The space provides an experience. Extravagance and fine-tuned surprises

Accor, the world leading hospitality group opened a Mercure hotel in Debrecen, expanding the brand’s portfolio outside Budapest. Located at the heart of the city, Mercure Debrecen is the perfect destination for both business and leisure travelers.

The newly built property will offer 135 stylish and comfortable rooms and 20 apartments located over 4 floors. Guests can enjoy a Winestone restaurant and bar with local cuisine, café and fitness room. Business travelers are able to use 3 conference and meeting rooms for up to 120 people at once.

The main theme of the hotel is the famous Debrecen Flower Carnival, providing the best carnival experience from the moment of check-in to the time of check-out. Guests can expect a high level of service, which is reflected in the building’s appearance and elegance. The architect of Mercure Debrecen is the renowned Hungarian BORD Architectural Studio.

Our concept was to create the hotel as a part of the existing urban fabric, among the existing buildings, in such a way that, taking into account its features, we reconsidered them somewhat. Based on this, it was an important aspect to expand the narrow street into a space, and the benefits of this could be enjoyed not only by hotel guests, but also by passers-by. Accordingly, we created an entrance bay, which also accommodates public traffic areas. In line with this idea, we also found it important to keep the ground floor section transparent – the visitor should not bump into opaque walls, but create spacious, airy, passable spaces: the externals should coexist organically and harmoniously with the internal ones.
In addition to modernity and comfort, the Accor group insists worldwide that local roots are represented in its accommodations. This is most evident in the interior design based on the Debrecen Flower Carnival, which is being held for the 56th time this year. So we can definitely talk about a local tradition. The theme of the carnival is most visible in the design of the rooms and common spaces – it is echoed on the walls and furnishings as well as in the colors used. During this, the local artist Gabriella Nagy dreamed up a flower-themed world in her pictures, which were used to create printed wallpapers that decorate the walls behind the headboards of the rooms. In addition, many other works by her have been placed in public areas, as well as ceramics by other contemporary Hungarian industrial artists.
Gaining experience is a controlled thing, it takes place in space and time. What the guest sees when entering, where we want to drive, what stimuli they receive in the restaurant and what in the cafe area, for example, have been thought out. These accents placed in spaces are not exclusively visual elements. One large-scale, dominant element gives the rain impulse, and as we move through the space, smaller-sized objects also play a role.
As soon as you approach things within arm’s reach or the guest takes a seat, the tactile senses also come to the fore: they are surrounded by materials with different tactile properties. The ubiquitous live and dried plants and flowers are also included in the fragrances. The space offers a multi-sensory experience.
This is most evident in the interior design based on the Debrecen Flower Carnival, which is being held for the 56th time this year. So we can definitely talk about a local tradition. The theme of the carnival is most visible in the design of the rooms and common spaces – it is echoed on the walls and furnishings as well as in the colors used. During this, the local artist Gabriella Nagy dreamed up a flower-themed world in her pictures, which were used to create printed wallpapers that decorate the walls behind the headboards of the rooms. In addition, many other works by her have been placed in public areas, as well as ceramics by other contemporary Hungarian industrial artists.
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