As our hotel room designs have now been concluded, it was time to move onto the rest of the project. We were given the original site plans, which we then went to survey and record for our own records and to aid in the next steps of the project.
Once this information was collected, we were tasked with finding ways to arrange and integrate our floorplans as repeat modules within the existing site. Being sensitive to the site and the regulations, there were some elements, such as the lifts, structural support columns and fire exits/staircases which couldn’t be removed for practical reasons. This meant that we had to work around these existing features, making it more tricky. The site in itself is already of an irregular shape as it is quite jagged and disproportionate, making this a real challenge. Another difficulty I have encountered is placing my floorplan within the site. My design is quite different in shape and isn’t your standard rectangular shape, making it difficult to integrate. My design also integrates a large window seat with floor to ceiling windows in addition to a terrace, meaning that each room must have access to some sort of view.
To test out this theory, I decide to print these floorplans at 1:200 scale and play with different arrangements by hand. Below are the examples of the theories i tested out.
I also zoned out the 4th and 5th floor plans to strategically plan for public/private spaces within my design. My idea was to have the 4th floor as the public space with the 5th floor as the private space which is where the hotel suites will be located.
