• View from Campus View from Campus Render of the view of the hotel in context showcasing the grade change as well as the impact of the atrim in context.
  • Site Plan Site Plan The connection to campus on the east, north facing retail, the relationship of the courtyard and the hotel, the atrium in the south and the entrance to the hotel via the drop off.
  • Section Through Atrium Section Through Atrium Section showing the spatial quality of the atrium and its relationship to the courtyard on the first floor.
  • Typical Floor Plan Typical Floor Plan Layout of a typical hotel floor plan exemplifying the relationship of the two wings to the open atrium space in between.
  • Room Room Render of a room explaining the mechanical systems utlized.

CMU Campus Hotel

Part of the Responsibility while designing this hotel for the Carnegie Mellon University was to design the masterplan as well. The solution was the new CIC2 building, which is an addition to the existing CIC1 Office building, along with the hotel and retail function as a portal to the Carnegie Mellon Campus. As a result, the most optimum massing with respect to solar orientation, topography, and other relating site factors was the V shape, with the western wing consisting of 6 floors including lobby and the eastern phase consisting of 3 floors.

 

The atrium between the two wings of the hotel behaves as a knuckly, which also enables views to the valley beyond and the rest of the Carnegie Mellon Campus. The ground floor of the hotel is designed to encourage pedestrian access and interactions, such that the pedestrian access from the courtyard as well as the visitors arriving through the vehicular entry on Craig Street extension, both intersect in the lobby. The layout of the hotel room is decided to create a sense of opennes in the room.

 

Since this was a Systems Integration Studio, special attention was given to the systems present in the hotel. The mechanical system for the rooms are placed over the bathrooms. Fresh air is channelled to the system via ducts running in the hallway, while hot and cold supply is from the geothermal plant on the site. The air is then passed through the walls and into the floor and supplied through ducts. The return vent is placed in the ceiling to maximize the flow of the air through the room.