Hilton Bahir Dar

Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Client
CLIENT:
BELAYNEH KINDIE IMPORT EXPORT
OPEERATOR:
HILTON HOTELS
Program
Construction of a 5* Hotel with 200 rooms including 12 suites and 3 presidential suites, 9 Bungalows, Ballroom, Lounges - Conference rooms, Spa, Restaurants, Terrace
Surfaces
20.000 m2
Mission
Competition
Schedule
SKETCH: 01/2018
STUDIES: 02/2018 - 09/2018
CONSTRUCTION WORK: 10/2017 - 05/2020
DELIVERY: 07/2020
Lead Architect
MAAC
Associated Architect
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Interior Designer
EDGE
Project manager
GASSIM
Year
2018
State

The Hilton Hotel Bahir Dar is located on a privileged site, on the edge of Lake Tana, on the banks of the Blue Nile. The building hosts 200 rooms and a programmatic hotel, event and catering offer worthy of the best criteria of the hotel chain, has used its geometry to take advantage of the extraordinary environmental context in which it is located. The "L" shaped building redefines the landscaped area of ​​the banks of the Blue Nile to make it the natural extension of the great River. The exterior facade of the building structures takes on a more urban spirit, marked by a scouring module of solar protection and visual balconies which gives a kinetic rhythm to the facade on the city side.

On the bank of the Blue Nile, on the interior facade, everything in the project is designed to cancel the border between the common spaces and the landscape, to give the feeling that the landscape enters the hotel and that the Hotel is the landscape, punctuated by 9 Bungalows at the entrance to the river. Pedestrian traffic crosses the diverse activity platforms and gradually descends towards the river, ending in a magnificent viewpoint.