Mary Roberts Portfolio 2008-2014

Mary Mozelle RobertsPortfolio

Spring 2014

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Asheville / North CarolinaFall 2012

Los Angeles, CAFall 2013

Columbia, SCSpring 2013

Paris / FranceSpring 2012

Individual; Brewery; Studio project

Group of 2; Immigration Detention Center; Studio project

Individual; Quarry In ll; Studio project

Group of 8; Paris Market Lab, Gastronomy School & Restaurant; Studio project / competition

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Paris / FranceSpring 2012

Group of 2; Interactive Sculpture producing energy; Land Art Generator competition

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Private Farm / GeorgiaSpring 2010

Individual; A temple dedicated to the human spirit; undergraduate studio capstone project

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AtlantaFall 2008-Summer 2012

Individual; Multiple Finalists and Placed; competitions; graphic tee designs; freelance

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Tokyo / JapanFall 2009Group of 4 (individual work shown); Boutique Hotel & Spa; undergraduate studio project

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Kshantime; moment; instant; point; twinkle

This areas last epoch was under the cotton mill era, and now with the mills turned into apartments, the community needs a rejuvenation in order to maintain their inclusiveness. However, the reclamation of the quarry is not just for the locals, but for the entire city as well. A re-imagining of what could be built in a spent quarry is what this project seeks to explore. By providing a strong, attention-grabbing, activity-attracting structure, KSHAN weaves its way through the quarry, connecting locals, the city, and visitors alike, to a long lost part of their earth that becomes the center of a regeneration and a new age. The quarry reclamation plan, with KSHAN at its center, focuses the attention on the community, the quarry and the interrelationships between the two. The constant spirals, attention to the intersection of the two axes and the bridging of the communities, literally and physically, constantly remind one of the ever-changing city throughout time. But, the always prevalent attitude of seizing the day and striving to make your life better than it was the day before remains a constant.

columbia has had its share ofcycles: creation, regeneration and evolution; But the surrounding neighborhoods of Granby & Olympia have a large sense of pride and community that have been maintained throughout the ages. Long has the closeness and independence of communities past prevailed in their efforts to remain so, and in so doing, created a close-knit community.

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Axes First moment entire site is visible

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Local Community Reclaiming Quarry

Main Elements

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City Reclaiming Quarry

Bridging the two communities and the quarry by weaving the site back into the community

Multiple Pathways for varying speeds of travel

there are two main spirals withinthis bridge that rise up and down around the central viewpoint on the site. One spiral becomes the larger circulation spiral meant for the general public to traverse, representing the idea of the public once again laying claim to this formally unusable spot in Columbia. The second spiral functionally contains all the necessary mechanics and interior spaces needed for the bridge and represents the hard and compact nature of the local neighborhood. Two spirals simultaneously inhabiting the same space, both needing the other, yet in appearance are two separate objects. Highlighting the main center point is an oblong space in the center, encompassing a viewing area where visitors can climb and view the magnificence of the quarry. The fins on the top serve a structural purpose as well as providing a nice place for greenery to grow and a roof garden to form for visitors to enjoy. The connections to either side of the quarry are three threads of circulation, each representing speeds or travel. The slower meandering, the efficient as a straight shot, and the fast as an athletic pathway.

Kshan weaves its way through the quarry, connecting locals, the city, and visitors alike, to a long lost part of their earth...

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The bridge contains a small restaurant and bar, a rooftop bar, a viewing platform at the bottom and at the top and multiple places of rest and relaxation along the way.

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The quarry, once reclamated, will begin to fill with water, forming a lake around the bridge and adding to the beauty of the site. Where a hot, deep quarry once was, a large cooling lake will form next to Columbia and draw people into the center of this newly-found space.

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Fossil Brewerynaturally brewed

with the loosening of alcoholiclaws and regulations in the southeast, the craft brewery business is beginning to build a stronghold in the southeast. This project seeks to reach out and relate to southerners by educating them about the fairly unclaimed market in the region, which presents a unique freedom to start a business from scratch, resulting in the creation and

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marketing of a quality craft beer.Instead of inhabiting an old box of an abandoned warehouse as many do, this brewery can be as original as the beer thats being produced.

The extensive program was given; It contains a restaurant and kitchen, gift shop, lobby, reception, outdoor area, administration with multiple offices and a brew masters

station, as well as the brewery process, storage and kegging, and mechanical rooms. An option to add a vertical garden and/or use the remainder of the site for crops, is an individual choice. The estimated square footage for the necessary spaces is about 18,000 square feet. The size of production is comparable to a small micro brewery.

This individual project took place over the fall semester in 2012 in Clemson Universitys School of Architecture. It focused mainly on the design process and began to explore comprehensive design, taking into account all the necessary aspects and mechanics of a building, while allowing the individuals style and concept to thrive and grow throughout the semester.

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the site chosen to place thebrewery is an actual future site of New Belgian Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina. It is located just off the interstate, beside the French Broad River, and across from the River Arts District. A future greenway along the river and throughout Asheville is planned to run along both sides of the river at this point, bringing in pedestrians, bikers, and hikers alike. The site is basically a flat brown field, formerly housing stockyards and auction houses for livestock. The studio recognized and chose to ignore that the site is on a floodplain; The future construction of the New Belgian

Brewery will have to add about six feet of earth to rise out of the floodplain. Across the French Broad is the River Arts District which is a thriving community of local artists containing their studios and shops. To its west is a mountainous and residential area. Only 3 miles from downtown Asheville, it is a prime location for a brewery.

Approaching this large site was a challenge. I chose to tame the site, just as brewers tame nature, and gathered information on all the natural forces affecting the site, including wind, water, rain, sunlight, topography, as well as views from and onto the site. I created formulas and calculated all the angles these forces were acting upon, including the impact of gravity and came up with a distance and direction to move from the geometric center point of the site, to the prime natural center point of the site.

Approaching the large site was a challenge...

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Natural Centerpoint; Tower Placement

Site Separation

Average Angle of All Forces

Average Angle Graph & Vertical Geometric Graph

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River Angle on Site & VelocityGeometric Starting Point

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Average Angle & SlopeAverage Angle & Speed

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Average Angle on Site: 124

Move 230.07 @ 124Move 2.13 @ 182.6

Yearly Median Discharge: 1750 ft3/secdivided by Force of Gravity (32.2 ft/sec2)

Average Angle: 182.6

Average Wind Speed: 6.75mphAverage Speed Pecentage: 6.625%6.625% of Gravity Move 5.56 @ 135.27


Average Slope .1727Multiplied by Force of Gravity (32.2 ft/sec2)

Move 13.62 @ 90

Average Angle: 90

Average Percent of Sunny Days: 42.3% 42.3% of Force of Gravity (32.2 ft/sec2)

Move 14.41 @ 51.83


Average Distance of View Points: 463.91Divided by Force of Gravity (32.2 ft/sec2)

Move 16.9 @ 126.4


Average Distance from View Points: 544.03Divided by Force of Gravity (32.2 ft/sec2)

Move 10.85 @ 182.6


Percentage of Days with Precipitation: 33.69%33.69% of Force of Gravity (32.2 ft/sec2)


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delving into the whole brewingprocess, I was really taken with how making alcohol, and even beer itself, could happen by chance in nature. It is only when human interaction and intellect take that chaotic nature and its processes and put formulas, control, and meaning to it that the real craft comes into play. Brew masters take nature and create not only an alcoholic drink classified as beer, but a delicious, carefully conceived and precious product: craft beer. It is that concept that began to drive my project, the meeting of industry and nature and mans hand intervening to create quality work. Tradition is a big part of the south, and in order to pull that sense of tradition into brewing, as well as highlight the whole process, I chose to go with a gravity fed system. Using gravity calls for a tower, so this is where I began my massing concepts.

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by the midpoint in the semesterthe brewery evolved into three parts. An industrial base where experiencing, kegging and storing the beer would take place, a chute containing and featuring the process, and a structural support for the process chute doubles as circulation and a vertical garden for growing hops.

The industrial base is raised on a plinth, much like Crown Hall, wherein the visitor must rise into the bottom of the chute in order to enter the building. The immediate view is a long hallway segregating the base between business and pleasure, but draws the visitor to the back doors which lead out to the tower entrance where the tour of the brewery will begin. Your view is even more narrowed by the surrounding crops the tourist must walk through in order to

get to the tower entrance. The crops align with the mash tun, the machine in which the brew master really begins his craft of brewing.

The brewery evolved into three parts...

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MountainsForrest

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Move 13.62 @ 90

Average Angle: 90


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Move 16.9 @ 126.4



Move 10.85 @ 182.6



< Placing the building on the site, I went back to my analysis and placed the center of the tower on the natural center point, and the angle of the chute and flow of the process aligns with the average angle of all the natural forces affecting the site.


Site Separation




MountainsForrest

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Move 230.07 @ 124Move 2.13 @ 182.6






Move 13.62 @ 90

Average Angle: 90


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Move 16.9 @ 126.4



Move 10.85 @ 182.6



> Spatial layout followedsite analysis as well, with the public side facing the river pulling people and culture in, and the admin and storage towards the mountainous side, pulling nature in.


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circulation within the buildingbegins an intertwining relationship between the visitor and the flow of the beer. Once the visitor steps into the building, their journey begins, the spaces leading them through and around the process as it rises

and falls as well. The craft of the process is showcased to educate, be appreciated and revered, and with the help of the visitors path throughout the buildings and downwards through the chute, this is achieved.

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the tower evolved into a piecemeant to act as a strong force holding the beginning of the process, but also reacting to the significant weight and bracing the process in a delicate structural balance. Within the corten steel skin is the true structure, which mimics the structure of the chute.

The process chute is a jewel case housing the brewing equipment. It is its own structure, a steel sheet punctured and strengthened with flanges in each opening, with each facades sheet welded and fastened together along the edge flanges. It is painted white and encased in a glass wrapper.

The base has a basic rectangular skeleton made of corten steel, matching the corten sheet skin of the tower. The fill of the building is mostly concrete with reclaimed wood for floors in the restaurant and outdoor area.

Its basic structure and form nod to the industry side of the brewing process, where the simplest, straightest path is best utilized by the production process. Besides the conceptual importance, the strength and weight of the chute still affect the base in a slight way, making it bow slightly on either side.

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The process chute is a jewel case housing the brewing equipment.


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the chute wrapper, as well as thecorten skin covering the tower, incorporates two patterns based on beer head bubbles after beer is poured.

The patterns on the glass wrapping are double layered, one pattern on the wrapping itself, gradually fading into nothing, the other pattern on the interior glazing within the perforations of the structure in a gradiating pattern as well. It is functionally used to cover the underside of all the floors, housing the equipment within the chute.

On the tower, the two patterns implemented are in gradiating perforations and indentations on the sheets making up the skin. While rising up the glass elevator in the tower, the occupant gets a gradually clearer and more complete view of the city and the natural environment that surrounds it.

While rising up the glass elevator in the tower, the occupant gets a gradually clearer and more complete view of the city and the natural environment that surrounds it.


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Fossil Brew is the name of this contemporary, yet traditional brewery. It seeks to bring all together to enjoy the craft and care that goes into making fine beer.

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Its basic structure and form nod to the industry side of the brewing process, where the simplest, straightest path is best utilized by the production process.

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this quarter-inch section model features a portion ofthe tower that most-supports the process chute. Its accompanying haiku, below the wall section details to the right, strives to describe its parts and functionality in a conceptual and artistic fashion. The primary structural systems and a basic force diagram are shown opposite below.

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the final presentation was onDecember 5th, 2012. Included were conceptual diagrams of ideas and building mass, site analysis, site plan, plans, elevations, sections, wall section

details, structure diagrams and circulation diagrams.Models included a quarter-inch scaled wall section, a 1/16th scaled building model, a wire-frame circulation diagram model,

a site model at 1/64th scale, a basic midterm model, and a growler and beer bottle with Fossil Brew labels.

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SCAPEnclaveEmbrace. Expand. Enhance.

In order to redefine the processof integrating immigrants into american society, the current 2D in or out process is abandoned. Through gathering data from flight processes, a new 3 dimensional approach will encompass the complexities of immigration identity with a system of careful control to ensure a smooth transition.

Three things were intensely researched that helped morph the project into its final stage. First, the readings of Paul Virilio and his Aesthetics of Disappearance. Secondly, the highly varied enclaves that make up Los Angeles. Lastly, bunkers and their functionality, materiality, as well as their aesthetics and current applications in todays world.

By providing multiple opportunities for reintegration into a past or future identity, our new community will seek to encapsulate and promote those cultural differences that make and mold us into who we become.

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How does one make a buildingdisappear? One does it through mediocrity, anti-iconic concepts, and banality. By blending into the landscape, mimicking local typologies and mirroring the surrounding vernacular, a building can subsequently disappear merely by becoming unnoticeable, or not worthy of ones attention. No one notices the differences of houses in suburbia unless someone paints their door neon orange, or makes their roof out of Tuscan tiles when their house resides in Seattle. The art of disappearing can be more interesting than what meets the eye. This is essentially the job of the military, to disappear from any wandering eye. Bunkers and missile silos are excellent examples of hidden alcoves and protected weaponry, which do not show themselves except in the act of war. Since the deportation of illegal immigrants is an act of protecting the United States, why would the buildings surrounding this action not behave in the same manner?

The deportation of illegals has its issues within itself, however our future concepts of programming and the environment within this center will seek to change the current issues of internal affairs within the building. The way the building behaves in the city or surrounding the airport is the matter at hand. Since, as a whole, this building is a prison-lite, certain precautions need to be maintained in order to keep the population inside the structure from emerging out, as well as let the outside in. But what happens when they do get deported, back to their home country? This action needs to be highlighted. This shows the public that the government is taking action and protecting the U.S. from issues like overpopulation. It also serves as a warning to future immigrants to follow the correct channels in order to enter this country legally and safely.

The other side of this project is the hidden aspect. People need to remain comfortable and sometimes, ignorance is bliss. If no one knows its there, no one will worry about it. Obviously, people will realize this facility is there no matter what the building looks like, but as a government building that is used to protect the country and its citizens, it needs to be rather inconspicuous. This congruity with the surrounding vernacular also could offer comfort to its inhabitants. The more it looks and acts like a regular building, the less it feels like a jail, and a jail is not the full function of this facility. It houses people who have done nothing ethically or criminally wrong, they have just gotten themselves into civil trouble and do not need to be treated as prisoners, but rather as guests waiting for departure.

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eXPAND: Analyze flight paths of departing aircraft from LAX

embrACE: Noise data formally pushed up landform to successfully bunkerize complex from surrounding environment

embrace: Topography set; shown at 4 intervals enhance: Program applied to buildings

MarketplaceAdmin, Entry, FacilitiesHousing IHousing II

eXPAND: Surrounding site morphed to ease circulation patterns

eMBRACE: Overlap data to general square footage needed for facility

enhance: Four main areas emerge to form the complex

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EXPAND:Analyze ight paths of departing aircraft from LAX

ENHANCE:Overlap data to general SF needed for facility

ENHANCE:Four main areas emerge to form the complex

EMBRACE:Analyze noise data and overlay on top of complex

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As a functional and psychological approach, the building remains in the background, hidden, and uninteresting until the action of deportation is in process. This is almost identical to missile silos from the cold war. They were hidden bunkers and areas with an entire artillery of missiles below the ground that did not show themselves until the actual

act of war needed to occur. This is a similar process in the act of deporting those that cannot legally stay in the U.S.

The final iteration of this project uses this concept a little more abstractly, by blending into the landscape and hiding underneath the earth, it remains hidden to outsiders and visible to those occupying the facility.

Highlighting the departure aspect of this facility, we overlayed the departing flight paths from LAX over our site. By introducing our general needed square footage, the flight paths created four main areas to create the compex. In order to hunker down into the ground and create a bunker-like atmosphere we took data from the noise levels surrounding the area and began to mess with our site in three dimensions.

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eMBRACE: Analyze noise data and overlayon complexEMBRACE:Noise data formally pushed up

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the building remains in the background, hidden... until the action of deportation is in process...

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group project of eight peers,responding to program needs of the Paris Market Lab competition by ArchMedium. Needs include classrooms, administrative offices and a restaurant. Our building has a parasitic structure surrounding the modified existing building,

housing roof-top farming that supplies the school and the restaurant with fresh produce. By day, the space encompasses students wishing to learn gastronomy, while in the evening the building alights with a swirl of consumers testing and tasting the

experiments of the day. As the patron rises up the experiential ramps through the building, they stop and experience a different course on every floor. After an evening of experimental food, one finally arrives at the apex under the stars for dessert and libations.

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[Paris]iteA Culinary Cabaret

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in the evening the building alights with a swirl of consumers...tasting the experiments of the day

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IterumA Monument to the Future

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entered into Land Art Generator Competition with partnerfrom Green Dirt Design Landscaping and created a memorial to future generations. The public space involves production of electricity through a renewable resource. The goal of the Land Art Generator Initiative is to see to the design and construction of public art installations that uniquely combine aesthetics with utility-scale clean energy generation. The works will serve to inspire and educate while they provide renewable power to thousands of homes around the world. Trash to energy converters serve as the memorials to future generations.

LANDART GENERATOR COMPETITION 2012 FRESHKILLS, NYC

it serves as a reminder that our time here is limited if we do not take action

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ApotheosisA Temple Dedicated to the Human Spirit

A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT 2010

capstone project in undergraduate interior design. Pick an ideal program0, find an already existing building and design the interior with said program. I chose a temple, housing a therapist office, a learning center, and a sanctuary for meditation and relaxation. An annex was also built housing a retreat for those wanting to linger.

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sanctuaryImplementing many materials

within the space, I kept the concrete floor, but added moss

carpet and a small fountain at the center and edges of the space to

bring natures comforting qualities to the interior. Every chair is a different modern design, and

has some aspect of creating a private space within which one

can relax and reflect. The floor of the sanctuary and the floor above

are separated by billowy fabric, backlit for a diffuse glow when

natural light is not sufficient.

055 A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT 2010

learning CenterThe Learning Center has a small collection of donated books that can be checked out to those staying at the retreat. It also contains multiple computers, and funky, modern laptop stations for occupants to research their interests. It also houses a small cafe and seating for people to gather and meet or to chill by the expansive windows while munching on a cookie or sipping an espresso. The bright colors and playful lighting seek to bring happiness and excitement in the space, allowing for a more interactive environment than regular libraries provide.

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therapist OfficeThis space provides the healing

of the soul and mind on a professional level. It contains a waiting room, reception, three

doctors offices and a group therapy meeting room. These spaces are small and intimate in order to focus more on the

individual and the mind rather than distracting extravagance. Minimal modernism furniture design reigns throughout the

second level, and the most color is provided in the group therapy room in order to accommodate

an energetic atmosphere, encouraging people to converse.

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retreatThe retreat is no larger than 25% of the main building area. It is minimal in structure, each cabin having a separate steel frame, with the necessities (bathrooms, showers, and a kitchenette) in the center, all topped off with an encompassing tensile roof structure.While providing the most basic spaces, the amenities are still great. At the entrance there is a desk with a bookshelf, and either an easel or a drafting desk. The bedroom has minimal storage and the living room has two lounge chairs and a fireplace. The porch echoes the living room amenities.

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ShinjukuBoutique Hotel

the Shinjuku Hotel and Spais inspired by Japans cultural

history. Japan has adopted cultures from around the world,

yet firmly maintained and strengthened their own identity. They have gracefully balanced

western influences with their own eastern beliefs by bringing

together their Zen disposition with the ever-growing demands of the

modern world. The relationship between the natural materials

and the modern needs of technology is an integral aspect

throughout the hotel.

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the restaurant on the secondfloor is filled with a great balance between reflecting the colorful past and looking toward the lustrous future, keeping true to Japans identity and the age we live in. It has very raw materials, such as bamboo flooring and greenery accenting the wall housing the kitchen. Acting as a dichotomy to all these natural elements is technology and the concept of science and the modern age of knowledge to inform and delight the consumer. The entry floor is made of reactive LED light tiles, while the lighting, furnishings and materials echo themes of gastronomy.

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executive SuiteCreating a relaxing and almost spa-like nature in itself, the executive suite focuses more on the nature-inspired aspect of the hotel. Through these minimal natural furnishings and fixtures, a sleek, modern Japan is reflected in these spaces. The suite contains a separate bedroom, a full spa-like bathroom, a work station and a living room.

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room AFor those not staying as long, or not in need of a full suite, the regular rooms are a must for a stay in Tokyo. The neutral colors, highlighted by the color of the Japanese flag, evoke relaxing as well as exciting emotions. The full bathrooms are still rather large, and the rooms have many areas tucked away such as a study, a seating area to view the city, and a morning preparation area housing a coffee maker and other amenities.

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068 CHOOSEY CHICKS TEES

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