What is Hotel?

- An establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travelers and tourist.
- Its origin goes all the way back to the old French hostel, later transitioned into hotel and adapted
by the Middle English

Hotel Design Considerations

INTRODUCTION
- Hotel design involves the planning, drafting, design and development of hotels
- Concept of hotel design is rooted in tradition of hospitality to travelers dating back to ancient
times.
- Development of many diverse types of hotels has occurred in many cultures.
- Conscious about the way hotels are design.
- Design Element

Basic Concept of Hotel Design

- The concept of design hotels will gather momentum as the demand in the domestic market is
definitely on an upswing. Young travelers, in particular, seek designer experience instead of just
staying at a hotel. They are becoming more of a travel experience connoisseurs than a simple
travelers. They seek exclusivity and comfort and are willing to pay a premium for the same.

Types of hotel design

Numerous types of hotel designs exist in the world. Example of hotel designs:
- Guest palaces across Asia
- English country inns
- Hotel-casino resorts
- Designer and art hotel
- Hotel-spa resorts
- Boutique hotel
- “No-frills” hotels
- Basic rooming houses
- Monasteries
- Spare bedrooms
- Capsule Hotel
Historically, the development of lodging areas and facilities was sometimes driven by their physical
locations, lending themselves to defense, such as forts or castles. Property location continues to be a key
consideration in hotel design in contemporary times.

Professional Design
- Contemporary hotel design can be sophisticated and functional, involving specialist architects
and designers, environmental and structural engineers, interior designers and skilled contractors
and suppliers, particularly for large, intricate projects.
- Hotel design can involve the refurbishment of an existing building already used for lodging.
- Hotel design involves planning regarding the estimated client needs for the facility along with
the designer’s vision.
- Hotel design includes considerations to avoid guest inundated with excessive noise and
movement of people.
Cultural Influences

- Hotel designers bring to their work their own cultural mores and need to understand the culture
in which the hotel will operate if working outside their native environment.
- Hotel design ranges from basic variables, such as the appropriate height for bed head light
switches to more specialized, such as the right layout for kitchen or the sightlines from reception
areas to enable control and protection of entry to rooms.

Remodeling
- Hotels are consistently being updated to maintain the health of the hotel. During a remodel you
will be dealing with the interior of the hotel like furniture, maintenance, and layout. The exterior
of the hotel needs updates like roofing, each year the amount of money put in the update is
increasing. The furniture in the hotel every few years needs to be replaced. New areas to hotel
like weight rooms, arcades or business rooms with computers are added to hotels as part of
remodels. Maintenance updates throughout the hotel occur every 15-25 years. Hotels have been
converting to be more eco-friendly.

Hotel Design Considerations

The design of a hotel is one of the major considerations in planning of efficient hotel. While designing
the hotel following factors should be kept in mind:

Attractive appearance
- All over appearance of a hotel is one of the very important consideration for a hotel. It should be
attractive and should reflect the architecture of that area and should also have character of the
services being provided in that hotel.
Efficient plan
- The plan of the hotel should be such that it should be functional and also appeal to the eye. All
the services should be so designed that it meets various principles of Lay-out and design.
Location
- The design of the hotel will be guided by the geographical location of the hotel e.g. if a hotel is
situated near airport or railway station, the reception of the hotel will be designed in such a way
that it could handle large number of guest at one time because there is a possibility of guest
checking in large groups and around the clock.
Suitable material
- The hotel should be designed in such a way that it should be able to use the material locally
available which will be cost effective and efficient.
Workmanship
- While designing a hotel one should consider the fact that what kind of workmanship is available
and designer should take advantage of local expertise. This will not only make the hotel efficient
but also will be economical.
Sound financing
- One of the very important factors is finance in designing the hotel. The availability of ready funds
and management of finance is crucial factor and it should be considered very carefully in hotel
design.
Competent Management
- The design of a hotel will depend upon the quality of management available to operate the
establishment. If we have the quality management and manpower only then hotel should be
designed for sophisticated equipment and high-tech gadgets.
Developing and efficient design is a complex sequential process requiring intense interaction of many
professionals to successfully planned, designed and operate all facilities.

The result of participation will surface following decisions:

- Manage all services
- Prepare a program defining requirements for all services and operations
- Apply principles of design and layout to service facilities
- Select most appropriate equipment for all services provided by the hotel

These design programs will fall into 2 basic categories i.e

Guiding program
- Guiding program will be written prior to undertaking design process. The program inputs will be
gathered all appropriate sources.
Confirming program
- This program will be written after the facility design process is well under way which contains
both basic criteria and describe design philosophy, constrain and capability to develop.

These are some of the consideration, which affect the design of a hotel.
- Suggestive details
- Market survey
- Feasibility report
- Attractive unique façade (Ethmiaty, Distinctive appearance)

Hotel Characteristics:
- Market segment
- Star classification
- Number of rooms
- Number of floors
- Restaurants

Location
- Distance from neighborhoods
- Site
- Size of plot
- Approach roads
- Neighbors
- Stops

Good Building Materials

- Strength durability
- Efficient layout
- Good workmanship
- Competent Management
- Sound Financing
- Safety
- Security
- Climate
 Hotel Interior Design
- Hotel Interior design is a profession that involves artistically decorating and furnishing the spaces
inside a hotel. Professionals specializing in hotel interior design typically shape a variety of
rooms within the hotel, such as lobbies, conference rooms, and guest bedrooms, lounges, hotel
bars, restaurant, and spa areas are other places that a hotel interior designer frequently works
on.

History
- In ages past, interior design was a concept known only to the aristocracy. The idea of maximizing
internal spaces was not something at all in the minds of any but those with the grandest, most
elaborate estates. Today, however, space considerations are a major part of most building
projects no matter their scale. Small homes as well as skyscrapers are routinely designed to be
attractive, functional, and efficient all of which are components of interior design.

Aesthetic Elements
- Some of the most interesting parts of the design process come in choices made for things like
window fittings, wall angles, and space partitions. These elements are not usually essential parts
of the building design, though they can nevertheless dramatically change the overall look and
feel of a space. Decisions on the things like decorative light fixtures, fireplace grates, and wood
paneling also fall within this category.

Technical Considerations
- Design is about much more than simple good looks. In nearly all cases, suggestions or
modifications must be woven into an overall building plan that takes technical elements like
wiring, plumbing, and structural support into account. Decisions about major things like wall
placement or appliance location must usually be cleared through and coordinated with a
number of different professionals.

Do-it-Yourself Options
- Designing an interesting, savvy place does not always require professional input. A number of
interior design resources exist to help home and business owners plan out their own spaces.
Books, magazine, website and online discussion boards are some of the best places to get ideas.

Differences between Design and Decorating

- Interior design often intersects with the related field of interior decorating, though the two are
usually considered separate disciplines. Decorators work primarily with movable fixtures like
artwork, furniture, and color schemes to create a certain vibe within a space. People who want
to change the look or feel of a room may call an interior decorator to help chart out a new look.
A designer called for the same purpose would look more at the floor plan and lighting scheme
than end tables or area rugs.

7 Principles of Interior Design

Unity
- The principle of Unity, as the name implies stresses on the fact that there should be a sense of
uniformity or harmony among all the 7 elements used. Interior design should serve as a visual
guide for a person to understand a living space, and without unity, the visual guide will only end
up confusing the person. All the elements used should complement one another and a smooth
 transition should exist from one to another. A good understanding of Alignment of objects,
Similarity of color/pattern/texture, Proximity (spacing) of objects, Repetition (grouping) of
elements based on similarity, Continuation and Overlapping of interior design elements are a
few ways to achieve ‘Unity’ in an interior design arrangement.

Balance
- The principle of balance refers to the ordered distribution of elements of equal visual weight to
achieve a visual equilibrium. Balance is only achieved when the visual weight of the elements
are evenly distributed along a central axis or point that can be both real and imaginary. Balance
can be achieved by three popular ways namely Symmetrical, Asymmetrical and Radial. In
Symmetrical, a space is divided into two equal halves centered on a central axis and both the
halves are equally compensated to give out a calm feel to the living space. In Asymmetrical, any
odd number of elements can be used by keeping an imaginary central axis as the focal point.
Though asymmetrical balance is a little hard to achieve when compared to symmetrical, the
output is more natural and energetic when compared to the former. Radial balance involves a
central piece (like a chandelier or a round dining table) from which all other elements seem to
radiate to arrange themselves in circular symmetry.

Rhythm
- The principle of Rhythm essentially suggests a connected movement between different elements
of interior design. This movement is essential to maintain a visual tempo between elements that
have different visual weights. Elements repeated in an orderly fashion and the spaces between
them create a sense of rhythm. Rhythm can be achieved in any living space by following these
three methods – Repetition, Alternation and Progression. Repetition refers to the repeated use
of the design elements like color, texture and pattern or any other physical attributes like home
décor items in an orderly way. Alternation is the method of creating rhythm by alternating two
or more elements in a pre-defined fashion like ABABAB or ABCABC and so on. In Progression,
elements are arranged ascending or descending based or their size, color gradient or any other
distinctive characteristic.

Emphasis
- Emphasis, as the name suggests, is a principle of interior design that says that a central piece of
art or furniture must play the role of a focal point or attention grabber of a particular living
space. Elements like color, pattern and texture must be used to emphasize a particular focal
point. In fact these elements must be used in such a way that the focal point dominates the rest
of the décor items and pulls the room together. Other items that surround the focal point must
complement the latter and share a contrast that puts the focal point in the top priority.

Contrast
- Contrast refers to the difference in the luminance or color of objects that differentiates them
from one another. In interior design, contrast can be achieved by three elements namely color,
form and space. One can use pillows or prints of two opposite colors like black and white to
achieve contrast and make an object distinguishable. Contrast can also be achieved by
combining two or more forms; for example one can combine a circular mirror and a rectangular
sofa to balance and distribute the attention between both the items. One can also achieve
contrast in a living space by dividing the available space efficiently into usable positive and
negative spaces.
Scale and Proportion
- The principles of scale and proportion ensure that objects placed in a space look like they belong
to each other. Be it the size, dimension, shape or color of the objects, a harmony should be
established between them and a proportion has to be maintained. For example, a high ceiling
environment implies that high rise furniture should be preferred over low rise furniture like
ottomans. Also, under stuffed pillows would make a big sofa look empty and under accessorized,
thus disrupting the harmony and proportion that is supposed to exist.

Details
- Details are like cherries on an ice cream, they might seem extra but without cherries the ice
cream isn’t just complete! Be it the small embroideries on a pillow cover or the color within
those embroidery patterns, every detail adds a little bit of life to the overall interior design,
adding their own distinctive feature to the overall composition. Once you are sure that you have
achieved all of the above mentioned principles, it’s time for details to take over and beautify the
place further.