD Group opts for a large setting up the light of a sycamore hanging from the tiered ceiling above visitors in the lobby and gives off a warm glow. Evoking the textures and tones of the hotel’s local nature, the atrium is finished with a warm, natural color palette, expressed in the raw textures of the wood, wool and leather surfaces and furnishings.
all pictures by Yevhenii Avramenko
an atrium steeped in nature
In a natural expression of simplicity and appreciation of nature, the interior of the Grand Emily Hotel avoids excessive ornamentation. Instead, the Architects based in Ukraine incorporating various unique elements in the form of surfaces and furnishings, which naturally appear as defining focal points of design and space. Instead of a large, luxurious chandelier typically found in hotels, YOD Group favors a large-scale, meaningful installation for an atrium rooted in nature. Uniting earth and space, the sycamore light installation not only symbolizes nature, but also the connection to family roots and values, growth and development.
The tree was carefully cleaned, dried and stabilized before hanging in place, and the shape was scanned in a 3D format to visualize the exact shape. Spanning five floors, visitors are offered five distinct views of the sycamore tree from different floors of the hotel. Hotel guests can also stretch out on a round leather bean bag in the lobby and have a unique emotional experience as they contemplate the tree under its roots.
The installation’s organic silhouette creates a soothing contrast to the rhythmic geometry of the space, including the horizontal lines of the floors, the vertical lines of the wall panels, and the diagonals of the metal railings of the stairs. Its tone and textures reflect perfectly on the natural surfaces and furnishings of the atrium, rooting the design of the atrium in its natural context. ‘We aimed to achieve visual lightness and tell the story of the morning breeze that passes over the surface of the lake and combs the reeds’, comment the architects. This imagery and this emotion are conveyed in the structure of the textured planks which cover the walls of the room. Each plank is fixed in a movable groove and the pattern of the walls can be changed by moving the first plank in the row.
evoking the textures and tones of the hotel’s local nature, the atrium is finished with a warm, natural color palette
a warm and natural interior embodies the landscape of lviv
The central hall with the atrium extends to merge into the living room area, where there are two fictional patios – square areas – recessed into the floor, with leather sofas surrounding a column protecting a fireplace. Following the principles of organic architecture led by Frank LLoyd Wright, the architects of the YOD group design an interior that is relevant and anchored in its natural context, with an approach that they call “terroir design”. Using a warm, light and natural color palette, honest materiality and textured surfaces, the interior of Grand Emily Hotel reflects Lviv’s local nature and landscape.
“We borrow the term from the wine industry. The terroir represents all the environmental factors that affect the unique character of a wine. It would have a different character if that certain vine had grown in a different place. It’s totally like that with our design. It reflects a local context and is only relevant where it has been cultivated. Such interiors resonate with the environment and extend it. A person feels relaxed and natural in such a place because he is also the element of a whole structure,” comments Volodymyr Nepiyvoda, founder of the YOD group.
Grand Emily Hotel by YOD Group is part of Emily Resort in Lviv, Ukraine
instead of a luxury chandelier, YOD Group favors a significant large-scale sycamore installation
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