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BAR HOTEL RESTAURANT TECHNISCHER AUSBAU •  TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS



                                                                             A  round 600,000 people visit Böblinger Motorworld every year. When the Oldti-
               Entwurf • Design CIP Architekten/Markus Mehwald, Stuttgart       mer Forum opened nine years ago on the site of the former Stuttgart Böblingen
               Bauherr • Client Motorworld Consulting GmbH, Schlemmerhofen   State Airport, the listed terminal building was converted into the Hotel V8 Classic. In
               Standort • Location Charles-Lindbergh-Platz 1, Böblingen      recent years, however, the historic building has increasingly reached its capacity li-
               Nutzfläche • Floor space ca. 6.000 m 2                        mits, and so the operators of Motorworld decided to build another V8 hotel on the
               Fotos • Photos HG Esch, Hennef                                site. The design of the six-storey 4-star superior hotel was supplied by the Stuttgart
               Mehr Informationen auf Seite • More information on page 174   architectural office CIP. Since last year, guests can now choose between 16 themed
                                                                             rooms, 130 business rooms and seven longstay apartments. All rooms are naturally
                                                                             designed with automotive flair: While the 22 square metre business rooms and the
                                                                             apartments with kitchenettes, which are twice as large, are restrained in their clear
                                                                             design and the automotive references are limited to large-format wall graphics - they
                                                                             show archive photos from motor sports - the design of the themed rooms goes far
                                                                             beyond that. For example, the foot ends of the beds are decorated with bonnets from
                                                                             well-known racing car models. Tyres or rims lined with glass panes serve as bedside
                                                                             tables. And wall paintings depict famous racing scenes and drivers from history.
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                                                                             Design references to the automotive world

                                                                             While the rooms are spread over four floors - from the second to the fifth upper floor
                                                                             - behind a classic perforated facade with room-high windows, the house on the sixth
                                                                             upper floor is crowned by an all-round glazed wellness area with a surrounding ter-
                                                                             race. On the first floor, the hotel again accommodates a large event and conference
                                                                             area, while the ground floor accommodates the reception, lobby, bar and restaurant.
                                                                             In addition, there is a 400 square metre showroom on the building's plinth, inclu-
                                                                             ding a workshop of the racing luxury brand McLaren, as well as an exhibition of Ar-
                                                                             thur Bechtel Classic Motors' classic car treasures spread over two floors. The two
                                                                             plinth floors are generously glazed and thus provide passers-by with a great deal of
               Thematisch passend, ist das Motorworld-Hotel ...  • Matching the theme, the Motorworld Hotel is …  insight into the car exhibition areas and the open hotel zones. The interior is domi-
                                                                             nated by leather and Corten steel. The ground floor is also equipped with a continu-
                                                                             ously laid, extremely hard and drivable floor covering, which was originally develo-
                                                                             ped for car park renovations. A reference to the automotive world is also provided
                                                                             by the circular ring lights from Delta Light, which - as large as car tires - are suspen-
                                                                             ded in various variations from the concrete ceilings of the building. In the main en-
                                                                             trance area, which extends over all floors as a glazed airspace, the guest is received
                                                                             by a playful composition of super OH ring lights. In different diameters and different
                                                                             heights and angles, they float under the ceiling of the top floor and bathe the en-
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                                                                             Consistent dialogue between light and architecture

                                                                             Super-Oh luminaires were also used in the event and conference area. The variant
                                                                             with flush-mounted integrated LED spots illuminates the front areas. The event area
                                                                             itself is also illuminated by Super-Oh models. They can be combined in groups to
                                                                             generate different lighting moods. The conference area, which is screened with glass
               ... mit einem Oldtimer-Showroom verbunden. • … connected to a classic car showroom.  partitions, is equipped with linear light profiles from the Splitline 51 series, also from
                                                                             Delta Light. The profiles allow multifunctional use of the three connectable confe-
                                                                             rence rooms, each designed for around 30 people. The spotlights and light strips in-
                                                                             tegrated into the profiles provide pleasant ambient lighting for beamer presentati-
                                                                             ons, while separately switchable spotlights from the Spy family provide standard-
                                                                             compliant lighting for conference tables. In the hotel rooms, Delta Light implemented
                                                                             multi-component lighting: Square recessed ceiling luminaires from the Carree family
                                                                             provide ambient lighting, while elegant pendant or surface-mounted ceiling luminai-
                                                                             res from the Ultra series add decorative highlights. They form light islands that lend
                                                                             the rooms additional flair. Recessed ceiling luminaires from the Grid-In series illu-
                                                                             minate wall graphics and pictures. Small B-Flex luminaires mounted on the sides of
                                                                             the bed provide excellent reading light. In the V8 Hotel, a consistent dialogue bet-
                                                                             ween lighting and architecture is achieved. Where there are strong stimuli, the lumi-
                                                                             naire design is formally restrained. Where the seemingly technical architecture ne-
                                                                             cessitates it, tall chandeliers interpreted in a modern way as ring lights complement
                                                                             the interior design. In the hotel rooms, the choice of luminaires was determined by
                                                                             the largely invisible nature of the light source or the reduced design vocabulary.


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