The article titled "If wishes where fishes" describes the innovative features of the project such as the aquarium between two rooms, the interactive semi-transparent wall for communication between the room and the public and the "landscape" for play and sleep.

A bathing-sleeping landscape forms the base for the important functions in the room.

The PLACEBO EFFECTS design hotel concept for Risor Hotel for the 100% Risor competition challenges the conventions of what a hotel room is, how it is used and where the functions in a hotel room are placed.


Ill. Plan drawing of two adjacent rooms.

More information on the project in the news article about the winning project with links to press release and project description.

About FRAME magazine
Launched in December 1997, Frame is an international magazine on interior design that fuses British and American journalism with the aesthetic flair of an Italian publication.