Articulating our philosophy

The relationship between the exteior and the interior becomes extremely important in this design studio. Picking up our initial philosophy, we conveyed the idea of 'no fixation' by placing a 'utopic' plantroom in the city whereas a 'dystopic' plantroom in the waiheke hotel.This decision articulates our philosophy of how whether a hotel is dystopia or utopia depends on the persona's experience and feelings. We were also very aware of not standardizing our ideas or hotels, i.e moving away from conventional ideas, and letting our work speak for itself. One way we achieved this was through our hotel in Waiheke. Here, instead of experiencing the hotel from the exterior first, as is convention, we wanted our guests to explore the architecture within first, so that their view of the interior is not tainted by the exterior facade. One way to successfully do this is by having underground elements, which is where our flying vehicle docking point, plantroom and dome stairs come in.