Hotel Research

We've been told to begin researching hotels to help us design our very own hotels on the city site, and the site at Waiheke.
These are a few hotels that I've found that are quite interesting.

This is the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. This hotel is quite well known for being one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. The shape of the building is done to mimic the shape of a sail.

This is an example of a capsual hotel. This is the idea of a hotel at it's most basic. Simply somewhere to sleep.

This hotel is the Conrad Hotel in Beijing, China. I like the exterior facade on the hotel, it almost looks like a web has been woven over the top of it.

This is one of my favourite hotels from my research. After reading the text, "The Ultimate City" I really wanted to find out about hotel architecture that could be used in a utopian place, a type of hotel that was sustainable. This is only the concepts of the hotel.

This is designed by the firm, Atkins. The hotel has been designed to fit into the local quarry. Waterfalls, underwater aquariums and green areas are planned to be integrated into the design. 

This is the view of the hotel at night. 

-Shelley



LOCAL RESEARCH:

While walking around the site that we were given, we saw some local hotels around Auckland CBD and went around "sneaking" some information.

This one is situated on Symonds Street, unfortunately we weren't able to go inside and have a look.

The colour contrast of black and marble white gives a cool look to it and with the environment it is in, it makes use of the limited space it has and each balcony is shade for another balcony. 

We quite liked this picture as it shows the relationship between the street, environment and the hotel/apartment itself.

This was a quite interesting placing of the balcony for the different rooms.

 The photos above are apartments around the Vector Arena Area.This was the space between apartments that we thought was interesting. The placing of trees and how each building faces each other and, in contrast, their facade design that will be the thing that attracts their target market.

These photos above are the interior of the Sky city entrance, there are colour similarities and contrasts, different use of materials but most of all, they make use of the space inside to create a spacious welcoming. This is the first impression that travellers and tourists will have of their hotel upon arriving.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH:

Some build new buildings to turn into buildings, some retrofit old castles or old buildings to create a new sense of space and some just find extraordinary places to put their hotels.

This hotel is situated 155m underground mine setting. They make use of the environment around it and shows its industrial history of mining silver, and the beautiful scenery that is around.

This hotel is called "Locanda Rosa Rosae"

This is an ancient converted mill near Treviso dating from 1570. The architect took four years to bring back to life and the most esquistte thing about this hotel is that it has a small water mill running through the bedrooms too.

This hotel is a concept that is supposed to be situated in the United Arab Emirates. This is called the White Hotel that combines the classic Arabic architecture with contemporary design. Steel and concrete will be the main material of this building with facade material that is responsive tot he local climate of Zayed Bay, Adu Dhabi. The whiteness and the illumination from these block parts show a great sense of aesthetic and will be fun to play around with if combined in our designs.

-Yinan