{"id":4623,"date":"2016-11-09T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modelo.io\/blog\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:36:50","slug":"unbuilt-hotel-vauxhall-kara-biczykowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/11\/09\/unbuilt-hotel-vauxhall-kara-biczykowski\/","title":{"rendered":"UNBUILT: Hotel Vauxhall by Kara\u00a0Biczykowski | Modelo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNBUILT: Hotel Vauxhall by Kara Biczykowski<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Kara Biczykowski<\/strong><\/a>
\nYale School of Architecture AU 2014
\nCritics : Sam Jacob, Sean Griffith, Jennifer Leung<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Vauxhall is currently one of London\u2019s larger sites being developed as the city looks to a 21st century future. Various influential projects in the area include the construction of the new American Embassy and the refurbishment of the Battersea Power Station.<\/p>\n

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The proposed hotel hopes to function both as a gateway for embassy employees arriving for short periods of time and long term immigrants. The idiosyncratic clash of a non-denominational prayer hall for immigrants with various backgrounds and the hotel for embassy and event guests provides an inventive typology to accommodate needs of both local and visiting groups.<\/p>\n

The scale of Vauxhall becomes an issue as surrounding built work does not relate to a human scale. The hotel uses a telescoping technique to slowly introduce visitors into the site after crossing the Thames River and gradually grows in size to blend into its neighboring context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The hotel\u2019s organization provides versatile functions for a hotel lobby\/lounge, prayer hall, wedding hall, funeral hall, party venue, and more. This organization is initially structured off of a typical Latin cross plan; however rooms are stacked above the \u201caisles\u201d next to a \u201cnave\u201d where two transepts then slice through the hotel creating atriums for sunlight access.<\/p>\n

The ground level can transform into a colonnaded Mosque prayer hall or remain divided for small intimate gatherings. The \u201cnave\u201d ends in a space devoted specifically for any religious event. The tectonic assemblage of volumetric components creates opportunities for light to enter indirectly through various colored glass. This also provides privacy and a stronger sense of community for guests and visitors. The tectonic volumetric forms draw from the natural environment. For example the hotel appears to sit within a forest as references to tree canopies that sculpt the building\u2019s base.<\/p>\n

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The project establishes the inventive and provocative role drawing and representation influence on the communication of architecture and the design of physical buildings.<\/p>\n

The final concept was achieved after a progression of studies between drawing, hand modeling, and computer software.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNBUILT: Hotel Vauxhall by Kara Biczykowski Kara Biczykowski Yale School of Architecture AU 2014 Critics : Sam Jacob, Sean Griffith, Jennifer Leung Vauxhall is currently one of London\u2019s larger sites being developed as the city looks to a 21st century future. Various influential projects in the area include the construction of the new American Embassy and the … <\/p>\n

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