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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby

Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby 

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ARCHITECTS
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Coopers Hill

STRUCTURE ENGINEERS
Nava Studios, Dr. Prasit Soongswang

LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Apld Design

MANUFACTURERS
Dulux, Skk, Vista Inno

PHOTOGRAPHS
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AREA
580 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Thailand

CATEGORY
Hospitality Architecture, Hotels

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The brief is to design the lobby of Holiday Inns Samui Hotel, with pick-up and drop-off space for guests’ vehicles and a conference room.

Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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We started thinking about the setting and the orientation of the building through the existing conditions of the site.

The main axis of the lobby has the northeast sea view, and, along that axis, there is a big Java Plum tree that we decide to enclose its space with sphere geometries.

Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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The design of the Holiday Inns Samui lobby is inspired by the coconut shell after its meat has been granted to make Thai dessert.

The building exterior is clad with wooden shingles. The interior enclosures are made of gypsum boards, formed as three-dimensional steps.

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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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A special space is given to the lobby where we change the system of material to the hanging planes of bamboo.

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There are 4 main spaces within the lobby. The first building envelope is a pick-up and drop-off space for hotel guests.

It is cut on the sideway to give room to vehicles. The second envelope is designed for an existing Java Plum tree with an oculus framing the sky.

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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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The third envelope is the hotel lobby.

All of these spaces are arranged in a linear organization, directing the point of view of guests toward the sea.

The fourth envelope is perpendicular to this axis and its space is used as a conference room.

Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Our design is mainly based on the existing conditions of the site, local materials in Samui Island, and above all, the space envelope that makes us smile.

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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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Holiday Inns Samui Lobby
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