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conceptHaving given full consideration to the brief, the University's

project drivers, the site and the campus as a whole the team

developed a shortlist of core 'headings', based on our collective

experience, research and instinct, that we believed to be

important to the University and the development of an

appropriate language, arrangement and from for this project.

Each 'heading' was expanded into a short narrative which we

have used as both a generator for our design proposals and

barometer for testing these proposals throughout the concept

development period.

· Landscape : Beautiful, Inspiring, disciplined and rambling,

sometimes highly developed, sometimes just a lawn but never

insignificant and always omnipresent.

· Brief : Well informed & fit for purpose. Driven by established

demand and a clear long term operational strategy where

ecology, functionality, build-ability and programme are

paramount. Form and function must be led by core values not

aesthetic whims.

· Environment : Significant & informative, an opportunity for

thinking and creation, purposeful and functional and never a fad.

· Scale : Human, low & cosseting. Long, linear and often stately

but never tall, chaotic or overwhelming.

· Image : Mature, Elegant and Formal. Traditional and

contemporary, gracefully understated and never 'brash'.

We hope, that once you have reviewed our Concept Proposals,

you will conclude that our instinct was correct and indeed

appropriate in developing a vision for this important and

ambitious project.

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university park hotel

2car park

circulation

plant

public areas

standard bedrooms

business school bedrooms

executive bedrooms

back of house

Multi function box: sitting & additional functions internet connection phone fax drinks newspapers

colour pattern & texture

bar profile

public areasBox concept for the reception

light to create the mood

Simple detail

limited colour palette

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Site & Layout

Landscape

Scale & Topography

Movement

The site affords a number of potential locations for the

proposed hotel. However from the multiple possibilities

explored, we felt Locations A, B and C were the most

plausible and measured these against the following

'generators'; Landscape, Scale, Topography, Movement and

Environment.

Location B clearly delivers most positively against the key

drivers confirming the team's natural / instinctive reaction

during our early site visits.

Beautiful and varied sequences of undulating parklands

and open spaces define this unique campus and have

become synonymous with the University’s global image

and premier status. The landscape takes on many

distinctive characters from natural woodland to formal

gardens but is always connected and always integral.

The brief describes a strong ambition to limit the building

height to four storeys. This is clearly driven by the long

established scale of the existing campus which has

developed organically over a considerable period of time.

The resulting environment has a very human scale, where

structures don't dominate the skyline but instead

collections of low level buildings nestle comfortably into

the rolling landscape of the campus.

This topography is not unique on the campus and it is clear

to us that historically such changes in level have been

used advantageously and integrally in the physical

development of the Universities architecture. Our design

proposals seek to maintain this key characteristic of the

campus with the hotel forming itself as a series of

cascading blocks and twisting forms.

Existing pedestrian and vehicle routes in and around the

site are clearly defined and established and although there

is no specific mention in the brief that these must be

maintained we have taken very pragmatic view on

retaining / monopolising these in our design proposals.

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ground floor plan

library retreat

Artwork instead of transparent partition

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Full height mirror fixed to wall

Horizontal tv panel fixed to wall

Wall light instead of table lamp

Suspended ceiling with fixed light

Mirror a a part of tv panel

Shelf

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Fixed light

Suspended ceilingwith fixed light

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guestrooms

arrangementBased on considerable collective experience, and the analysis of numerous similar hotel projects

we have delivered, the team has further expanded the outline client brief as requested to provide

a detailed schedule of accommodation for this hotel project.

This detailed schedule of accommodation, coupled with the unique character of our chosen

location, has been developed into our spatial arrangement diagrams / plans:

Public Areas sqm

Lobby/Vestibule 230(incl breakout space, public telephones & TV lounge)

Dining 382

Bar Seating 231

Meeting Room A 55

Meeting Room B 50

Meeting Room C 40

Circulation 117

Public Restrooms 43

Luggage Storage 8

Gym 75

Executive Lounge & Retreat 105

Cycle storage 25

TOTAL

PUBLIC AREAS (including circulation) 1,361

Administration sqm

Front Desk 36

Front Desk Office 30

Office 1 13

Office 2 11

Office 3 11

Corridor 7

Comp./Tele. Equipment 20

TOTAL

ADMINISTRATION (including circulation) 128

Back of House

Kitchen (incl buffet, f&b store, prep dishwash, 250service station, pantry, office & general storage)

Bar + Store 30

Laundry/Linen 56

Employee Restroom + Lockers 40

Employee Break Room 36

Meeting Room Storage 19

Refuse 51

Plant (including Engineering & maintenance) 702

Service corridor 133

TOTAL

BACK OF HOUSE (including circulation) 1,317

Guest Rooms & Support

GROSS INTERNAL AREA ESTIMATE 9,662

TOTAL No. OF GUEST ROOMS 200

GROSS INTERNAL AREA PER KEY 48.31sqm

sqm

T1 Total Guest Room Area 714

T2 Total Guest Room Area 2,856

T3 Total Guest Room Area 1,565

Total Guest Room Circulation 1,078

Internal Stairs 290

Elevator shafts 48

Linen Rooms 225

Mechanical/Electrical closets 80

Miscellaneous Storage

Vending

TOTAL GUEST ROOM & SUPPORT 6,856

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second floor plan

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As previously described we believe that the University has developed a truly unique and inspiring

campus whose architecture and landscape not only form an integral part of its rich history but

have become synonymous with the University's global image and premier status.

This is an identity which has been crafted over many years and one which provides considerable

inspiration and reference for the form and appearance of any new proposal within the campus.

In addition to the unique context, and intrinsic to our design philosophy, are the structural and

environmental aspirations of the brief. We have endeavoured to integrate these disciplines fully,

enabling the development of a rational and honest building, worthy of its inspiring context.

We hope that the inspiration behind our proposals is self evident in the following Concept

Visualisations.

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standard bedrooms

business school bedrooms

executive bedrooms

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environmentalThe design maximises passive design;

Main façade faces south, allowing winter solar gain

Permanent shading elements on the south façade cut out summer sun

Room depth optimised to allow natural ventilation

High and low level operable windows maximise stack effect

Skylight provides natural light to upper corridors

The façade concept minimises energy

consumption, through low u-values

achieved through a prefabricated unit,

and also minimises waste. The timber

solution is low carbon and low

environmental impact.

Green Roofs and landscaped

areas provide

rainwater attenuation.

A ground source heat pump is used

to providelow-carbon heating

and cooling to the podium areas.

Hotels have inherently high hot

water demands, low flow and

aerated fittings in bathrooms will

reduce this.

Greywater recycling is provided

to treat waste water from baths

and showers, and reuse this for

toilet flushing.

Solar thermal mounted on the roof will provide hot water

for the hotel's evening hot water load

Hot water produced close to source will minimise pipe

runs, reducing losses.

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fabricated by bonding

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planed timber laminations

stacked at right angles to

each other.

Timber Crosslam walls

form a unit of great

strength and dimensional

stability

walls prefabricated off site

and craned into position for

an effective construction

walls prefabricated

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Timber products provide an excellent

platform for achiving a BREEAM

Excellent Building.

Exposed timber members

give a new aesthetic dimension

Simplistic connection design benefits

construction on site.

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Crosslam timber walls throughout

separation between units.

Crosslam floors.

Glulam timber secondary beams.

Glulam timber primary

beams give a high strength

to weight ratio

Glulam timber columns on

a unifor grid provide a flexible

open space on the ground floor.

Lightweight nature of timber

superstructure produces an

economic foundation construction.