Case Study
Nine Cosentino colours for the luxurious Grand Velas Boutique Hotel Los Cabos
Ricardo Elías / Ernesto Vela and Melín Castro
Location
San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
Allestitore
Grand Velas staff
Materiale
DKTN | Silestone
Applicazioni
Lobby interior façade, flooring and recessed ceiling lighting, terrace flooring, worktops, table tops
Quantity
4,500 m2
Architecture/design
Ricardo Elías / Ernesto Vela and Melín Castro
Distributor
Muro di Pietra (Icon Stone)
Colore
Marmorio, Liquid Shell 22, Morpheus, Lunar 22, Aeris, Laos, Albarium 22, Soke | Camden
Spessore
4 mm, 8 mm, 12 mm, 20 mm
End Date
2023
Located on the beautiful Riviera Nayarit, an internationally renowned tourist destination, Grand Velas Boutique Hotel Los Cabos enjoys a beachfront location. The hotel features 79 rooms and offers first-class service worthy of its 5 stars, including a luxurious infinity swimming pool, a renowned spa and an excellent restaurant run by a 2 Michelin-starred chef.
The hotel’s décor exudes an air of relaxed exclusivity through the use of light tones, organic shapes, natural materials and the power of textures used throughout. Among the materials used are DKTN and Silestone, which can be found from the walls to the floors, ceilings and even the worktops.
DKTN Marmorio, a natural and elegant shade perfect for beach environments
The hotel’s large lobby is clad in DKTN Tk06 Marmorio, one of the hotel’s flagship colours. Inspired by Travertino Navona, a natural stone quarried near Tivoli, east of Rome, its porous, light coloured striped structure gives the space an elegant, bright and lightweight character.
In fact, this colour is part of the Pietra Kode collection, which decodes ancient Italian stones to adapt them to the needs of contemporary architecture. Therefore, as with any other DKTN colour, it is very easy to clean (a damp cloth is all that is needed) and is resistant to fire, water, frost, thawing, stains, impacts, scratches…
In fact, “the durability and maintenance-free nature of the material” were two of the reasons that led architect Ricardo Elías and designers Ernesto Vela and Melín Castro to use DKTN in the hotel. Aesthetics also played a key role in the decision: “The Pietra Kode collection fits in perfectly with the hotel’s concept, especially the Marmorio colour, which is inspired by natural stone and exudes timelessness with its shades that evoke elegance and beach environments,” they say.
Eight DKTN colours and one Silestone colour for the hotel’s decoration
All these advantages led to the use of other DKTN colours in addition to Marmorio. For example, DKTN Liquid Shell, a colour born from the collaboration between Cosentino’s design team and Patternity, a London-based design studio specialising in motifs and patterns, was used on the restaurant’s breakfast island. This colour features an off-white shade with cream nuances and a change in brightness that occurs on its surface as a result of its colour pattern, which is perfectly suited to the luxurious and relaxed coastal atmosphere of the hotel.
Meanwhile, DKTN Lunar, a discreet reinterpretation of conventional cement, was used on some of the tables in one of the restaurants, while the charismatic DKTN Morpheus, with its many nuances, reflections and flashes of colour in the form of veins crossing a white surface, was used on other tables and in some architectural details of the swimming pool bar.
Last but not least, DKTN Albarium and DKTN Soke, both with the Grip+ finish (an innovative and advanced anti-slip treatment) were used on a number of floors, while other surfaces were clad in the beautiful and sober DKTN Laos.
A matter of trust
Alongside DKTN, Silestone was another of the surfaces used for the hotel’s cladding. Specifically, the matt grey shade of Silestone Camden was used to define the space between the terrace and the planters.
This extensive use of colours and products was based not only on aesthetics, but also on the trust that the hotel’s designers placed in Cosentino. “Trust is the most important factor when relying on Cosentino. Cosentino and Grand Velas are both companies with shared visions and values and with a long-standing close relationship,” concludes the design team at Grand Velas Boutique Los Cabos.