Historic preservation is a unique design endeavor. It calls for strategic planning and coordination. The Station Hotel was no different. The importance of its original site history, The City Hall Subway Station, within the Civic Center in Lower Manhattan, was a legacy. To pay homage to the structure, the goal becomes to preserve the shell and grow upon the unique interior. For the renovation, 100% of the building remains intact while also expanding to create more guest room at the two ends of the platform.
WAITING AREA
ENTRANCE The original oak staircase is restored and a visually strong feature, encouraging guests to use the stairs instead
HISTORY
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Mezzanine
Platform
The City Hall Subway was a show piece of New York subway system and the turning loop for local trains from uptown. The expansion of the subway system required the stations to be lengthened to accommodate longer trains. The City Hall Station, due to its architecture and its tight curve, was impractical for lengthening. The new longer trains had center doors on each car, and it was dangerous to open them at this station. It was decided to abandon in favor of the nearby Brooklyn Bridge station, and so City Hall was closed to passenger service on December 31, 1945. The street entrances were sealed and the skylights covered over.
1. RECEPTION 2. WAITING AREA
Lower Manhattan is a prime location for tourists. It exemplifies a community rooted in its history while celebrating contemporary attitude. Since the City Hall station is one of a landmark to this area, this is an appropriate facility to renovate to secondary use as a boutique hotel.
3. RESTAURANT 4. REST ROOM (F) 5. REST ROOM (M) 6. SOUVENIR STORE 7. BEAUTY SALON TWO SIDE - GUEST ROOM (30)
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SITE FEATURES Unique interior [Romanesque Revival Architecture, Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tile work and brass chandeliers
OPPORTUNITIES Guest room feature stain glass ceiling Old train acts like horizontal elevator taking guest into their room Old structure is the public facilities Mezzanine is the reception Beauty salon, restaurant and souvenir store located in the old platform Expansion on 2 sides features 30 guest rooms
The lobby from the mezzanine level connects to the rest of the hotel in an open triple-height space. The expansion is located on two sides of the existing train platform with fire stairs at both ends. RECEPTION
BEAUTY SALON
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Solar/wind sculpture
Cooling tower generating air
In-floor radiant heating
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Solar and wind sculpture create power for the hotel along with thermal energy getting from the earth. Since the site is located underground, the heat maintain at 65 degree Fahrenheit, the challenge is keeping the temperature but still circulate enough fresh air in the hotel. The solution is to
use cooling tower at 2 end of the tunnel to generating air and keeping the temperature at desirable temperature. The in-floor radiant heating is used to keep the space warm and eliminate heat loss through the high ceiling.
Since there is not much difference between the water getting in to take shower and getting out, the idea is to run the outgoing water through the recovery tank to heat
up the coil which connect to the boiler heating up the in-going water. After that, the outgoing water is used for flushing toilet or irrigating the park.
GUEST ROOM FURNITURE
GUEST ROOM FLOOR PLAN
BATHROOM ELEVATION
GUEST ROOM