01Freelance — Promobe

Hotel Precenicco

LocationPrecenicco, Udine, Italy

Year2026

TypeHotel — Design Variants

Design variations, floor plans and visualisation for Promobe

Aerial render of Variant A, the stepped hotel with a timber facade, at sunset from the mountain side

Description

Promobe asked for three design variations for a new hotel at Precenicco, in the province of Udine. For each one I developed the massing, the floor plans and a pair of facade options, then rendered them in the flat Friulian landscape so the three schemes could be compared side by side, in the same light.

Variant A, Stepped Terraces, steps the building down along its length so the upper floors become roof terraces. Variant B, Split and Bridge, breaks the volume into three blocks joined by bridges. Variant C, Foyer & Courtyard, arranges three wings around two courtyards, each paired with a foyer.

HospitalityDesign VariantsMassingFacade OptionsVisualizationFreelance

Street-level render of Variant A, the stepped timber-clad hotel with roof terraces and a glazed ground floor — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · timber facade

Close-up render of Variant B with a perforated metal facade, large windows and a glazed reception at ground floor — Variant B — Split and Bridge · metal facade

Dusk render of Variant B, three timber-clad blocks seen from the access road — Variant B — Split and Bridge · timber facade

Aerial render of Variant A with a metal facade, from the mountain side — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · metal facade

Aerial render of Variant A with a timber facade, seen from the sea side along the access road — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · timber facade, sea side

Massing axonometric of Variant A, the building stepping down along its length — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · massing

Variant A floor plan, ground floor & floor 1, showing the structural grid and stair cores — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · Ground floor & floor 1

Variant A floor plan, floor 2, showing the structural grid and stair cores — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · Floor 2

Variant A floor plan, floor 3, showing the structural grid and stair cores — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · Floor 3

Variant A floor plan, floor 4, showing the structural grid and stair cores — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · Floor 4

Variant A floor plan, floor 5, showing the structural grid and stair cores — Variant A — Stepped Terraces · Floor 5

Aerial render of Variant B, three blocks linked by bridges, with a timber facade, from the mountain side — Variant B — Split and Bridge · timber facade

Aerial render of Variant B with a metal facade, from the mountain side — Variant B — Split and Bridge · metal facade

Aerial render of Variant B with a timber facade, seen from the sea side along the access road — Variant B — Split and Bridge · timber facade, sea side

Massing axonometric of Variant B, three blocks stepping along a line and joined by bridges — Variant B — Split and Bridge · massing

Variant B floor plan, ground floor & floor 1, showing the three blocks, cores and bridges — Variant B — Split and Bridge · Ground floor & floor 1

Variant B floor plan, floor 2 & floor 3, showing the three blocks, cores and bridges — Variant B — Split and Bridge · Floor 2 & floor 3

Variant B floor plan, floor 4, showing the three blocks, cores and bridges — Variant B — Split and Bridge · Floor 4

Variant B floor plan, floor 5, showing the three blocks, cores and bridges — Variant B — Split and Bridge · Floor 5

Aerial render of Variant C, three wings around two courtyards, with a timber facade, from the mountain side — Variant C — Foyer & Courtyard · timber facade

Aerial render of Variant C with a metal facade, from the mountain side — Variant C — Foyer & Courtyard · metal facade

Aerial render of Variant C with a timber facade, seen from the sea side along the access road — Variant C — Foyer & Courtyard · timber facade, sea side

Massing axonometric of Variant C, three wings with two courtyards cut between them — Variant C — Foyer & Courtyard · massing

Variant C floor plan, ground floor to floor 5, showing two courtyards and foyers between three cores — Variant C — Foyer & Courtyard · Ground floor to floor 5

Design Strategy

Three Variants, Two Facades

Every variant was drawn with two cladding options — warm timber and metal — so the client could judge the massing and the material separately instead of together.

The plans share one logic: a long, regular structural grid with three stair and lift cores. What changes between the variants is how the building is cut, stepped or bridged around those cores.