Hotel owners: Ulli and Christian Mittermeier
Architect: Martin Schroth, Architecture studio Schroth
Rooms: 11 Hotelrooms
Opening: 2018
Copyright © Jan Schmiedel
Keep it smart and keep it simple: when the hotelier couple Ulli and Christian Mittermeier converted a former entrepreneur's villa from the Gründerzeit in Rothenburg into a hotel, they wanted to combine the quality of a high-end design hotel with the freedom and informality of a private apartment. While the colour concept of the exterior of the house is characterised by black, transparency and openness dominate inside. The leading idea of the design: consciously omit details, and then make sure everything else is of the very highest quality. "We asked ourselves what the first thing is that a hotel guests looks at, and quickly realised it was the bathroom," explains Christian Mittermeier. The bathroom signals the standard of the hotel to the guest, and is often a source of inspiration. Therefore the hoteliers opted for generous, floor-level showers with plenty of space. The matt black of the FLOOR shower area is a perfect match both structurally and in colour for the black of the bathroom tiles, and merges seamlessly with the tile structure.
One of the rooms has also been furnished with an exclusive LUX line Lux Shape bath. With the skeleton construction of the free-standing Lux Shape, a successful concept has transferred from architecture to the interior design of the bathroom. Stable steel forms the load-bearing, open frame into which the bath made of glazed titanium steel is hung for a brilliant presentation of the softly flowing inner body and the flat edge of the bath. The centrally positioned bath is the star of the room, and gives the room its own brilliance.
LUX SHAPE bath — Copyright © Jan Schmiedel
FLOOR SIDE shower area — Copyright © Jan Schmiedel
From the Field: Open Design Concept
“The hotel ‘Mittelmeiers Alter Ego’ provides a very special experience in its rooms ... we were looking for a product that fits our open design concept. The LUX SHAPE bath meets this requirement perfectly. Its supporting structure is not a closed structure. Everyone was instantly delighted with it. It was clear that the room simply had to have this bath!”
“There were the great advisors who gave us architects competent advice in the early planning stage and provided us with the suitable materials ... tremendously good explanatory videos when it comes to the installation of showers, drainage systems and seals. Then there is the long warranty on the products ... the whole package is simply perfect!”
“The durability of a product is an essential aspect in a hotel. The objects are exposed to very high loads — very different from at home. That’s why they have to have a certain robustness. And that is absolutely the case with BETTE products.”