The NXT Hotel is a new hotel emerging in Cape Town. A functional and aesthetically pleasing design solution for one of the hotel’s communal spaces is needed. Spaces should be interactive and communal with self-serving facilities for hotel guests.
The guest kitchen on the 3rd floor should be an interactive area for long and short-term guests to dine, relax and connect, while being together. It should create a home-away-from-home
experience. The kitchen should include: multiple cooking stations, island seating and lounge area; fully functional with all appliance requirements, small lockers for utensils, small appliances etc; must link with 2nd storey.
NXT kitchen is a place where a diversity of people can connect with each other in a creative and fun space. The exposed ceiling symbolises the openness and vulnerability one will experience in this space. The different floor finishes: timber, concrete and terrazzo evoke the sensation of how different textures can work together to create a harmonic and pleasant atmosphere.