今年11月，一家令人耳目一新的酒店再毛里求斯的东海岸正式开放。SALT of Palmar是新成立的丽世度假村及酒店集团（LUX* Resorts & Hotels）的第一位成员，该集团的酒店分布在印度洋沿岸国家（毛里求斯、留尼汪岛和马尔代夫）、土耳其以及中国，旨在促进可持续发展，以及与当地社区建立联系。SALT of Palmar酒店位于一栋造型别致的利雅得风格的建筑当中，该建筑由毛里求斯著名建筑师Maurice Giraud设计于2005年，本次则由一贯以用色大胆而著称的艺术家Camille Walala担任室内和室外的再设计。

On 1 November, the doors opened to a new and refreshingly forward-thinking hotel on the east coast of Mauritius. SALT of Palmar is the first in a new family of hotels from LUX* Resorts & Hotels located in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Reunion Island and Maldives) as well as Turkey and China. Conceived to champion sustainability, connect with the local community and introduce culturally curious travellers to the real, unvarnished Mauritius, the first SALT hotel occupies a dramatic, geometric riad-like building first created in 2005 by renowned Mauritian architect Maurice Giraud – now designed inside and out by the always-resplendent artist and colour evangelist Camille Walala.

▼项目概览，overview

Camille和她的团队在去年受邀为LUX* Grand Gaube的Beach Rouge沙滩俱乐部创作了一幅惊人的壁画作品：热情四射的色彩和几何图案与毛里求斯的本土文化高度呼应，这也给Lux集团CEO兼SALT酒店的创始人Paul Jones留下了深刻的印象。因此，在塑造SALT的品牌形象时，Camille毫无争议地成为了设计师的最佳人选。

Camille was invited to take charge of SALT’s interiors following her work at LUX* Grand Gaube last year, when she and her team created a spectacular mural for the resort’s Beach Rouge beach club. The Lux Collective CEO and SALT creator Paul Jones was struck by the affinity between Camille’s passion for colour and pattern, and the importance of colour in Mauritian culture. When it came to developing a design language for the SALT brand, she was the obvious – and only – choice.

▼酒店位于一栋造型别致的利雅得风格的建筑当中，the hotel occupies a dramatic, geometric riad-like building

SALT酒店的设计理念旨在突显其所在场地最本真的一面，同时帮助客人与其周围的环境建立有意义的关联。设计师的任务在于将毛里求斯最显著和最优美的特征融入到室内环境的肌理当中。Camille和她的长期合作伙伴Julia Jomaa自2018年1月便开始探索酒店所在岛屿的自然环境和人造景观，以期为SALT酒店找到最合适的配色方案。最终，设计师在自然色系的基础上加入了其标志性的活泼色调，并将黑白色的条纹元素作为贯穿整个设计的醒目主题。

Given that the entire concept of SALT is rooted in the authentic expression of the destination and helping guests forge a meaningful connection with their surroundings, the most important aspect of Camille’s brief was to draw inspiration from the country itself – to weave strands of a distinctly Mauritian aesthetic into the fabric of the interior. Starting in January 2018, Camille and her long-standing collaborator Julia Jomaa set out to explore the island to find ideas for the SALT colour palette, looking both to the natural landscape and the man-made environment for cues. The resultant palette balances natural hues and Walala’s signature vibrant pop notes, and features a recurrent motif of black and white stripes.

▼庭院鸟瞰，courtyard view