Taking the form of a hotel which represents the lives of the coquettish muse Alma Mahler and the men she captivated, this project takes its occupants on a journey through the intermingling relations of characters from fin de siècle Viennese high society. Located next to Gustav Mahler’s composing hut on the Attersee Lake, the building weeps into the water in its holding of Alma’s most passionate affairs. The spaces of the hotel are a reflection of its central characters’ lives through their celebrating and encouraging of the drama which went on between them. In parallel with the aim of recreating Alma’s sensuality, the tectonics of the structure and its materiality were inspired by early 1900s doll making techniques which were then applied at an architectural scale.

Above image: Alma’s Erotic Waters Hammam