The Friend House Eco-Hotel
By Hend Seif El Din
Spread over a three hectares wide plot, the Friend House, located in the forest resort zone, next to the Orel riverbank, is a single floor group of buildings with open yards. Built using natural, raw materials, including clay, reed, and wood, the hotel’s furniture and lighting is designed by the project-manufacturing company Ryntovt Design.
The company bases its work on their relationship with nature, with the fundamental concept being ‘a whispering walk on the earth’. They define eco-design as “eco-thought,” “eco-life,” “eco-love”…everything that is united under the umbrella of the “holistic.” In other words, holistic thinking and ethical penitence with regards to the surrounding environment and the world.
Each object is full of spirit, based on the culture of manufacturing, respect to nature, gratitude to the material, which gives them the possibility to implement senses that are vital.
The object, which is the result of the studio’s creativity, is a storage of eco-culture and spirituality.
Striving to intercommunicate with its surrounding environment, the Friend House is home to a beautiful apple tree garden; according to a beautiful local legend, a good farmer should invite guests twice a year, first time during the garden’s blossoming period during spring and a second time on Transfiguration Day, which commemorates apple picking during the summer season.
