1. Sustainable Boutique Hotel
Eco-Lodgy
Sustainable Boutique Hotel
By: Mohamed Elsayed

2. 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.
TYPOLOGY
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3. 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.
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History of hotels.
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4. 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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5. The geographic characteristics:
Location:
Brazil, Rio De Janeiro
The 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 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 map
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6. 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 Brazil
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Biodiversity in Brazil
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7. 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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8. 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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Carnival in Rio
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Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
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9. Architecture in Brazil
Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
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Palacio da Alvorada by Oscar Niemeyer
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Luxury Beach House By Marcio Kogan Architects
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Rio De Janeiro Museum of Modern Art
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Pavement of Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro
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10. Architecture in Brazil
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The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
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Escadaria Selaron
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Lapa Arches (Arcos da Lapa)
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Basilica Imaculada Conceicao
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11. Architecture in Brazil Contemporary Innovative Sustainable Urbanized
City of Music” in Rio de Janeiro
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LOCATION & SITE
Escadaria Selaron
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Ministry of External Relations by Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilia, Brazil
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The Metropolitan Cathedral
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12. Brazil, Rio De Janeiro Site selection: LOCATION & SITE Eco-Lodgy
Aerial view of the location
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West view, pedra da gavea
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Location of Eco-Lodgy
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West view, golf and pedra da gavea
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East view, Contemporary hotels
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Southern view the Atlantic Ocean
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13. Brazil, Rio De Janeiro Site selection: LOCATION & SITE Eco-Lodgy
Overview
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14. RATIONAL FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL
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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15. RATIONAL FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL
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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16. SITE DOCUMENTATION & BUILDING SELECTION
FIU Recreation Building, Modesto A.Madique Campus
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17. RATIONAL FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL
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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18. RATIONAL FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL
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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19. RATIONAL FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL
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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20. RATIONAL FOR BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL
Expected outcome:
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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