Selected Projects Urbana Hotel
Urbana Hotel
Rome, IT
Set within the historic Palazzo Costanzi, Hotel Urbana’s
collection invites guests to sleep, gather and wander
amongst living fragments of Rome’s past.
collection invites guests to sleep, gather and wander
amongst living fragments of Rome’s past.
Set within the historic Palazzo Costanzi, Hotel Urbana’s collection invites guests to sleep, gather and wander amongst living fragments of Rome’s past.
Set within the historic Palazzo Costanzi, Hotel Urbana, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriott, occupies an 1870 villino designed by architect Gaetano Koch. Responding to this rich architectural legacy, Artiq curated a collection shaped by Rome’s enduring contrasts: sacred and everyday, public and private, classical and contemporary to create a collection as layered as the city itself
Across the hotel’s public spaces and frescoed suites, the collection brings together artistic practices that explore restoration, memory and material. Photographic works exploring perception and the passage of time sit alongside pieces built from the language of classical fresco, creating moments of surprise within a setting already defined by history.
Rather than treating the past as a backdrop, the collection invites it into the present. Rooted in local artistic practice and the textures of the Eternal City, it creates an experience where history remains active, and the boundaries between past and present are constantly in conversation.
