The hotel project at the entrance of the seaside resort of Cap d’Agde is part of a dynamic of modernization and qualitative enhancement of urban spaces and public and private facilities, renovated or created: roads, a casino, a secondary town hall, a post office, various housing units, a convention and seminar center, commercial brands, a managed senior residence, and a hotel
In tune with this urban upgrading and the renewal of the image of the entrance to Cap d’Agde, with the influence and economic development of the city, the new hotel will contribute to the emergence of the “Heart of the resort”
The footprint of the hotel, its shape and its volume are defined within the global development project of Cœur d’Agde
By strictly respecting these urban prescriptions, the proposed hotel fits naturally into the new urban landscape with curves and organic forms
Integrating alongside the new convention center and the new casino, while asserting its presence and visibility, defines the urban profile of the hotel
Its architectural identity fits elegantly into the surrounding morphological register and architectural language
Widely visible from the surrounding access points, the hotel rises to the north with a shell of slender white vertical blades which ensure its stature and elegance and form an intermediate protection between the road urban space and the landscaped and pedestrian Cœur d’Agde, facing the city, the port, and the sea
As an urban landmark and symbol, behind its delicate vertical blades, this white cocoon reveals and allows to discover a heart that is typically agathois in warm basalt: the body of the hotel
Circular and composed of horizontal strata of concrete in the shade of basalt that forms the soil of the region, as if emanating from telluric forces, the hotel emerges from the earth and from its protective cocoon, opening generously towards the south





