Hotel Suite in the Form of a Wooden Cave

Sinuous spruce-wood walls wind around this cosy cave-like suite that Tenon Architecture has created for a resort hotel in southern Greece.

The suite sits at an altitude of 1,100 metres and has impressive views of the surrounding landscape, but Tenon Architecture was brought on board to revive its interiors.

The sinuous wall and platform that winds around the rear side of the suite comprise 1,112 pieces of spruce.

An algorithm-based programme was used to draw out the required shape of each timber piece before they were cut to size on-site by two architects at the studio, Apostolos Mitropoulos and Thanos Zervos.

The pieces were then slotted together to form 55 large modules. After these were further shaped and smoothed by hand, they were assembled into the final cave-like structure.

"The absence of any digital fabrication methods in the construction resulted in the adoption of a more sculptural approach towards the final form," added the studio.

Other elements in the room, like the floorboards, cupboards of the kitchenette and the dining table that extends from the wall have been crafted from knotless pinewood.

Source: dezeen

Photography: Spyros Hound Photography.