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Hotel Flamingo Paradise by Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC offers unobstructed sea views in Protaras, Cyprus
Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC designed Flamingo Paradise, a 110-room hotel, located in one of the most prestigious and highly visited beachfronts on the island of Cyprus – Protaras. The aim of the Design team, established from the very outset of the design process, was the visual and physical reconnection of the city with the sea.
Protaras is a purely touristic area, relying heavily on the summer tourist currents and falls into hibernation during the winter months. However, it has managed somehow to severe the connection between its main street -its artery- and the reason of its existence – the sea, just a couple of hundred meters next to it.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
“This connection of the main street with the sea has been de facto undone by the occupation of the coastal front by massive hotels, which obscure the view”.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
The volume of the rooms hovers above ground level, while at the same time the common areas are submerged below street level (taking advantage of the height difference between the street and the sea), freeing up the view.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
A straight route -accessible to everyone- is created, which starts from the main road, runs through all the levels of the hotel to end, either on the beach or on the viewing bridge/platform and to a relaxing unobstructed panoramic view of the sea.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
“Due to the shape of the plot, most of the rooms are placed along the sides of the plot and perpendicular to the sea”.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
To compensate for this apparent disadvantage, each room is itself oriented towards the sea, thus achieving sea view experience for most of them. Moreover, each room represents a box, stacked upon other boxes, easily identifiable through its position and color by its resident, even from the sea, providing this way a sense of uniqueness and identity to the stay.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Every main function of the hotel, either be it the reception, the bar, the conference room or the gym, is oriented towards the sea. The sea is the hotel’s northern star. It is the reason of the hotel’s existence. It is not just in front of it. It is part of it, through its constant presence.
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photo © Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Facts & Credits:
Project title: Hotel Flamingo Paradise, Typology: Hospitality, Location: Protatas – Cyprus, Architectural firm: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Architects: Constantinos Constanti – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis – Pavlos Onisiphorou, Designers: Despo Violari – Lambros Kittos, Civil Engineers: G. KOUNTOURIS CIVIL ENGINEERS L.L.C., Mechanical Engineers: CONENG Consulting Engineers Ltd, Electrical Engineers: Dimitris Liotatis+associates, Interior Design: M.O.B. design Studio, Lighting Study: Archtube | Architectural Lighting and Design, Constructor: Creato Constructions Evagorou Ltd, 3D Renders: Progressive Technologies | 3D Rendering, Design Period: 2017 – 2018, Construction period: 2018 – 2021, Text description: Constanti Architects – ENAprosEKATO LLC, Photography: Agisilaou & Spyrou Photography Ltd – Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room – Thrasyvoulos Karayiannis
Suppliers:
Steel Structure: Cyprometal LTD, Dry Wall: Christofi Bros, Mechanical Installation: S.B. Red Heating LTD, Electrical Installation: El&D Christou LTD, Lights: Linea Light Group, Carpentry: Tomazou Furnishings Ltd, Water features: LAKO – Lagoudes & Kokis Co Ltd, Reception Furniture: 3Deco Genesis, Ceramic Tiles: MAOURIS OIKOSET | 5 Ayias Paraskevis | 2412 Nicosia, Furniture: Mobhaus | Thiseos & Pentadaktylou 48 | 1016, Nicosia / Cyprus (for lobby)
