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Art House: Hotels that are truly pieces of art
Hotels as performance art - for the traveller who wants more than just a fluffy bathrobe.
By Clara Young
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You could play it safe and book yourself at the Hyatt, or you could pay $101 a night and stay in a "vision machine." The vision depends on which room you check into at the Propeller Island City Lodge in Berlin. And, no, breakfast is not included.
The morbidly inclined would love "Gruft," which features coffin beds - singles, of course. Those who have seen The Silence of the Lambs once too often will be naturally attracted to the "Two Lions" suite, furnished with beds in two ornate cages elevated 1 1⁄2 metres off the carpeted floor. The borderline psychopath might ensconce himself in the green leather upholstery of "Padded Cell," while the certifiably unstable might be biased toward "Flying Bed," with its sharply slanted floor. Designed and built by artist/ musician Lars Stroschen, Propeller Island - the name is taken from a Jules Verne novel - takes the interior-decorating appeal of art far beyond the tasteful confines of lobby walls into the sometimes-inhospitable realm of "living in a work of art." It is part of a newly emerging category of one-star (okay, occasionally two-star) hotels that are ditching comfort and convenience for the experiential.
What does it feel like to go to sleep with the Eiffel Tower sparkling through your window? Or wake up in a glowing, all-orange room? Hotels like the Everland - a groovy '60s-vibe crash pad currently bolted onto the roof of the Palais de Tokyo contemporary arts centre in Paris - and Propeller Island City Lodge fulfill those fantasies; these are art installations that double as B&Bs. Etienne Boulanger's Single Room Hotel, located on a scruffy street corner in Berlin's Skulpturenpark, is constructed out of scaffolding and giant billboards.
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