For the new art’otel Cologne, Park Plaza Hotels worked with the Korean-born artist SEO to create a truly unique hotel experience. SEO, a former master class student of Georg Baselitz (of whom original works are on display at art’otel berlin mitte), has created bespoke large-scale paintings mainly consisting of coloured rice paper torn into strips, which she then used to create dramatic picturesque collages. The largest artwork is on display in the restaurant and is 12 metres wide.

The new build art’otel Cologne is located in a prime position on the banks of the River Rhine, within walking distance of the city centre, and provides captivating and fabulous views of the harbour. It offers 218 guestrooms from superior to junior suites, each fully air conditioned and features flat screen televisions with interactive channels, mini bar, telephone, laptop safe and en-suite bath or shower rooms with brightly colour painted glass windows that each replicate prestigious works from SEO.

Most of the hotel’s windows are light pink, blue and yellow colour compositions and are in stark contrast with the hotel’s concrete interior walls. With the constantly changing daylight, the hotel’s mood and atmosphere change from shimmering to poetic.

Chino Latino, the  Pan-Asian restaurant & Latin bar concept, offers a distinctive menu that draws upon the delicate flavours of China, South East Asia and modern Japan. 

All 218 rooms are equipped with water-saving technology, enabling the showers at art’otel cologne to be superior in terms of water usage without compromising water pressure and quality, despite using 50 percent less water than the baths of other hotels.

Intelligent processes control the operation of ventilation and cooling systems. They ensure that energy is used only when actual usage takes place. Monitoring of lighting for general areas such as entrance hallways and corridors leads to additional savings in energy. In the selection of lighting, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly fluorescent lamps and energy-saving bulbs and LEDs have been used exclusively throughout the hotel.

Additional art'otels in London and Amsterdam are also currently under development.

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