{ Hotel project } 2012

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INTRODUCTION SITE SURVAY INITIAL CONCEPT DESIGN PROCESS | | HOTEL for DREAM ROOMS

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INTRODUCTION

A UNKNOWN JOURNEY THE HOTEL LEAD YOU INTO MYSTERIOUS. Hotel, a place for sleeping, is a environment that privdes traveler the temporary residence, likes a dream that happend in a short period but comfort people's desire. 95% of human daily activity is subconscious, only 5% is conscious. However, subconscious is a mystery invariably.

The aim of the project is to creat a architecture that to be seen likes a puzzle from exterior world, and a various atmosphere interior space that reflect human's desire deeply.

S I T E S U R VAY

Activities that happen in Soho area.

SOHO

A mall multicultural ar ea o f ce n tra l Lo n d o n Soho, Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry, which is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. It now is predominantly a fashionable district of upmarket restaurants and media offices, with only a small remnant of sex industry venues.

NIGHT LIFE Large amount of bars, pubs and clubs, and people are out on the street at all hours of the night.

GAY DISTRICT Being the center of London’s gay district (centered around Old Compton Street)

FILM INDUSTRY Golden Square is home to a lot of media companies.

ADULT Red light district (various adult shops and strip clubs are sprinkled around the whole area).

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LOCATION OF BUILDING The site is a polygon shape that located in north of Soho, situated at south of oxford street and east of Wardour street.

It is beside the Oxford streeet at north of soho area where is the busiest shoping zone.

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INITIAL CONCEPT

ARCHITECTURE IS AN EXTENSION LIKE BRAIN, HUMAN IS THE TINY SINGAL L I K E PA S S T H R O U G H NEURONS AND TRAVEL INSIDE.

INITIAL CONCEPT

DREAM SUBCONSCIOUS NEURON A small cell as architectural form Dreams are successions of images,

dreams, memories, perceptions etc.

part of the cell near the letters is the

ideas, emotions, and sensations that

There are about 100 billion of them

cell body, which houses the cell nucleus

occur involuntarily in the mind during

& 100 trillion connections between

and most of the organelles. Sometimes

certain stages of sleep. It is also

them. Nerve cells are call "neurons."

it is hard to tell which is extension is the

called unconscious mind that is the

They are like all cells, except that they

axon and which are just branches on

all processes of the mind operates by

come in many sizes and types. Their cell

the cell body.

human brain.

membranes form many small branches,

Human brain is the most complex organ

both around the cell body and at the

in the body that operates our mind and

ends of long extensions of the cell,

body, and the nerves in the brain that

called "axons."

carry information around. Your thoughts,

The diagram on the right shows the

Different types of neurons that occur in brain and spinal cord.

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DESIGN PROCESS

Geometric Studies

Neuron From Putamen Of Lentiform Nucleus

Globus Pallidus Cell

Small Reticular Formation

Double Pyramidal Cell

Large Reticular Formation

Neurons structure Inspired by neurons system, architecture itself can be a form like the neurons. The diagram above shows the different structure development derivatively from natural.

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DESIGN PROCESS

Angular Studies I

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Angular Studies II

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Further Geometric Diagarm

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REPRODUCE

WILT

Law Of Nature N a t u r a l l a w, o r t h e l a w o f n a t u r e , i s a s y s t e m o f l a w w h i c h i s p u r p o r t e d l y d e t e r m i n e d b y n a t u r e , a n d t h u s u n i v e r s a l . C l a s s i c a l l y, n a t u r a l l a w r e f e r s t o t h e u s e o f r e a s o n t o analyze human nature, both social and personal, and deduce binding rules of moral b e h a v i o r.

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DESIGN PROCESS

HOTEL for DREAM

Axonometric

Glass Fencing

Roof Garden Glass Ceiling

Wood Flooring Terrace

Glass Wall Corridor

Ramp To Roof

Lift ( Residential ) Lift ( Hotel )

Mountain-Like installation

HOTEL for Dream

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Unusual Path T h e m a i n e n t r a n c e w o u l d b e l o c a t e d a t w a r d o u r s t, w h i c h i s m o r e p r i v a t e a n d s e c r e t.

M o r e o v e r, h o t e l g u e s t s h a v e t o g o t h r o u g h a l o n g p a t h f r o m t h e g r o u n d f l o o r t o r e c e t p t i o n w h i c h i s l o c a t e d a t t o p f l o o r.

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HOTEL for Dream

Material Of Facade

Existing Atrium

Atmosphere

Mystery T h e a t r i u m, s e c r e t, u n e x p l a i n e d a n d u n k n o w n, i s t h e g u e s t s ' f i r s t i m p r e s s i o n s c r e a t i n g a d r a m a t i c a t m o s p h e r e t o m a k e t h e m a u n e x p e c t e d f e e l w h e n t h e y p a s s t h r o u g h i n t h e b e g i n n i n g j o u r n e y.

Proposed

HOTEL for Dream

Model (1:100)

HOTEL for Dream

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6/Residential Entrance

4/Loading Area 7/Hotel office

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2/Swimming Pool

3/Gym

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Hotel 1/One Bedroom

2/Two Bedroom

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4/High Tables(Chill out area)

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Hotel (Top level of Rooms)

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FLOATING ROOM

DAYDREAM , A VISIONARY FANTASY , HAPPY & PLEASANT THOUGHTS

ANOTHER WAY TO EASE THE BOREDOM OF YOUR ROUTINE TASKS Many people have described floating in dreams. Unlike flying dreams, where you can often control the direction and height of your flight above the dream landscape, you often have minimal control in floating dreams.

Floating Room

Holey Facade

Transparent Flooring

Transparent stair

Shower bath

Turf Flooring

FLOATING IN DREAMS Transpareant flooring creats the feeling that Guests experience the sensation of floating in dreams.

Floating Room

Typical 2-bed hotel room

Level 2

Level 3

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