Week 5: Finishing the Design and Modeling

This week has been a very busy week finishing the design of the building and beginning the process of modeling the space. After meeting with Elizabeth on Monday, I realized that there is only so much space planning I could do before moving onto looking at the space three dimensionally. I began looking at different options of how the lobby, lounge, and restaurant layouts would translate vertically.

After finishing the design and layout of One Marcus square, I began the modeling process with the hotel rooms and suites. This experience has been very interesting because I have been focusing on every detail of the room from the door placement to where the wall and exterior meet. I have modeled most of the furniture and developed the wall unit that will sit behind the bed that functions as both an intricate detail along with a head board.

With developing the room I have also found a room divider unit made by the sliding door company that I will incorporate into the design. I have chosen the room dividers rather than walls and windows in order to use the space efficiently and also take into consideration the existing exterior window placement. Other areas of development are the restrooms in each room/suite along with space planning the lounge, theater, and business area of the hotel room floors.

The meeting with my group members this week was short and productive! With Addie, we discussed the issue with her middle loft and how there was no window in the bedroom. We helped her think of the best solution for that center space and discussed placing the gym in that center space. With this, she was going to have to adjust her program, however it was important that this change be made since her building plans were not to code with the middle loft. Alyssa continued working on the development of her restaurant and lounge. She worked with Willie more on the concept for the interiors and creating a model of these spaces. We were also able to see the model that Willie created which showed the interiors and connection of each space much better than the drawings we had seen before.