Morrissey Hotel | Aboday

Morrissey Hotel

Considering the site potential above, and its contribution towards urban character development, the design approach for the Morrissey Hotel by Aboday pushes the limit beyond merely business hotel that hardly pay attention to issues other than pragmatism. In the long run, it tries to inject a seed of change that will reconstruct the surrounding area. In short, it tries to deconstruct the concept of a three-star business hotel. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Courtesy of Aboday – Photography: Happy Lim Photography

The proposed development is placed on a unique urban fabric, that flanked on four sides by different characteristic. The organic shape plot of land, start from the junction of Wahid Hasyim Road on the Southern side- as the main thoroughfare that connects CBD area along Thamrin road to Government precinct of old Mentend District – and Jalan Jaksa on the Eastern side, a small road which is homes to backpackers that has been placed under preservation. At the Northern side, the site is bordered by a lane that connects Jalan Jaksa and Kebon Sirih Timur on the Western Side. These sides populated by 2-storey residential buildings. Of 1.2 Ha, the service apartment covers only 30% area.

Courtesy of Aboday – Photography: Happy Lim Photography

The building comprises of 2 rectangular blocks on juxtaposing manner and a separate BOH building. The facade of each is manipulated base on its function specific. The 5 storey lower block is made into cantilever, hovering about 20m long 7m above the ground to provide openness at the welcoming point, enable visitor to seek better orientation upon entering the complex, thus glancing towards the apartment lobby, and an office building towards the end, while the 10 storey higher block comes with a quad volume sky garden opening that frames east-west orientation vista and allows cross ventilation.

Courtesy of Aboday – Photography: Happy Lim Photography

The lower block span over 40m long facing Wahid Hasyim Road is projected to be more life style centric that promotes full height glass window, in contrast to the solidness of higher block. The first 2 storey character is made into pedestrian friendly. An F&B anchor with 7.5M high door panels that slide and fold over 24m long will govern the facade. As the F&B level raised up by 1.2M, a series of tilted mirror behind the double volume door panel will provide reflection of F&B activities to those passer by, while keeping the privacy intact.
13 nos of Maisonette room facing Wahid Hasyim Road, a new to the operator standard, is added to underscore its life style attitude, which automatically regulates the facade with double volume glass that intertwines with typical studio facade grammar. This is a different setting to the north facing configuration that mostly studio unit. To complete the lower block drama, the roof top is proposed to be an event space, that comes with infinity pool, gym and another F&B. A thematic lift will encompass typical floor to bring visitor right up to the roof top from the ground.

Site Plan – Courtesy of Aboday

On the other block, a contrast of transparency is demonstrated between the first two storey that housing the grand lobby and business center where visitor is invited to have a full commanding view of grand lobby, to the rest of higher floors above where the whole facade is assembled by 1.2m x 2.8m modular room’s window in fractal fashion. To accentuate this, the surface projected out to create a multifaceted facade that wrap 360º underlining its solidness.
The whole blocks then are laid onto a modern landscape canvas that draws its character from the multi faceted form. The ground is shaped up with natural stone pallete of material and turfing. Pine trees will be standing along the drop-off point, and rain trees will be planted at the selected location. In whole, a densely populated garden at the center will provide much needed green sanctuary for the visitor.
Project Info
Architects: Aboday
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Partner In Charge: Rafael DavidTeam MembersAry Indra, Johansen Yap, Andry Syawalza, Edward Budi Lesmana, Rahmi Sofiyanti, Anjar Widaningsih
Land Size: 12000 m2
Gross Floor Area: 12000 m2
Type: Hotel
Photographs: Happy Lim Photography, Relan Masato

The post Morrissey Hotel | Aboday appeared first on Arch2O.com.

https://www.arch2o.com/morrissey-hotel-aboday/ June 24, 2020 at 06:08PM https://www.arch2o.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ARCH2O-Morrissey-Hotel-Aboday-23-700x467.jpg