SOSSUSVLEI LODGE IN NAMIBIA

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If you want to getaway for that dreamed African experience, you have to start thinking of Sossusvlei Desert Lodge in the middle of Namib Desert in Namibia. The exclusive ground level structures was designed by Fox Browne Creative in partnership with Architect Jack Alexander, as an initiative of andBeyond, the lodge offers a unique African hotel experience as the project’s brief entailed the clever repurposing of an existing building from the 1990s to create a contemporary yet timeless architecture, while staying appropriate to the incredible natural landscape.

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Designer Fox Browne and Jack Alexander’s concept was to embrace the natural topography and colors of the desert through exclusive architectural gestures that are sensitive to the landscape with a series of geometric lines that are made from glass, rock and steel, in line with the organic curves and natural forms of the surrounding hills and sand dunes.

Following the intent of the design team to create exclusive experience for the visitor, the structures were designed in line with the natural setting to minimize human impact on the sensitive environment as the intended purpose were achieved through the intentional repurposing of the original 1990s buildings by crafting a contemporary, and befitting series of spaces accommodating the natural materials and a sense of desert-inspired luxury.

To ensure the lodge is totally self-sustained, the design team clad the roof in PV panels which allows the buildings to harvest the harsh temperature of the natural environment that is used to create enough energy through the sun for the exclusive resort. Then the power generated is used to power a series of environmentally responsive air-condition and water recycling systems to ensure that the resorthas a positive impacts on the environment that inspired its design.

According to Debra Fox, the principal owner of Fox Browne Creative. ‘We are immensely proud of what we have accomplished as a team providing a luxurious guest experience while minimizing the impact on the extremely, sensitive and natural environment.’