The combination of a gourmet hotel and short-term pods for tired restaurant workers in nearby Chinatown creates a labyrinth of varied lighting and acoustic characteristics to suit different needs. All the scattered pods can be adjusted to suit one’s desire to sleep, read, relax or socialise, meaning that activities like cooking, eating and snoozing take place cheek-by-jowl. On the roof terrain, hotel guests can enjoy dense urban environment so close to Piccadilly Circus. For the initial project, a bridge with small glass ‘flowers’ painted by local residents provides an undulating landscape across the NoHo site that glows softly at night.
Left Page Clockwise from left: Lasercut Building Developement Model, Lasercut Building Developement Model Close Ups
Right Page Clockwise from top: Detailed Plan showing a cluster of Sleeping Pods, Material test of White Reflective Concrete, Overall Perspective View
Left Page Clockwise from top-left : Rooftop Playground , Rooftop Overall Render, Detailed Section showing close proximity of activities, Long section Right Page : Ground Floor Plan
A series of light tests has been done through physical modelling. This informed the design of the sleeping pods concerning the colour, reflection and diffusion of light. Material tests have also been carried out to investigate on the reflectivity and permeability of light for concretes of different mixtures and designs, for example of different perforation sizes and angles. This allowed the use of different concrete at different parts of the building to achieve desirable light conditions, from darker spaces for sleeping to lighter spaces for cooking Left Page Clockwise from left: A Sleeping Pod at 12.00, A Sleeping Pod at 18.00, A Sleeping Pod at 24.00, Light tests for Sleeping Pods Right Page: A Sleeping Pod
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