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BAGHDAD,IRAQ

Baghdad Rixos Hotel

Date

October 2012

Type

Concept design

Program

Hotel, Residential

Size

63.000m²

Client

Kürk Construction

Partners

Hasan Sıtkı Gümüşsoy, Erhan Vural

Team

Osman Ural, Ece Sıla Bora

Status

On hold

Location

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad Rixos Hotel

Potential panoramas, potential gains

Project proposes a tall tower on top of a restaurant box which emerges from a single facade module that rotates and mirrors according to room size parameters.  The panaroma at the north is the Tigris River. By placing the hotel tower at the southern part of the project area, it is prevented that the hotel being under the shadow of the CBI Tower during a day. The created front  zone is used for a public restaurant and cafe. And  the rooftop is used as a Roofpark.