1. Which building typology you are researching?
The type of building typology that
I will be researching this semester will be a Full Service Hotel. A Full
Service Hotel is a Hotel that contains a full service accommodation, in
addition the hotel can also contain a restaurant. As well in a full service
hotel there can be a variety of amenities such as swimming pools, gym, children
activities, saunas and tanning butler etc.
2. Why are you researching this building typology?
The reason why I would like to
research a Full Service Hotel building typology is because as we study the site
of Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York we noticed that there where no Hotel’s near
by our given Sites. Most of the Hotels are located in downtown Manhattan. And after the hurricane Sandy affecting Red
Hook really bad its now going to start to progress and more people will be
visiting the Red Hook area and a great facility that should be built around the
area should be a Hotel. So that people that visit the site if they wish to stay
a couple of days around the area they can have a place to stay at the Hotel. Therefore,
that is one of the main reasons why I believe that designing a Hotel located in
the Red Hook area will be a successful building typology to design.
3. What is the specialty of this building type you would
like to research i.e. museum for dance, school for digital media…
The specialty that I would be
providing in designing a Full Service Hotel in Red Hook is that it will be a
place that will have a little bit of everything that will have my customers of
all ages be encourage to want to stay in the Hotel. As well I would like to
have my Hotel be handicapped accessible.
1. What are the examples that you will be researching… list
the examples, location and architect (10 examples)
1. Westin – Full
Service Luxury Hotel near Washington DC,
Location
171 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
Location
Paasitorni, finland
Archiect: Juha Sundqvist
3. Hotel Avasa
Location
Madhapur, Hderabad, India
Architect: B. Nanda Kumar, Ankita Gupta, B.H Ravi Shankar,
B. Naveen Reddy
4. Dallas Convention Center Hotel
Location: Dallas,
United States
5. Sarovar
Hotels
Location: India
6. Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Location: Brickell Miami,
Florida
7. W Hotel
Location: Downtown, New York
8. The James New York
Location: 27 Grand St, New
York, 10013
Architect: ODA Architecture and Perkins Eastman
9. The Nolitan Hotel
Location: 30
Kenmare St, New York, NY 10012
10. Hilton New York Hotel
Location : Rockerfeller Center
and sixth Avenue and 53rd Street
5. What are you goals for working with this building type?
My goal for working with this
building is that I would want people to enjoy their stay at the hotel. And by
achieving that goal I want to provide the people a place where they can
experience a little bit of everything that the hotel will offer. For example
the hotel will have a full service that will provide a swimming pool, saunas,
tanning butler and a gym to do exercise while staying at the hotel. As well it
will have a variety of children activities. In addition it will have
restaurant/cafe, provided to the customers that stay in the Hotel.
6. What are the program elements that you see included at
this point in your building? (may evolve once more research is done)
The programs that I will include in
my building typology facility as of now are the following Lobby, Customer
Service, Check-In Area, Restrooms, Gym, Swimming Pool Area, Tanning Area, Sauna
Area, Game room, Laundry Room, Mechanical Room, Restaurant/Café, Kitchen,
Storage, Loading dock, Rooms Occupancy (Single, Double, and Suite).
Hello Cindy,
ReplyDeleteGood job so far. I have though a couple of concerns:
In regards to your 10 first building references I would try to be more selective. Why these buildings? It could be helpful to write down why you chose each of them. The selection of your precedents should be a deeply thoughtful process. They are after all a source of inspiration for you or maybe rejection. In any case you chose them for some reason. I am not convinced that all of your examples have a straightforward interest so you may need to make that more explicit with a text.
These buildings should present interest in regards to aspects like their architectural quality, their innovation and uniqueness on materiality / structure / concept / programmatic manifesto, design, neatness of interior detailing etc. The architect, the location, the age of the selected buildings could also be driving factors for you to chose them.
Also, in a few of those you haven’t mentioned the name of the architect/s. Please do so.
The building typology you have chosen is challenging and I think that you should shape a more rigorous argument of why you chose it and relate it to your site and the city.
ReplyDeleteWhat is your programmatic manifesto?
The functions you are mentioning so far seem complete but follows the path of any conventional building of this kind. Be rigorous about your program. Think what difference will your hotel offer in New York city. What is unique about your proposal?