The design of the Gowanus Inn & Yard, a new 76-room hotel in Gowanus, Brooklyn, near Park Slope, was inspired by a subdued 1950s painting of a middle-class American family by San Francisco artist Robert Bechtle. Savvy Studio, an architecture and branding studio based in NYC and Mexico, translated the painting’s muted colors and familiar feel into a design for the hotel that is “authentic, simple, and real,” says studio strategist Pierre-Olivier Carrier: “It is about blending functionality with design, and surprising guests with careful details and unique materials.”
Photography by Coke Bartrina, courtesy of Savvy Studio.
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Savvy Studio led the design with several collaborators, including interior designer Sarita Posada, branding consultant Tristan McAllister, and restaurateur Matt Abramcyk.
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Says Savvy of the design intent, “The objective was to express and showcase the nature of the neighborhood, its history, and dwellers through a design that was functional.”
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Savvy also did the hotel’s branding work: “We wanted a brand that paid homage to the vibrant values and optimism of quintessential Americana.”
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