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Dwp designs Grand Hyatt Macau
Design World Partnership, has delivered a grand design of indelible luxury for the global brand of elite Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, aptly housed within the City of Dreams, Macau .
Upon entering the hotel, the strikingly high ceiling feature is most evident, as is the welcoming spacious comfort surrounded by an abundance of glass and natural daylight, clearly commanding dwp/SRG immediate grand vision to be captured and reverberated throughout this prestigious property, which the Grand Hyatt Hotel’s are famously world-wide renowned for.
Clean, bold design statements couple with understated Asian-chic attitude, echoes throughout the Hotel from the underlining concept themes of earth, wind, water and fire – forged by Lorraine Reiman’s vision, managing director dwp/SRG.
“This was a fabulous project for dwp/SRG to work on for such a globally recognized Hotel brand in the most prominent location in Macau – particularly as a non-gaming reprieve for the leisure and business travelers to congregate”, enthuses Lorraine. “I have worked in the Hospitality Design sector in major international hubs for over 25 years, conjuring up magic like an alchemist- but this project would have to be the most challenging and most rewarding. I feel we have succeeded as the design-custodians, setting Asian standards for future Grand Hyatt Hotels and Resorts high MICE standards”.
Grand Hyatt Macau, completed in October 2009, has two distinctive towers located in City of Dreams, providing 790 guest rooms and suites with spectacular river and city views within this integrated urban entertainment resort. Conveniently located between the 2 outer lying Islands of Coloane and Taipa, this internationally renowned area known as the ‘Cotai’ strip, completes this destination-driven hot-spot for the non-gaming MICE industries and seasoned business and leisure travellers to feel elated and refreshed, within this prestigious landmark.
The sleek and stylish hotel features clean lines of a loft, allowing different functional areas to connect visually rather than structurally where each space flows into the next, gaining openness and light.
This concept can be seen in the relationship between the lobby and the second floor ballroom, where an entire side of the main ballroom is open to the lobby below.
The dedicated Grand Club Tower comprising of 332 guestrooms and 46 suits, and Grand Club Lounge for discerning guests to enjoy personalized services in the comfort of the Club Lounge of an open kitchen concept and private outdoor terrace – and on Level 35 of the Grand Club Tower is the Chairman’s Suite – a 2,960-square-foot (275-square-meter) private two bedroom, two bathroom residential-style guestroom with panoramic city views, offering a security-monitored entrance, a kitchen with seating, a dining area, a work space, and a home theatre sound system- features a separate entertainment quarter.
The colossal, pillar-less natural light Grand Ballroom, the only one in macau, boasts a 26-foot (eight-meter) ceiling – the highest in Macau without chandeliers – and in total area covers more than 23,000 square feet (2,000 square meters) catering up to 2,500 guests in theatre-style and 1,500 for a banquet function. Divisible into four soundproof sections, each with its own control room, the ballroom features catwalk lighting and six advanced, built-in 15,000 lumens projectors.
There are eight additional Salons that function as meeting venues, which can accommodate from 40 to 120 guests.
Isala Spa is the latest addition to the Hyatt Pure spa portfolio spread over 25,000 square feet (2,323 square meters), and includes 15 capacious spa suites, six of them designed for couples. For more informal events, the Pool Deck and the adjacent Poolside on Level 3 are ideal alfresco locations and the largest outdoor event venue in Macau with stylish water lounge, eight private VIP cabanas and expansive landscaped gardens.
“As a designer I really enjoy staying here, particularly knowing that the Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Group prides themselves on the responsibility of long-term sustainable design and high construction standards- and we were integral in this bigger picture”- ends Lorraine.
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