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Arboris Hotel by Dimitris Potiropoulos Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design
Dimitris Potiropoulos honored for generative, algorithmic, parametric and ai-assisted design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 29, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Arboris Hotel by Dimitris Potiropoulos, designed for Undisclosed, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Arboris Hotel
Perched on the elevated plateau of Zlatibor, amid gently rolling hills, forests, and open expanses, the Arboris Hotel complex is envisioned as a focal point within a layered network of landscape relationships and connections. Its three circular volumes take inspiration from Stopica Cave, where underground limestone basins have been shaped into naturally occurring round formations. This geometry enables continuous panoramic openings in every direction, establishing a renewed dialogue between the built form and its surrounding landscape.
About Dimitris Potiropoulos
Potiropoulos+Partners is the 2015 rebranding of Potiropoulos D+L Architects to include younger partners and reflect the international point of view on the future of the built environment. The practice was originally founded in 1989 by Dimitris Potiropoulos and Liana Nella-Potiropoulou and has established itself as one of Greece’s foremost architectural firms, with studios based in Athens and London. Today its strong team of highly creative and talented architects and designers addresses the world market, providing full services in design, supervision and consulting across the spectrum and in all scales of architecture and urban design.
Award Record
Dimitris Potiropoulos is a winner of 7 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2025 - 2026 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design Award
The A' Generative Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good generative designs from leading creators and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to generative designers, algorithmic design professionals, ai-assisted design experts and parametric designers from all countries. Typical entries include algorithmic artworks, parametric architectures, generative graphics, ai-assisted illustrations, computational sculptures and procedural patterns. The awarded generative designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/generative
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/180089
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180089
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180089
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/222153
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://shorturl.at/QcG5m
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Arboris Hotel
- Function
- Hotel
- Category
- Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design
- Discipline
- Design Strategy
- Industry
- Innovation and Design Industry
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Undisclosed
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dimitris Potiropoulos
- Country
- Greece
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #180089
Credits
- Team
- Architectural Design Potiropoulos+Partners and 3D Visualization Potiropoulos+Partners
- Image Credits
- Architectural Design Potiropoulos+Partners 3D Visualization Potiropoulos+Partners
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The building geometry allows for uniform, panoramic openings in all directions, redefining the relationships between architecture and landscape. The three ring shaped formations develop around a central outdoor core, creating a kind of protected hollow. The circular courtyards function as vertical light wells while simultaneously extending the landscape into the interior of the buildings.
- Inspiration
- On the elevated plateau of Zlatibor, among mildly sloping hills, forests, and open flat areas, the ARBORIS Hotel tourist complex is conceived as a node within a complex network of landscape conditions. The three circular volumes draw their inspiration from Stopica Cave, a system of underground limestone basins formed in natural circular geometries. The rationale of these concave forms served as an influence on the overall scheme geometry, distinct circular units organized around an internal courtyard, shaping a clear spatial character.
- Research
- The narrative is deeply embedded in a continuous process of hiding, revealing, and engaging between the user and nature. Within this interactive and creative approach, architecture functions as a mechanism of integration between modes of inhabitation determined by the landscape, movement patterns and views, constructing a coherent experience deeply connected to its natural surroundings.
- Challenge
- The dialogue between ARBORIS Hotel and the natural landscape of Zlatibor emerges as a primary experiential element, defining the way the complex is conceptualised and takes form.
- Realization and Technology
- The extensive wooded landscape of Zlatibor directly informed the materiality of the project. The timber louvers of the facade imply the rhythm of the surrounding forest while providing solar shading and enhancing the energy performance of the building envelope. Integrated with glazed surfaces, the shading elements reflect the environment, allowing the building volumes to visually transform and acquire an almost landscape quality.
- Operation and Interaction
- Τhe green roofs of the buildings, providing outdoor lounging areas and viewing points, contribute both to the environmental performance of the complex and to the perception of a continuity across the landscape and the built forms. Although distinct in presence, the three buildings are integrated into the plateau s ecosystem, interact with the landscape and emphasize the natural character of the terrain.
- Project Duration and Location
- Design 2025 Location Zlatibor, Serbia
- Specifications
- The surrounding landscape is defined by a large water surface and extensive planting. The lake acts as the primary reference point, offering a calm, natural backdrop to the overall experience, while simultaneously contributing, together with the greenery, to a microclimatic regulation. The hard surfaces of the outdoor areas, composed of natural and recycled materials, allow for water infiltration, have a low energy footprint, long lifespan, and minimal maintenance requirements.
- Keywords
- architecture, hospitality, hotel, Serbia, design
