das flax Hotel campus at night showing integrated ensemble of multiple buildings with circular central space and campus-like topography in green Alpine foothills near Dietmannsried, comprehensive WE-EF LED lighting system including KTY234 bollards, VFL530 pole luminaires, ETV130 wallwashers, and ETC120-GB adjustable gimbal-suspended inground uplights highlighting solitary trees, all using warm 3000K LEDs creating inviting atmosphere for business and leisure guests

Flax Hotel Dietmannsried, Germany

Design freedom and open space for a hotel with an innovative concept

The "das flax" is a new, conveniently situated hotel in Dietmannsried in the Allgäu region of Germany. The contemporary hotel concept is designed to appeal equally to tourists, business people and conference customers. The illumination of the outdoor areas with luminaires from WE-EF underlines the project's campus-like character.

The name brings to mind flax cultivation, a crop that shaped the landscape of the Allgäu region in earlier centuries. Nestled in the green foothills of the German Alps, the hotel operators say that "das flax" follows the trend towards "bleisure travel", where business meets leisure. Regionality and sustainability are not only reflected in the deliberately streamlined concept, but also in the architecture, and appeal to style-conscious travellers in the economy segment. To this end, the firm FG-Architektur from Sonthofen planned an ensemble with several buildings integrated in a campus-like topography. Light-coloured clinker façades serve as connecting elements and the hotel complex features a circular space at its centre.

Bollards as path lighting

Especially at night, the lighting transforms the hotel complex into an island with an urban feel in the midst of rural surroundings. The planners used WE-EF KTY234 bollards throughout to illuminate the paths and walkways with glare-free, efficient lighting that has large spacings between the luminaires. Special luminaires from the WE-EF range are used to emphasise specific outdoor features. For example, ETC120-GB inground luminaires highlight a solitary tree. Thanks to the gimbal suspension of these luminaires, they can be aligned and adjusted as the tree grows.

WE-EF KTY234 LED bollard providing glare-free pathway lighting at das flax Hotel in Dietmannsried, Allgäu, installed with large spacing intervals for efficient illumination of pedestrian walkways, contemporary design complementing light-colored clinker brick facade and wooden cladding elements of modern economy hotel designed by FG-Architektur Sonthofen emphasizing regional sustainability and bleisure travel concept

das flax Hotel campus at blue hour showing multiple buildings with light-colored clinker brick facades designed by FG-Architektur in campus-like topography nestled in Allgäu Alpine foothills, comprehensive WE-EF lighting including KTY234 bollards for pathways, VFL530 dual-arm pole luminaires for driveway, and ETV130 linear inground wallwashers highlighting facades, creating urban island feel in rural German setting near Dietmannsried

Inviting light accents

The clinker façades with the hotel logo on the access side is uniformly illuminated by linear ETV130 inground wallwashers. Finally, even the pole luminaires on the hotel driveway come from WE-EF – the striking design of the VFL530 luminaires on double arm poles fits well with the modern look of the architecture. With asymmetric forward throw wide beam [R65] light distribution, they provide pleasant, glare-free illumination of this area from a pole height of 4.5 metres. In addition, the planners' decision to use LEDs in warm white (3000 Kelvin) everywhere harmonises extremely well with the welcoming atmosphere of the entire hotel complex.

WE-EF VFL530 LED street luminaire on striking dual-arm pole at 4.5-meter height providing glare-free driveway illumination at das flax Hotel using asymmetric forward-throw wide-beam R65 optical distribution with warm white 3000K color temperature, contemporary luminaire design harmonizing with modern architecture of bleisure hotel complex in Allgäu region emphasizing regionality and welcoming atmosphere

Credits

Principal: Voralpenresort Besitz GmbH & Co. KG Architecture: FG-Architektur, Sonthofen Completion: 2020 www.dasflaxhotels.com Photos: Frieder Blickle for WE-EF

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