the origins by re-centering the focus
around the idea of sleeping well, waking
up well, and the well-being of the
person in general.
AW², the international architecture
and interior design agency led by
associate architects Reda Amalou and
Stéphane Ledoux, have designed this
room, which was originally conceived by
DELPORTE Hospitality.
La Chambre ORIGINE, the
energy-efficient, bio-
resourced and thoroughly
revitalizing room.
La Chambre ORIGINE rests on the
fundamental idea that a sustainable,
bio-resourced, and revitalizing room
is, above all, a place of well-being.
The hotel client is at the heart of the
question: how can a hotel room commit
to sustainable development and deliver
a naturality in the experience so that
the client will be fully satisfied by his
room and even come back to spend
more nights in the future? The client
has to be in total coherence with the
environment surrounding him. It is
important to respect the place, the
region, for him to live out the best
experience possible. This is why it’s best
to draw from the resources available to
the hotel’s environment to develop the
room: light, local materials, wind, local
expertise…
La Chambre ORIGINE operates in
almost entire autonomy according to
the sites where it is found by welcoming
all sources of economic consumption
of electricity and water such as
through photovoltaic panels or natural
ventilation.
La Chambre ORIGINE, a multi-
functional room
La Chambre is the principal element,
the ‘raison d’être’ of the hotel. The
room must satisfy a wide variety of
clients who bring with them a wide
variety of habits. The room must
anticipate a multifunctional usage that
allows clients both on vacation and
business to evolve comfortably in a
room of human dimension with the help
of furniture that allows for a versatility
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of functions and spaces. For instance,
imagine a surface that can transform
into a desk, a vanity table, or even a
dining table. Each space in the room,
once organized, thus generates value
and wins the client’s loyalty.
Above all, clients of hotels are men and
women who live according to a rhythm
in nature. The room must allow for a
different use according to the hours of
a day. A luminous ambiance can adapt
to the needs of the client.
La Chambre ORIGINE
responds to the vital needs
of the human being!
We are shared in our basic needs.
Given this, hotels must ensure that
clients are able to satisfy their need
to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep. It
is not only common sense; it is of
absolute importance in the world of
hotels. Today, we must return to these
fundamentals, which are too often left
on the side to permit some economies.
Indeed, these choice have important
consequences in the design of the
room.
Whether the client is staying in a hotel
for leisure or for professional reasons,
he must be able to resource himself,
and the more the hotel returns to
nature, the better for the client. The
same goes for our everyday lives.
La Chambre ORIGINE was thought
out for the client and more to the
various clients who travel in different
ways and who have varying needs. The
room has as its aim to give meaning to
the environment surrounding the client
and placing the user at the heart of the
hotel experience.
The project is brought you
by Delporte Hospitality
Laurent DELPORTE, an expert in
luxury hotels, designs hotel rooms
and brings his expertise to investors,
hoteliers, and architects. Drawing on
his rich network, he advises hotel agents
in their communication and puts them
in contact according to their needs.
Through his e-magazine ‘Decoding
Luxury Hotels,’ Laurent Delporte has
created a wide community on social
media (65,000 followers) to share his
vision of the hotel industry and his rich
professional meetings.
A graduate of HEC Paris, Laurent
Delporte acquired his knowledge of the
hotel industry through his management
of hotels, followed by his role as
marketing director of Accor Group. He
was Head of Sustainable Development
for SOFITEL.
Today, he organizes numerous events
and round-tables with professionals
in the sector of hotels. He regularly
lectures at HEC Paris, Dauphine, Sup
de Luxe...