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Eco-Lodgy Sustainable Boutique Hotel By: Mohamed Elsayed

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Eco-LodgySustainable Boutique Hotel

By: Mohamed Elsayed

Introduction and Typology:

Eco-Lodgy is an ultra modern hotel offering its guests a luxurious eco friendly unique lodging experience.

Hotels are considered one of the world’s largest industries that continue to expand at a rapid rate.

Hotel industry consumes substantial quantities of energy, water and non-durable products with a demanding urge to consider sustainability in hotels designs.

This boutique hotel should meet the latest sustainability standards along with the top notch trends of luxury and comfort. It is a personalized service with very intimate green experience.

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Meaning of Hospitality and Hotels:

Hospitality is the natural relationship between host and guest.

Hospitality is noble and is a selfless giving.

Hospitality is the relationship between individuals where the “stranger” is being welcomed into an environment other than his original home.

People tend to spend vacations in a hotel to experience novelty, away from the daily routine in their life.

Boutique hotels are typically hotels with a personalized intimate kind of service.

Hospitality. Source: Google.com

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Sustainability & Hospitality:

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need.

Nature is the perfect mainframe that we should follow in design by mimicking its systems for productive solutions with no waste.

Public awareness of the environmental issues began to expand, many consumers realized that their purchasing power directly affect the environment. When we pay for a product or service

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Location:

Brazil, Rio De JaneiroThe geographic characteristics:

Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world with a square footage of 3,287,597 sq mi

Rio de Janeiro is considered the second largest city in Brazil after Sao Paulo with an area of 486.5 sq mi

Brazilian topography is diverse and includes hills, mountains, and highlands.

Brazil is famous with its biodiversity and the vast amount of natural resources. The famous Amazon rainforests has the greatest biological diversity in the world.

Brazil has natural variety of renewable materials and energy sources.

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Brazil mapSource: http://www.mapsoftheworld.com

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The geographic characteristics (cont.):

Rio de Janeiro has an average temperature of 73 °F which puts this city on the touristic destinations map as one of the best cities around the year.

The sun path diagram is the opposite of the common path that we have in the northern side of the earth.

The topography of Rio de Janeiro creates a magnificent views all over the whole city even in favelas.

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Sun path diagram in BrazilSource: http://www.Nasa.com

Biodiversity in BrazilSource: http://www.flickr.com

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The cultural and social underpinning:

Brazil's population is over 203 millions and Population in Rio de Janeiro is over 6 millions.

The Brazilian culture is very diverse.

Rio's lavish carnival is one of the world's most famous parades.

Celebration of carnival and the wildly popular sport of soccer are significant symbols of the Brazilian culture.

Brazilian people are warm, generous and heart centered. Brazilians are famous with their genuine hospitality

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The cultural and social underpinning(cont):

Samba is among the most popular music genres in Brazil and is widely regarded as the country's national musical style.

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Favelas in Rio de JaneiroSource: http://www.flickr.com

Carnival in RioSource: http://www.flickr.com

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Architecture in Brazil

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Palacio da Alvorada by Oscar NiemeyerSource: http://www.thecoolist.com

Pavement of Copacabana beach, Rio de JaneiroSource: http://www.flickr.com

Luxury Beach House By Marcio Kogan ArchitectsSource: http://www.flickr.com

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de JaneiroSource: http://www.flickr.com

Rio De Janeiro Museum of Modern ArtSource: http://www.stay.com

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Architecture in Brazil

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Escadaria Selaron Source: http://www.tripadvisor.com

The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum Source: http://www.stay.com

Lapa Arches (Arcos da Lapa)Source: http://www.stay.com Basilica Imaculada Conceicao

Source: http://www.tripadvisor.com

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Architecture in Brazil

Contemporary

Innovative

Sustainable

Urbanized

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Escadaria Selaron Source: http://www.tripadvisor.com

City of Music” in Rio de JaneiroSource: http://www.stay.com

Ministry of External Relations by Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilia, BrazilSource: http://www.Thecoollist.com

The Metropolitan Cathedral Source: http://www.google.com

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Brazil, Rio De Janeiro

Site selection:

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Location of Eco-LodgySource: http://www.Google.com

Aerial view of the locationSource: http://www.Google.com

West view, golf and pedra da gavea Source: http://www.Google.com

West view, pedra da gavea Source: http://www.Google.com

Southern view the Atlantic OceanSource: http://www.Google.com

East view, Contemporary hotelsSource: http://www.Google.com

Brazil, Rio De Janeiro

Site selection:

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OverviewSource: Google maps

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Reasons to consider sustainability in hospitality:

Sustainable Design is a design philosophy that seeks to maximize the quality of the built environment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment.

Cost reduction has been identified as one of the major factors that derives going green.

Our responsibility towards the environment should control our behavior to do the “right thing”.

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Reasons to consider sustainability in hospitality (cont):

Hotels are the perfect typology that will support the awareness of sustainability between large number of guests from different cultures and backgrounds.

Sustainability provides a healthy place to live, work, and play.

Sustainable practice will provide more economic solutions and generate better revenue.

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Building selection:

FIU Recreation Building, Modesto A.Madique Campus

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Challenges of designing sustainable hotels:

Guests used to think that green lodging experience could make them feel uncomfortable or force them to pay a premium.

Interior designers always struggle specifying green materials, appliances, or furniture especially when the clients’ goal is to cut corners while he is not aware of the quality of this product.

Finding the right suppliers, dealing with contractors with little knowledge about sustainability could be a challenge.

Guests’ awareness of the latest trends acts as a crucial aspect to judge a successful hospitality management.

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Expected outcome:

Boutique hotel with personalized service

Interior design should complement sustainability & intimacy

Eco-lodgy should promote sustainability awareness among the public

Design should reflect the local culture in terms of the architectural style, materials, colors, and service.

Eco-Lodgy will conserve natural resources, energy consumption, and water

Privacy is a first prioriy including acoustical and visual privacy.

Eco-Lodgy is a flexible hotel. shoud make everyone feels home.

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Expected outcome:

Sustainable design based on the country’s Self-Sustainability and its policy of renewable energy production.

Harmonious diversity in the design reflecting the diversity of natural resources of Brazil.

Typology of a hotel will support the growing economy in a touristic city like Rio de Janeiro.

Diversity and contrast in design represents the Brazilian culture.

Genuine hospitality.

Cheerful, playful, and welcoming.

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Warm and cheerful colors reflecting the Brazilian society.

Natural and sustainable.

Rich and diverse design.

Architecture should preserve the natural biodiversity of Brazil.

Contemporary architectural style.

Innovative.

Urbanized.

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