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Before Six Senses came onboard, the project was designed as a 90-room hotel by JP Emery Architects. Based on the existing permits AW² worked with Jean-Pierre and his team to redesign all the architecture to reinforce our project narrative for Six Senses. The architecture had to reflect our interior design, for which AW² was solely responsible, and reinforce the interior’s connection to nature.
The constraints of the existing permit were finally overturned to create a new project. One that reduced the number of keys to 46 in the two volumes joined by the plinth (Building 1) and providing multiple public spaces such as the Alpine Garden, two swimming pools, a 2000 sqm spa, two restaurants, a lounge bar…Working with the context and using the previous project became the basis for the new project.
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We have studied the perception of the surrounding mountains, mirroring the natural environment, to design a project that integrates into the landscape.The facades are opened directly onto the surrounding forests and views. A giant garden is at the center of the building. It is a vast space, fully landscaped with native trees and plants, framed by a steel superstructure that defines it as part of the architecture. It sets up the facade whitin to bring light to the rooms around it. Above the west wing rooms, a viewing platform has been created that opens to the south and west, towards the valley, beyond the tree lines. From here you see the mountains and take in the scale of the place. It is a point in the project where the relationship between building and mountain is at its strongest.
In Six Senses Crans-Montana the experience of contact with the mountain is complete with the choice of local materials such as the local Vals stone and brushed and textured antique bronze. Materials are sustainably, have a low carbon impact, and a negligible effect on the surrundings. sourced The slate roof is a direct reference to traditional local dwellings. The hotel is heated using pellets rather than fossil fuels, LED lighting is used to reduce energy consumption as well as a zero-plastic policy throughout the building. The Wild Cabin's restaurant uses exclusively local and organic products. Thus, strong bonds between the hotel and the community of local producers have been established.
The arrival point in the hotel, in the heart of the mountain, forms the starting point a ‘journey’ through the site, towards the light. The first experience visitors have of the project is therefore the entry tunnel leading you into the drop off space. This vast space is lined in stone, with a rhythm of linear lights around. The ceiling is designed as timber structure with its lines recreating the stone facets found in a mountain cave.
For the suites, the idea is that the space is a cabin in the woods, in direct contact with surrounding nature. The rooms are thus lined in rough timber planks and stone-coloured wall render. The windows run the full width, with vast private balconies, taking in the views onto the ski slopes, forest and valley. The indoor pool was thought-out as a mountain cave pool. The stone lined walls and floors are juxtaposed to the sculptured ceiling in wood. The 2.0000 sqm spa with treatment rooms, imagined as mountain cabins in the woods, is organised around the Alpine Garden. The wet treatment area offers a unique moment in multi sensorial experiences. The alpine garden is also used as an external circulation route, with its suspended wooden walkway. Between the two chalet structures, the terrace provides various areas to lounge, sit by the fire pit, interact or watch a movie on the outdoor cinema screen. It all connects back to the interior lounge and its long stone bar counter, engendering the space with a sense of depth.
Six Senses Crans-Montana is a project balancing a strong aesthetic presence, respect for the environment and nature-inspired architecture. The architecture and interiors of this alpine retreat have been designed to encourage relaxation and revive the senses through an enveloping and cocooning experience in which the mountain views are framed to be exposed as natural artwork.
AW2 is an international architecture and interior design agency led by partner architects
Reda Amalou and Stéphanie Ledoux. Both partners take active roles in the design
process and are personally involved in all the projects that the firm produces. AW2 is based in Paris, with offices in Geneva, Montpellier, and a partner office in Hô-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam. It is in 2022 that AW² opened an office in the centre of Geneva, an anchor point for its Swiss projects.
With projects in 40 different countries, the studio has an international reputation for quality high-end design. Luxury hotels and high-end interiors are now an important part of its activity. The studio covers all project typologies including residential, hospitality, education, offices and retail... Our approach to design is more an open working process rather than a strict theoretical or stylistic framework by which we abide.
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