Final Preliminary Proposal

Committee
Designer/Mentor:
To be Assigned by instructor
Consultant:
I contacted Helena Bryan at the W Hotel Worldwide Office in New York to see about getting some typical color selections and room layouts to study and adapt for my project

Building:
The Hotel King
A copy of the drawings is included on the next several pages.

Preliminary Proposal
Client:
The owner of this business is the W Hotels Worldwide, and their corporate office is located in New York. W Hotel currently owns and operates 21 properties in crucial cities worldwide. The W Hotel strives to inspire and indulge its guests with unique experiences. W Hotel is now the fastest growing hotel chain, and offers its guest “ a mix of innovative design, comfort, and cultural influences”.

Taken from the W Hotel Website at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/about/index.html

Spatial Type:
The buildings’ use will be designated for hotel and retail purposes. The reason that I am interested in pursuing these two areas is because I want to pursue a career in hospitality design, and I have not had any experience with a retail space yet. I think that the two spaces would compliment one another in the downtown Baton Rouge area
Focus:
The two focuses I plan on incorporating into my design are LEED Certification and/or Construction Documents.
Building:
The building that I have chosen is the Hotel King. The reason I chose the site is to provide competition with the Hilton Hotel across the street. Another reason that I chose the Hotel King is because it is currently being proposed as a boutique hotel, and the square footage will accommodate the retail and hotel space that I am proposing. There are 7 floors and the roof is accessible. The hotel also has incredible views of the river and the rooftop terrace at the Shaw Center.
Scope of the Project:
The scope of the project will include the appropriate drawings of the hotel and retail spaces. There will be room typicals that are developed for the hotel space depending on the type of room and square footage requirement. As part of LEED Certification, I would like to develop a rooftop terrace or possibly incorporate smaller rooftop spaces into a higher end suite. The design work will include preliminary planning beginning with bubble diagrams and organizing the space according to functions. Some time should also be designated to the research of codes that pertain to retail and hospitality spaces, such as the Life Safety Code.
The drawings include floorplans, furniture plan, reflected ceiling plan, and necessary details for the production of a set of construction documents. Renderings of the typical rooms for the hotel space will be produced in a 3d rendering program, i.e. Sketchup or Dialux. I would also like to see 3-dimensional drawings for a few of the retail spaces and the exterior entrance approach to the hotel.