Final Panel

final images

Level 2 Perspective

East Elevation

 First Floor Plan

Exterior Perspective

Typical Floors 2-4

Logo

Reception

Roof Deck Perspective

Roof Plan

 Fourth Floor Plan

Section

Section

North Elevation

Entry to staff area

Toilet Pod

Toilet Pod without door

Toilet Pod Open

Toilet Pod Closed

West Elevation

Reception Night

Toilet Pod opening

Sleeping Pod opening

Toilet Block

At this stage I have almost finished modeling and am starting to get into the presentation side of things. I have started experimenting with animation, and realised that it is quite a lengthy process to render, however, I think a few short clips like this will be invaluable to my preserntation and getting an insight into how my building works. 

Pod render

This week I have spent a lot of time working on my pod design. Here is an animation showing the exterior of the pod. The next step is to take this component into sketchup in order to model the intricate interior as discussed previously.

Virtual chauffeur

Since much of my hotel is already automated, i was thinking of ways to reduce the burden on staff. One idea I had come up with was to create a lighting system in the flooring (most likely LED's) that lead guests to their rooms so the staff can simply man the reception desk. Actually, on the topic of staff, I have not yet made allocations for a staff area. This will be somewhere where the hotel will store goods, cleaning facilities and a break area. The most proficient place to have this is on ground floor to the left of reception, an area that would otherwise be an unnecessary hallway.

Virtual Chauffeur

 Staff Space

Accesories

I like the idea of providing accessories at the hotel that guests  may have forgotten or lost while traveling. I have decided to include just the necessities which will be located in the pod drawer upon check-in. These include a water bottle, toothpaste and toothbrush, and a towel. Upon check-in the drawer will also have the pod controoler which i have started modeling, and it will be used to control the alarm, TV and phone in the pod.

The hotel water bottle and toothbrush (and perhaps logo- the human, the parasite and the host)

Initial model and render of the pod remote in phone mode

main menu display for pod remote, will be on the glass touch screen