The Park Hyatt Milan recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with the completion of a property-wide renovation, led by local architect Flaviano Capriotti, that impacted its guestrooms, suites, public areas, and restaurants.
Mio Lab cocktail bar and Pellico 3 Milano restaurant were completed in an early phase of the project, while the newly redesigned suites highlight the hotel’s connection to its urban setting and honor traditional Milanese architectural details.
Flaviano Capriotti’s vision for the Park Hyatt Milan suites
“The hotel is nestled within a dense urban fabric with a stunning view of the Galleria,” says Capriotti. “However, the Montenapoleone and Duomo suites, situated on the sixth floor, open onto terraces directly under the sky, in perfect alignment with the city’s rooftops. This view, unique to Milan with its chromatic variations from cerulean gray to amber red, evoked a passage from the Betrothed where Renzo, fleeing Milan, seeks refuge in a rural farmhouse. Waking to head towards Bergamo, he is greeted by the morning light… This passage became the cornerstone of my vision for the suites.”
Thus, Montenapoleone and Duomo were born, embodying Italian elegance while celebrating traditional materials and embracing a timeless palette of soft, neutral hues “with occasional touches of yellow and orange reminiscent of the sky’s hues at dawn and sunset, accented by petrol green—an understated Milanese color—infusing the furnishings,” Capriotti explains.
Anchoring the room’s ethos is the entrance, which features a wooden ceiling that “creates a transitional space between indoors and outdoors,” he adds.
Dark oak floors lead up to pearl-gray silk wallpaper—a nod to Renzo’s heritage as a silk spinner—interwoven with panels of blonde national walnut.
The living area unfolds on one side, with a terrace on the other. The apartment’s rationalist symmetry is subtly disrupted by an area separating the living room from the dining room, which accommodates a double-sided fireplace adorned with a bronze concave side and a marble backrest.
Throughout the suites, a curated selection of paintings and sculptures pay homage to Italian heritage.
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