Way of life aparthotel model Locke proclaims its growth into Zurich, Switzerland with the opening of its fifteenth property, Locke am Platz. Positioned in Enge, the aparthotel is unfold throughout six flooring, comprising 80 items, starting from rooms, studios and suites alongside social areas together with a restaurant and bar. Enge is understood for its expansive inexperienced areas with well-liked parks and botanical gardens situated close by, in addition to Lake Zurich; a haven for swimmers.
Designed consistent with Locke’s locally-focused ethos, forward-thinking London-based design studio, Sella Idea, led by Tatjana von Stein, took inspiration from town, reflecting the cultural id of Zurich by means of the distinctive and complicated design language used all through the rooms and customary areas. Residence interiors have been curated as a sequence of boudoir rooms, utilizing vibrant tones, plush supplies and vibrant modernist patterns with a nod to riviera aesthetics and the close by Lake Zurich. The flats characteristic bespoke ornamental curtains which line the partitions and body the mattress in a grandiose fashion, making a heat and opulent really feel which balances the daring character of the rooms to make sure an oasis of calm. In true Locke fashion, all studios characteristic a residing space and absolutely fitted kitchen for max comfort. The property additionally options 40 new hotel-style rooms primed for brief keep friends.
Locke am Platz’s rigorously designed social areas characteristic floor-to-ceiling home windows, making a light-filled surroundings which juxtaposes chrome steel and wealthy upholstery to create a particular stability between exhausting and comfortable supplies. A central bar sits between the restaurant ‘Choupette’ and the lounge connecting the 2 areas. Taking inspiration from the geometric shapes of the modernist period, the entrance of the bar is wrapped with bespoke, rigorously crafted ornamental timber panels. The lounge house sits on a raised, carpeted platform overlooking the broader frequent space. With velvet lined curtains used to create an intimate, dynamic ambiance, the house additionally gives views by means of to the restaurant, a sublime house impressed by the Swiss riviera. Bespoke furnishings items designed by Sella Idea and manufactured by Parla line the home windows and the broader lounge and restaurant areas, whereas terracotta, inexperienced and yellow velvet finishes by Yarn Collective are blended with chrome steel, microcement and excessive gloss paints to create an intimate and vibrant house. Enhancing the extremely charged, multifunctional high quality of the house, the lounge and restaurant have been rigorously designed for a seamless day-to-night transition, with a night DJ sales space doubling up as a excessive desk for friends to get pleasure from through the day. The restaurant culminates in a hand painted mural by the esteemed ornamental painter, Magdalena Julia Gordon.
Led by Head Chef Jaco Redelinghuys, Locke am Platz’s restaurant, ‘Choupette’ is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Having labored as head chef at the perfect eating places in Cape City, Redelinghuys based his personal Restaurant ‘Yoco Eatery’ in South Africa and ‘Lodge & Restaurant Taverna’ in Fribourg along with his spouse, and has labored at main eating places together with Michelin Star, Maison Manesse. Choupette’s artistic meals idea gives friends components of a contemporary Brasserie. The restaurant takes traditional types from the ‘French Brasserie’ and combines them with trendy Nordic touches equivalent to preserving, pickling and even Japanese fermenting strategies. Collectively along with his enterprise accomplice, Dino Schön, an in depth wine listing has been crafted providing the whole lot from conventional, pure and biodynamic wines.
A personal eating space, related to the restaurant which sits aside from the remainder of the house could be rented for personal features or household gatherings. With nods to the standard riviera fashion, friends can admire a traditional fashion mural wallpaper that spans the ceiling, whereas a Villa Borsani impressed rug sits centre, the house lit all through by Gio Ponti Bilia lamps that are complemented by Sella designed steel wall lights.
Opening charges from CHF 220 per evening for a Locke Room with a balcony, inclusive of breakfast.
Locke am Platz
Tessinerpl. 9
Zürich, 8002
Switzerland
