BUBBLE DIAGRAMS

Pod hotels are not popular in New York City. Some people do not like the fact that the rooms are too small and think it is not worth the stay. In order to attract people to the hotel, the ground floor will be open to the public. Everyone will be able to go to the restaurant, bar, lounge, gym and arcade whenever they want. The second, third and forth floor only for those who are staying the night in the hotel. On the second floor, you will be able to check in, go to the cafe, swimming pool, spa, business center and meeting room. The third and forth floor is where all the pods are with a roof terrace.

I noticed the scale was a little off and did not have the right dimensions for the site. I did a quick bubble diagram again with the right dimensions and made some changes. Having the gym next to the lounge did not look too good for me. Therefore, I will leave the existing street going across the site to separate the lounge and gym area. On the second floor I created a sort of floating triangular slab. My intentions is to have the middle façade glass so you can see the slab as if it was floating. On the second floor, you can check in, go to the café, shop, swimming pool, spa, business center and meeting room.  You can also see the restaurant and lounge below from the lobby.  Where the café is, the floor would be glass so you can look straight down into the gym. I am still debating if the pool will be outdoor or indoor. The pod rooms will be on the third and forth floor with a terrace. All the geometries on the plan and section are taken from the final hybrid model.

STUDY MODELS

For the final scaled model, I broke apart the first two hybrid models and combined them. I decided to use the paperclips as circulation and the different geometries to determine program. I would also like to use the geometry the paper forms as a possible facade.

FURNITURE LAYOUT

Based on our program matrix and case studies, we had to determine the square footage of spaces, furniture and furnishings of critical spaces, and room layouts and dimensions.

COLLAGE

Our assignment was to create three 11×17 collage boards to be used as our design concept.  The first collage is our impression of the site we selected.  The second is our interpretation of the word "edge". The last collage is based on the program of our project.

Walking to the Manhattan site on Peck Slip, I was expecting to see the typical congested city streets with lots of commercial buildings. I was wrong, all I saw was construction work and a big empty lot. While standing in front of the site, I started seeing many possibilities it offered and it motivated me to be creative. I tried using pictures that can represent possibilities. For example, the picture with the arrows and the silhouette of the head with the arrows coming out is a way of showing possibilities come in from many directions. The two upper left pictures looking into a space shows that even though the site is dull and empty, it has potential and you can look at the site and think of many ideas. The picture of the iceberg and the flower coming out of concrete is also a way of showing potential and the possibility of something great being created. The last two pictures of the girl with the book and the hand holding earth is a way to express imagination and creativity.

The second collage of my interpretation of the word "edge" is very straight forward. The edge of a mountain, a cliff, shapes, the outline of a petal's edge and the sharp edges of a cactus.

This is my first attempt on the program collage. My intentions were to show how hotels are now a fast growing business and each day they are getting more high tech. The two middle pictures represent business and technology. I also tried to show hospitality and a vacation get away with your family because that is what comes to mind when you think of a hotel. After it was finished, I noticed I was contradicting myself a little because I was combining both business with a family oriented hotel. It does not work well together so I decided to make a fourth collage.

For the final program collage, I decided to stick with a business hotel. The two middle images represents the connection of technology and business. My intentions is to use the pod hotel concept, modify it and use some of the typical hotel programs to attract people. On the top right corner is an image of the pods in the Nine Hours Hotel in Japan. Below that image are materials that I am considering to use. I removed the family oriented programs and added a business center, and a gym. To get a better understanding that I am designing a hotel I added some of the items you would find in a hotel such as, the towels, soups, and shampoos.

WATERFRONT