Nu Hotel

The Nu Hotel project emerged out of informal discussions between Massimo Gao, a Chinese businessman, and Milanese architects Nisi Magnoni and Sabrina Gallini. Their aim was to create an Art Hotel. They envisioned a novel unconventional building, all of whose architectural features, from the room floor plans to the distribution of the common areas, to the choice of materials used, would blend into a single ambiance, made of essence and raw unrefined materials, with the accent on a language in part already known and recognisable from the style of the restaurants owned by the Gao family. The desi...