HOTEL CYCAS
Entry Cycas Hotel
Year: 2018
Rotterdam is a city who is energetic, it is always in motion, a city where the skyline is constantly changing. A place with a lot of diversity, there is room for everyone, experimentation is embraced in Rotterdam.
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Do you ever feel like the city is to hectic and you just want to go away to rest and gain energy, vanish to another world?
The Westelijk Handelsterrein, a monumental warehouse is transformed in a place where you can discover the mysteries of the beautiful part of the earth, an oasis. A place where everyone can rest and have a break. Where you can gain energy, a getaway before entering the busy streets of Rotterdam.
The beautiful characteristics of the oasis are spread into the WHT. The interior has a gradient distribution. It already starts when entering the hotel outside. The entrance still has an influence from the city but when you go deeper in the hotel the more quieter and calmer it gets. The lobby is based on the small villages that are still left in an oasis. It already has a calmer feeling but there are still many sounds and people around.
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The private rooms are divided into the night and day in an oasis. The day rooms are sunny, free and have lovely views. In the night rooms you can relax and look at the stars at night and experience a breezy, warm and still romantic feeling. The most hidden, calm and restful place you can find in the back of the hotel, these are the lounge areas. This hotel is where you can gain all your energy back before entering the busy streets of Rotterdam.
Exploded view revealing plan of building space
Maquette bare fase
Details of plan for architectural elements inside
Texture and shape test
Maquette
Section drawing day room version
Section drawing night room version