IMAGINING THE NEW NORMAL OF POST PANDEMIC HOTEL DESIGN
Thursday 17 September —
14:00
- 15:00
The Talks
Description
Unquestionably the hospitality sector has been one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hotel occupancies have plummeted the world over and swathes of hotels closed. As the frost slowly begins to thaw how will hotels adjust to the demands of a new, ultra-hygiene conscious traveller? How can hotel design help to win back the trust of guests? ...
Participants
Chad OppenheimArchitect
Jean-Michel GathyInterior Architect DENNISTON
Guy DittrichJournalist
Chad Oppenheim
Architect
Chad Oppenheim is a Miami-based architect whose work has been praised for its ability to transform the prosaic into the poetic. Through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature, Oppenheim creates monumental yet silent architecture that elicits a site’s inherent power. A graduate of Cornell University and Fellow of the AIA, Oppenheim has lectured widely and has taught at various architecture schools, including, most recently, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. In 1999, he founded Oppenheim Architecture (Miami, Basel, New York), which has garnered global recognition at many scales; from large-scale urban architecture, hotels and resorts, to private residences, interiors and furnishings. The international practice has received over 80 industry awards, with more than 50 from the AIA, including the AIA’s highest distinction, the Silver Medal, as well as a 2018 National Design Award from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The award-winning firm’s work has been featured in over 1,000 publications around the world, including multiple appearances in The New York Times and Architectural Record. Oppenheim currently resides in Miami Beach with his wife and muse, Ilona, their son Hendrix, and their daughter Liloo.
Jean-Michel Gathy
Interior Architect DENNISTON
DENNISTON is a consulting firm structured to provide comprehensive design services in the fields mostly associated to the hospitality industry. The multi-disciplinary services of Site Planning, Architecture, Interior Design and Hardscape are reflected inthe numerous internationally acclaimed hotel projects we have completed around the world in the last 30 years. Jean-Michel GATHY, a Belgian national born in 1955, is the principal designer and personally conceptualises all design work since the Company’s inception in 1983. In April 2006, he was inducted into the “Platinum Circle of Hospitality Design” and honoured as an industry figure whose career and achievements have contributed to the world of hotel design. Mr GATHY has on several occasions participated as a jury member drawn from a panel of experts for various project awards and has been invited as an official guest speaker at international forums. The Company’s projects are also reviewed and applauded constantly in the professional press and often taken as reference. The project teams are motivated by leaders who have, in some instance, honed their professional skills with previous firms. The secret of our success is the collective collaboration of their work. They are David Ogilby, Cedric Richards, Walter Creffier, Ivan De Souza, Nash Johari, Elle Brooks, David Schoonbroodt, Sharifah Norashikin, Keiko Tsuchiya, Philippe Lemaitre, Shick Kim Loong, Diana Graça Oliva and Andreas Croitoru. In all we total 140 professionals hailing from 21 different countries. Our clientele reads as the “Who’s Who” in the world of development for high end products. Our hotels and hospitality projects are conceptualised with the very best operators in the industry... Cheval Blanc, Amanresorts, Four Seasons, Park Hyatt, St. Regis, Armani, Mandarin Oriental, GHM, Banyan Tree, One&Only, LUX*, etc.The interaction with such renowned operators raises the bar everyday and brings to us a thorough knowledge of the industry.
Guy Dittrich
Journalist
An accomplished writer (Wallpaper*, Condé Nast Traveller, Forbes, Business Traveller, National Geographic, Sleeper) Guy’s reach encompasses the curation of content for events and the related hosting of live, on-stage interviews, awards ceremonies and discussion moderations. Utilising his vast experience and contacts Guy is able to curate speaker line-ups for of all sizes and formats of events (Sleep (now HIX), Maison et Objet, 100% Design, HDE Expo, Stockholm Furniture Fair) and trade partners (CitizenM, Design Hotels, Pure, LE Miami, Pandox, PKF, TECE, Bang & Olufsen, Villeroy & Boch, Philips, Hansgrohe and Kohler). Putting speakers at ease, he teases out their narratives and back-stories to entertain and inform his audiences.