TUVE has distinctive characteristics, its main materials are wood, stone, and concrete, bringing minimalism to the extreme. Inspired by the Danish fingerprint forensic expert Kim Høltermand's photographs of Lake TUVE, the hotel's cool style struck the hearts of two designers, Pauline and Michael, who had lived in the streets of India and wanted to create a cool hotel. In addition, "Design Collector" has also joined in to participate in interior design, and the hotel has won more than 30 prestigious awards such as Good Design Award and FX Design Award in just over two years of operation.
TUVE is extremely discreet, with no signage on the ground floor, and the entrance cloister wall is made of glass fibre reinforced cement (GRC), with its intricate joints and delicate contours that are only visible in the light from the floor, which at first glance looks like a cellar passage. On the display table opposite the elevator are some valves and pipes, showing the industrial atmosphere.
From here, you will arrive at the reception hall, the guest room passage, and the guest room in order of route. Each area has its own characteristics, and it forms a strong contrast with other spaces, with a strong visual impact, which repeatedly makes the pupils of the guests dilate. This is also one of the characteristics of the hotel, and TUVE pays more attention to the design process. The reception hall is a work of point, the floor is marble, the walls are concrete, the reception desk is also a rectangular stone surface, and the light points on the back panel are reflected on the metal ceiling, the overall atmosphere is very cold, like the cold TUVE Lake in Northern Europe.
The verandah is also eye-catching, contrasting with the reception hall, which is entirely white. Even the door number has been simplified and written in black on the ceiling along the top edge of the door panel. The hotel has a total of 66 rooms, which can be divided into three categories: 17 square meters, 21 square meters and 30 square meters according to different areas, and their decoration styles are slightly different.
The size of the comfort room is 17 square meters, the floor and walls are wooden, the roof is pure white, and there is no concrete primary color exposed. The TUVE units are rectangular in shape, and the washrooms are spaced out in the corners with frosted glass, resembling a huge telephone booth. The floor, walls, sinks, and shelves are all made of marble, and black, white, and gray are all colors, which is cold and generous. Affected by the area, the bathroom area of the comfort room is small, and the movement is slightly inconvenient. The living area is characterful and can best be summed up as "simple", most notably the "table", which is a smart design that combines a desk, a mini bar, a telephone, a kettle, a chair, and more. Usually, the "table box" is folded into a wooden cube, and the projection area is only about 0.5 square meters, which strives for more space for the already simple living room, and the effect is amazing.
The deluxe room and the top room are 21 square meters and 30 square meters respectively, and the decoration effect is more simple than that of the comfort room. The home is relatively similar, but the "table box" is different, and the "cold" style becomes more and more obvious as the size of the house increases. However, aside from the larger size, the non-comfort rooms have no other advantages, and all the rooms do not have bathtubs, which is a bit of a pity.
All design-conscious hotels are flawed to a greater or lesser extent in terms of facilities, features or services, and TUVE is no exception. The central air-conditioning control panel is located next to the wardrobe and is hidden under a metal cover, a "hide-and-seek" behavior that sometimes affects the mood of the occupants. An even more embarrassing example appears in the entrance corridor, where the hotel gate is closed by an iron fence, and you need to use a communication button and microphone to contact the front desk before you can be allowed to check in. Understandably, the designer has lived in noisy areas for a long time, and is obviously very demanding. In addition, hotel receipts and notices are in English, but the front desk is fluent in Mandarin, so please inquire in advance when you check in.
In terms of soft facilities, TUVE is less stable, and its bath products are more changeable, but this situation has improved, and it is now stable to the LE LABO series, and has become its only agent in Hong Kong. Minibar's drinks used to be a TUVE specialty, and the restaurant has provided a free Antipodes range of drinking water, which has greatly satisfied many residents, but the current offerings are mediocre and not all of them are free. Poor sound insulation is a common problem in Hong Kong hotels, but fortunately, there are only 2-3 rooms on each floor, which is not noisy, and Simmons mattresses and duvets can save the dignity of the hotel to some extent, and it is not difficult to sleep in TUVE.
There are no shortcomings in terms of service, and TUVE is satisfactory for Hong Kong hotels to always hire staff with high professional standards and stable employment. As an "industrial" and "cold" type of simple hotel, TUVE is actually good for money, if you like this type very much, you should not miss it. It is worth mentioning that there is a restaurant on the G floor of the hotel, Silver Room, which serves Italian cuisine with Japanese style, and the day after tomorrow restaurant is not far from the hotel, where there is no shortage of restaurants that operate until late at night, and you can enjoy all kinds of food throughout the day.
