Year: 2017
Typology: Hospitality
Status: Competition
Location: Siracusa, Italy
Area: 29,000 m²

Light House Retreat Sea Hotel

An entry to the Young Architect Competition for a hotel on the rocky coast of Siracusa, Italy, developed with the team at 2929 Design Lab. The existing lighthouse becomes a symbolic anchor, reimagined as a "house of explore" for self, serenity and expedition.

Geometric guest pavilions are arranged around the lighthouse in a lotus-inspired pattern and linked by a raised boardwalk. The site is organised into three zones: an explorer area for immersion in nature, a lobby and restaurant as social hubs, and a meditation area for quiet reflection.

Night perspective of the hotel's white pavilions and boardwalk around the historic lighthouse, with the circular site plan

Young Architect Competition entry with conceptual sketches, plans and sections of the residential, lobby and restaurant pavilions, and an aerial view of the site

Interior perspective of a guest room at night, looking through a tall arched window to the sea