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The Key Design Principles for Hotel Interiors
Innovation - Yotel
Context - Niki Club Culture - Park Hotels
People - Boundary
Function - Das Triest
Sustainability - South Place
Principles which inform the creative approach.
Principles which are born out of financial & practical considerations.
Principles which are a response to social concerns.
Innovation - Yotel
Why:Because clients are looking for fresh, inspired ideas, a point of difference and edge. It is a ‘designer’s duty’ to push the boundaries, to enhance and to create.
The client for Yotel had an amazingly innovative idea:
• Boldly going where other hotels can’t; underground, in city centres & airport terminals. • Addressing the reality of flight delays, transfers etc, with a booking system by the hour (4hr minimum).• Capturing the essence of flying, making air travel exciting again.
Innovation - Yotel
Pod based hotel system for short stay occupancy.
How • Designing fully functioning comfortable hotel rooms within compact footprints - 10sqm Premium cabin & 7sqm Standard cabin.
Innovation - Yotel
How • Employing high quality finishes and styling influenced by business class airline cabins.
Innovation - Yotel
How • Nestling cabins over each other in an ingenious, space saving layout.
Innovation - Yotel
How • Creating compact cabins with a commonality of components parts. • Engineering service access from corridors so cabin maintenance is external.
Innovation - Yotel
Context - Niki Club
Why:Because being aware of ‘the landscape’ informs design decisions, whether to achieve synergy or contrast.
The landscape surrounding the Niki Club resort hotel was a major influence to the architecture style:
• A retreat 2 hours away from the bustle of Tokyo.• Nestling in a forest clearing set amongst the dense green mountains of northern Honshu.•14 hectares of woodland, streams, meadows and rice fields and natural hot springs ‘onsen’.
Context - Niki Club
A resort hotel comprising a main building and 42 pavilions.
How • Generating contrast to the environment with a modern, concrete, and glass main building structure.
Context - Niki Club
How • Constructing 42 pavilions in indigenous timber and stone to utiliselocal resources.
Context - Niki Club
How • Mimicking the randomness of the forest with meandering pathways.
Context - Niki Club
How • Creating uncomplicated, free flowing interior layouts.• Designing double height interiors furnished and finished in natural materials, with a natural colour palette inspired by the surroundings.
Context - Niki Club
Culture - Park Hotels
Why:Because being aware of ‘the culture’ of the place informs design decisions, whether to achieve synergy or contrast.
• All the hotels are within India and owned by a pioneering Indian family.• The series of boutique hotels demanded individual but complementary design responses.• Opportunities to explore a culture rich in colour, ritual and history.
Culture - Park Hotels
Interpretation of India’s cultural vibrancy inspired the designs for the Park collection of boutique hotels:
A collection of 7/8 boutique hotels in India.
How • Delhi: Developing cultural narratives for hotel designs in different cities. In Delhi the Vastu Shastra’s 5 primary elements.
Culture - Park Hotels
How • Bangalore: Reflecting the regional diversity of India through design inspired by local art and crafts.
Culture - Park Hotels
How • Kolkata: Creating colour associations inspired by the Chakras.
Culture - Park Hotels
How • Kolkata: Creating colour associations inspired by the Chakras.
Culture - Park Hotels
How • Hyderabad: The history of building vernaculars informing the design.
Culture - Park Hotels
People - Boundary
Why:Because by whom and how the building is to be used informs its function and its personality.
• Multiplicity of different restaurants, offers and different rooms.• Offers appeal to different customers at different times.• International hotel operational standards mix with local knowledge.
People - Boundary
Set in the heart of Shoreditch and adjacent to the city, Boundary attracts both the diverse local community and the global nomad in pursuit of an alternative experience:
A small boutique hotel in the heart of Shoreditch.
How • The vibrant, urban audience and one-off refurbishment is integral to the Boundary brand, creating a unique destination and customer experience.
People - Boundary
How • 3 distinctly different restaurants demanding distinctly different designs and brand approaches.
People - Boundary
How • 3 distinctly different restaurants demanding distinctly different designs and brand approaches.
How • Inspiring 17 distinctly different hotel rooms designed to appeal to different customers.
People - Boundary
How • An eclectic design approach with integration of local arts and crafts along with classic globally recognised pieces.
People - Boundary
Function - Das Triest
Why:Hotel design and service must fulfil function and embrace budget.
• Emphasis on personal service, comfort and efficiency & discretion.• An existing building with modern interventions.• Ongoing refurbishment policy including upgrading of technology.
Function - Das Triest
Close to heart of the city of Vienna, as both a business and a tourist hotel it is essential for Das Triest to operate efficiently at many levels:
A 72 bedroom hotel - 10 minutes from the city centre.
How • Designed with emphasis on comfort; large beds, generous bathrooms, all with double sinks and huge mirrors.
Function - Das Triest
How • Design and specification of FF&E within the parameters of its target market and rating.
Function - Das Triest
How • Cost effective design solutions, i.e. same designs for bathrooms withindividually achieved with choice of loose furniture.• Loose furniture as opposed to built-in enabling easy replacement.
Function - Das Triest
How • Simple and intuitive access, lighting and technology controls.
Function - Das Triest
Sustainability - South Place
Why:Because social and environmental responsibility is essential to business and development.
• Client brief to achieve BREEAM Excellent rating – unusual for a hotel.• A positive influence on the design, construction and management of buildings.• An opportunity to fully integrate ‘green’ technology and initiatives from the outset of the design.
Sustainability - South Place
In the heart of London, South Place Hotel presents a ‘sustainability challenge’ but as a new build, also many sustainability opportunities:
An 80 bedroom hotel close to Moorgate tube.
How TRANSPORTTravel information point • The hotel is located 250m from Moorgate Station and a dedicated space will be provided within the hotel lobby for the provision of an internet connected computer which will allow guests to access live travel information.
Sustainability - South Place
How WATERWater consumption • Where evidence provided demonstrates that the specification includes taps, urinals, WCs and showers that consume less potable water in use than standard specifications for the same type of fittings.6/4l dual flush WC.• All taps (except cleaners and kitchens) to have minimum flow rate of 6l/min.
Sustainability - South Place
How MATERIALSDesigning for robustness Where protection is given to vulnerable parts of the building such as areas exposed to high pedestrian traffic, vehicular and trolley movements.
Sustainability - South Place
How • Full integration of ‘green’ details within the development, such as bird nesting boxes & bicycle racks.
Sustainability - South Place
- a summaryDesign and service excellence combined to ensure and engaging and pleasing customer experience, appropriate to the target audience and context.
The Experience
Innovation - Yotel
Context - Niki Club Culture - Parks Hotels
People - The Boundary
Function - Das Triest
Sustainability - South place