SalinaSea

The project is a hotel building classified as a 5 start Apartment-Hotel and is located in the town of Santa Maria in the Island of Sal, Cape Verde. It's located in St. Maria's Tourism Development Area.

More concretely, the plot presents a very privileged site as it is positioned within the first line of hotels, adjacent to the south facing part of the beach, in the west of St. Maria. This front is mostly fully built-up, and the hotel we plan to build will occupy a void between two other existing hotel units, the Hotel Morabeza and the Hotel Oasis Belorizonte.

General description

SalinaSea is positioned in a section of the plot with an area of 17.500 square meters. It consists of 259 accommodation units with a 5 star rating. Site contours vary by only 0.2m. It is, therefore, a plot that can be considered level.

It's worth mentioning that in the area of intervention there are no buildings or other structures as it is an empty plot of land.

The block is in the shape of an E laying horizontally and facing the sea – ensuring that the great majority of rooms enjoy good solar orientation and panoramic views towards the south. In the future, rooms facing north will enjoy views over the Avenue (“Alameda”) and the colourful life it will generate. SalinaSea comprises a building with three wings perpendicular to the water line, two storeys high, which, in common with the other hotels in the first tourist line, is elevated from the ground to avoid any problems arising from the minimal distance between the ground and the water table. The central wing is 0,70m higher than the two lateral ones, allowing the introduction of a dedicated service area at raised ground level which supports this wing's restaurants and apartments.

The area between the lateral wings will have a large swimming pool, a pool for children as well as leisure areas around large shallow water zones with excellent views and a flowing dynamic relationship with the beach that adjoins it.

Functional organisation

SalinaSea comprises 259 accommodation units with 56 one bedroom, and 203 studio apartments.

The building is characterised by its 3 individual wings at right angles with the water line, wing A at the centre, B to the East and C to the West, joined on the North creating a single unit with façade parallel to the street which gives access to the hotel.

This façade is set back relative to Hotel Oasis Belorizonte (to the West) to create an approach zone appropriate to its status. This area is covered by a canopy with a considerable span that allows comfortable access to SalinaSea sheltered from sun and rain.

Ground Level

At ground level are the entrance atrium, reception/porter and back-office, leisure and reading areas, areas for art exhibitions, panoramic restaurant comprising both a covered area and an open air area, a bar, shops, separate public toilet facilities for both sexes as well as for disabled users and direct access to the outside. 14 apartments with exclusive access from the outside are planned at this level. The open air swimming pools are also located at this level. Two service lifts are also planned to link the half basement level to the other levels.

Level 1

At this level we have only service areas and apartments, three of which will include a large jacuzzi spa on their terraces.

Half Basement

All service areas are grouped at this level: kitchen, dining rooms, separate toilets and changinf rooms for both sexes for use by the staff, maintenance workshop, laundry room, recycling bins, rubbish bins, technical areas as well as 2 water tanks for mains water with sufficient capacity to provide temporarily for service needs if normal water supply should fail and another one for fire brigade use.

Access to the roof is made by means of an open air service stair next to the main façade.

32 open-air car parking spaces have been planned for, as well as 3 parking spaces for tourist buses.

Disabled access

Some of the measures taken to support users with physical disabilities are:

• Wheelchair accessible public lifts;
• 2 wheelchair accessible one bedroom apartments at level 0;
• Public toilet facilities (1 for each sex) at level 0;
• 2 parking spaces for wheelchair users.

Fire Risk

SalinaSea project abides strictly by the requirements of current fire safety legislation regulating the building, fitting-out and operation of the hotel industry.