5 Hotel on Main Adaptive Reuse

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HOTEL ON MAIN YEAR 4 / FALL 2017

Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design Professor: Charles Harker

ADAPTIVE REUSE DOWNTOWN / AKRON / OHIO

OVERVIEW

This small adaptive reuse project was intended to be a precursor to the larger project (04) to follow. This project, also in Akron, utalized an existing bank building which was extremely dark and narrow. 26

Inside, the building will house an expansive lobby, bar, and 24 large hotel rooms. The screen facade doubles as a sustainable system for air to filter through the top and bottom, while maintaining the original look and feel of the bank building. On the main level, a glass curtain wall is recessed ten feet to allow adequate room for luggage dropoff and shelter. At night, the light created from the curtain wall spills out onto the street level to create a clear point of entry.