Ca’ di Dio

At the Ca’ di Dio project Patricia Urquiola’s intention was to maintain a strong bond with Venice, both in the design of the public spaces and the rooms. The essence of the city enters all areas, through materials, colors, finishes and inspirations. The palette is sober and soft, made up of shades and transparencies that refer to the reflections of the water, a key recurring theme at Ca ‘di Dio.

In accordance with the local superintendency, the project was based on a total respect of the building’s original structure. The rooms all differ from one another and retrace the original plan of the cells. Hospitality in Ca ‘di Dio is therefore translated into spaces that invite and surround the guests in an intimate dimension, these cozy spaces become an important distinctive feature.

The starting point of Urquiola’s design was to unite two different souls of Ca’ di Dio apparently irreconcilable: on one hand, the rigor of the initial structure, explicitly requested to Jacopo Sansovino at his sixteenth-century intervention, and on the other hand, the refined aspect of the Venetian palaces with an extreme attention to detail that a 5-star hotel requires. The idea is to match the Venice of hidden streets made of old bricks together with the Venice of noble palaces in marble adorned with precious details.