In my Private vs. Public analysis I learn that most of the first floor (90%) is public, but when it come to offices, food preparation or bathrooms (10%), and as it goes up, were the guess room are, it becomes more private . When it comes to natural lighting, it was a really important factor for some of this building. Adding a mesh or a pattern on the facade to control how much light goes in into the spaces.
40 Room Boutique Hotel, had not been built yet so it doesn't have an specific address in Malta. Assuming this building is facing south, in a shore in Valletta, Malta the sun comes from east to west.
Dream Downtown Hotel is oriented to the south-east of downtown Manhattan. The part of the building that is located at 16 st benefits the most from the sun light, so to allow the north side to receive natural light as well, they made it shorter and with an opening in between so the room in the middle will also receive light as well.
The Hotel Americano also located in downtown Manhattan doesn't receive much light from the sun sin the back of the building is the one facing south and the front that is facing north has a mesh in the facade.
This way the least amount of light goes in to the bedroom.
The TCH Boutique Hotel, since we don't have an specific address, we can assume that the building is oriented north-west from the light in the picture that has been provided. Just like the Hotel Americano this building not only have big windows but it also have a pattern perforated in its wall, but this time is for more light into the building.
The Urban Hotel, is oriented in an angle so its frond can grab as much light as possible through its little windows that are place throughout all the building.
This is great. But can you also say what was the conclusion. Did you learn anything that would be applied to your own design?
ReplyDeleteYour diagrams, Yerina, are very nice and clear. I only wish that their enlarged versions were a bit larger and thus little easier to read.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Sun light, if you want to understand it then you need to start thinking about how this works with a space or a building at a particular location throughout the day and the year. Shading must also be studied with light. It seems that in at least two of your above examples (Dream Downtown & TCH hotels) this was something that was carefully considered by the designers.
Regarding Public v. Private (check spelling on the boards), sometimes it could be useful to think about the reasons behind the decision to organize a building in a particular manner.
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Phanos
Hi,
DeleteUnfortunately, I can't make the image larger. However, clicking on them it would open in full screen.
Thank you for your constructive suggestions, it helped me realized some mistakes that I had.
Hi Yerina
ReplyDeleteI'm not really understanding the lighting diagrams, it would be useful to see the orientation of these building, where is the sunlight coming from, what facades are north facing, has this do you think influenced the layouts?