The detailed planning document for the plot (Estudio de Detalle<\/em>) splits its floor area into two pools: 6,285 m\u00b2 of \u201cother uses\u201d, capped at 100 units, and 5,110 m\u00b2 of \u201ccompatible uses\u201d, where the number of units is not regulated. The proposal rests on that reading, with a caveat set down in writing in the document we delivered: whether hotel use fits within the compatible-uses pool is subject to the interpretation of the competent authority. The planning sheet adds two limits that shape the hotel: ground floor plus one storey, with a maximum height of 7.5 m, and 60% plot coverage.<\/p>\n The first decision was not to fight the topography. The complex rests on five accommodation terraces at +86.20, +89.35, +92.50, +95.65 and +98.80, 3.15 m apart; the pool sits on its own platform at +83.05 and the highest roof is at +101.95. Stepping reduces earthworks, keeps the complex low-rise and lets almost every unit look out over the one below.<\/p>\n On that base the light-footprint approach holds: low volumes, flat green roofs, deep pergolas and through-courtyards for shade and cross ventilation, and a sequence of discovery between lobby, restaurants, spa and rooms, so the hotel reveals itself in stages rather than all at once from the entrance. Circulation cores are grouped rather than repeated on every terrace. The grid stays adjustable, so the layout can shift without redrawing the scheme.<\/p>\n The hotel is built from three unit types, all with a terrace: a tourist-apartment studio of 35.22 m\u00b2 usable (39.45 m\u00b2 gross) and two double rooms of 24.84 and 29.27 m\u00b2 usable. Combined, they produce 204 accommodation units: 104 hotel rooms and 100 tourist apartments. The +95.65 level is the densest, with 58 units.<\/p>\n The mix is not fixed. Two adjoining studios join into a two-bedroom apartment and two doubles make a suite, so an operator can shift the balance between rooms and apartments without touching the structure of the project. Dimensional requirements were checked against Decree 47\/2004 on hotel establishments and Decree 194\/2010 on tourist apartments, the two decrees that set what may be called a room and what may be called an apartment.<\/p>\n The materials palette is restrained and timeless: local ostionera stone, lime, whitewash, treated timber, handcrafted ceramics and aluminium joinery in earthy tones. The interior design takes its cues from the Andalusian cortijo<\/em>, the vernacular architecture of the Campo de Gibraltar and contemporary tailoring, for a discreet luxury tied to the Atlantic-Mediterranean climate of the Strait. Nothing that shouts; everything built to last.<\/p>\n The feasibility study closes at 13,082 m\u00b2 of gross floor area: 9,275 m\u00b2 of accommodation (71%) and 3,807 m\u00b2 of common areas (29%), covering reception, restaurant, gym, pool, wellness, administration and storage. Of that, 11,348 m\u00b2 counts towards the 11,395 m\u00b2 maximum floor area. That is 99.6% of the permitted area, with 47 m\u00b2 to spare: fine-tuned, not rounded off.<\/p>\n The work ran from June to October 2025: massing studies on 2 September, terrace layouts, a 3D model exported on 8 and 11 September, and five dated versions of the presentation up to 1 October. The project remains at concept stage: no College of Architects approval (visado<\/em>), no permit and no construction. What exists is a layout tested against the planning rules, which is what a feasibility study is expected to deliver before deciding whether the development goes ahead.<\/p>\n Alongside its residential work, Klic Arquitectos designs hospitality, retail and public-facility spaces. Take a look, for example, at the Kids Club at Hotel Puente Romano<\/a> in Marbella, along with other studio projects on the Costa del Sol and in southern Spain. Are you considering a hotel project at Alcaidesa, Sotogrande or elsewhere in the Campo de Gibraltar? Contact Klic Arquitectos<\/a>.<\/p>\nA boutique hotel at Alcaidesa, stepped down the slope<\/h2>\n
Module, mix and materials<\/h2>\n
Where the project stands<\/h2>\n
Gallery<\/h2>\n
![\"Hotel](\"https:\/\/www.klicarquitectos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-05-at-21.19.08-1-1.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\nProject data<\/h2>\n
\n
Other hotel projects<\/h2>\n