Description

In a highly urban and rapidly progressing city such as Metro Cebu, the challenge for a new boutique hotel is to establish its identity while still staying honest to its nature. The 9,375 square meter boutique hotel project will sit on a 988 square meter lot. With 17 storeys, 126 rooms, 2 Grand Ballrooms and a public plaza that will connect to the existing commercial strip on the site, the Grand Galleon Hotel is a four-star boutique hotel designed to cater to Cebu City’s modern crowd of tourists, businessmen and women, and locals. 

The Grand Galleon Hotel is a 4-star boutique Hotel designed to exist in a ‘sea’ of traditional contemporaries located in Cebu. It takes inspiration from the historic trade ships of the same name that spearheaded the country’s endeavors into the global market. Given Cebu’s continuing legacy in socio-economic growth, the team arrived at an architecture that embodies ‘movement’ – a motion in form that echoes the gravitas of a ship sailing in the open waters of the pacific. This hopes to provide a character of sensible luxury to the hotel that touches on contemporary design principles. Earth tones and wooden elements outline the building with organic forms giving guests a warm, and inviting experience.