Matrix & Bubble diagram

Matrix

Bubble Diagram

Program

Circulation & Uses

Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria /Ateliers Jean Nouvel

CIRCULATION

Main Floor Plan

Guest Rooms Floor Plan

USES

Main Floor Plan

Guest Rooms Floor Plan

Nobis Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden / Claesson Koivisto Rune

CIRCULATION

Main Floor Plan

Guest Rooms Floor Plan

USES

Guest Rooms Floor Plan

Hotel Ayre Rosellón, Barcelona, Spain / Wortmann Architects

CIRCULATION

Main Floor Plan

Guest Rooms Floor Plan

USES

Guest Rooms Floor Plan

Geometry & Natural Lighting

Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom,  Vienna, Austria /Ateliers Jean Nouvel 

GEOMETRY 

NATURAL LIGHTING

Nobis Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden / Claesson Koivisto Rune

GEOMETRY 

NATURAL LIGHTING

Hotel Ayre Rosellón, Barcelona, Spain / Wortmann Architects

GEOMETRY 

NATURAL LIGHTING

Symmetry & Hierarchy

Nobis Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden / Claesson Koivisto Rune 

This hotel consists of two buildings, the south building (1886) and the north building (1893), both of them were rebuilt in 2010. In this building the hierarchy between the spaces is very well defined. The public space is opened up all the way to the ceiling to create an interior courtyard and the guestroom's area surrounds it. The floor plans are not symmetrical but they are arranged in an asymmetrical grid.

Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom,  Vienna, Austria /Ateliers Jean Nouvel 

In the diagrams above I used 3 different colors to show the different spaces that define this hotel. Since the most important space are the guest rooms, the architect located them around the core of the building so that every room faces the exterior of the building. Therefore, the less important space such as the service area was left in the center. This building is asymmetrical as well.

Hotel Ayre Rosellón, Barcelona, Spain / Wortmann Architects

HIERARCHY

SYMMETRY

In this hotel, the public area consists of the hotel bar and mall with an atrium in the center. The main floor provides an access to the plaza at the back of the hotel. The guest rooms are located so that they face either the front facade or the back facade to get natural light. The main floor plans are asymmetrical, however the guest room area floor plans are symmetrical as shown above.