Project name : The ARC

Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Subject : Architectural Design - V

Semester : VI

Brief : India has seen a rapid economic growth in the last decade and it is foreseen that this trend will continue for some time. The need to sustain this growth necessitates the need for providing appropriate infrastructure. The travelling business community plays an important part in this. As such, the need for providing dedicated facilities for the ease of conducting business is the need of the hour. Since the requirement is to cater for the business community, the stay of the guests is expected to be of a short duration. The hotel has to be efficient in its functioning with an aim to be adequate rather than cater to luxury. Nevertheless, the facility should provide enough good experiences for a guest to make him come back and stay again.

Description : ‘The ARC’ is a business hotel designed in Ahmedabad .The site faces the Sabarmati Riverfront and gets the view of the same. The hotel is designed as per the specific needs of the a business clientele which are private rooms, conferernce/discussion/meeing rooms, Banquets with other leisure spaces like green terraces, swimming pools, restaurant, cafe and gym. The name ARC comes from the curved balconies which dominated the entire structure and gives it its character. Every room is provided with a balcony which faces the Sabarmati Riverfront and the city. All the climate considerations have been taken into consideration as per hot amd dry climate of Ahmedabad.The suites are kept at the top floors giving them most privacy, followed by the deluxe rooms and standard rooms below suites respectively. All the common spaces are kept on the floors from ground to third floor. The refuge area is resigned as green terraces wherevr they are to maximise the utilisation of spaces. They can also act as interaction spaces or breathingspaces.The core is places at the centre for easy access to both the sides of rooms.All the rooms are staggered with respect to each other for dynamic facade and mutual shading. The form itself keeps on tapering after change from standard rooms to deluxe to suites.