HOTEL SOMIATRUITES

Starting from a 19th century tannery located in the emblematic Rec district of Igualada, Xavier Andrés has designed the Somiatruites hotel, a building that is located right above the restaurant.

Somiatruites Hotel
Reflecting on the history of the most representative tannery district in Catalonia, Andrés has made an architectural proposal that draws on industrial aesthetics, seeking communion with the heritage environment through the design and the materials used; the lattices that cover the windows of the rooms imitate the leather dryers of tanneries, and the interior design, with leather as a decorative element and the woods of the country (oak, pine, beech, walnut and chestnut) as covering and decoration, they refer us to the uses that this space had more than a century ago.

However, Xavier Andrés has gone a step further to combine the industrial past with the origins of the neighborhood: the orchards, due to their proximity to the Anoia river. That is why the roof of the Somiatruites hotel is a 400m2 vegetable garden, which crowns the building and serves as thermal insulation, in addition to supplying the restaurant with local products. Likewise, a chicken coop is located on the roof of the restaurant, two elements that play a fundamental role in achieving the sustainability of the project.

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