COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

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• MOBIUS STRIP – IT REPRESENTS CONNECTIVITY
AND INFINITY.
• FLOW OF SPACES IS CREATING EXCHANGES AND
INTERACTIONS.
• NATURE DEPICTED THROUGH ARTIFICIAL AND
NATURAL ELEMENTS.
• MAKING ONE TO FEEL AS IF IN THE MIDST OF
FOREST WITH A WATERFALL WITHIN THE HOTEL.
• OPEN PLAN CONCEPT WITH BALCONY’S OUTSIDE
EVERY ROOM
• NESTLED IN NATURE WITH LANDSCAPE DESIGNED IN
INTERIOR TOO.
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• THE ZONING IS NOT VERY DISTINCT BUT RATHER VERY • ZONES ARE DIVIDED INTO MAINLY TWO ZONES – PRIVATE
COHESIVE. ZONES ( GUEST ROOMS) AND PUBLIC ZONES (RECEPTION,
BANQUET HALL, RECREATION, RESTAURANT)
• EACH ZONE FLOWS INTO ANOTHER SEAMLESSLY
BORDERED BY CIRCULATION PATHWAYS. • THE PUBLIC ZONES ARE CONTAINED IN ONE BLOCK AND
THE OTHER 3 BLOCKS HOUSE THE GUEST ROOMS.
• THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IN GROUND FLOOR IS
SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE ZONES
MAINTAINING PRIVACY.
• THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE BASEMENT ALONG
WITH THE PARKING.
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• THERE ARE TWO MAIN ENTRIES TO THE BUILDING.
• THERE CAN ALSO BE SEEN SOME OTHER ENTRIES TO THE
PARKING , PRE-FUNCTION AREA, AND AN EXIT FROM THE
TENNIS COURT (NORTH).
• THESE MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS ALLOWS TO DISTRIBUTE
THE CROWD AS PER THEIR NEED .
• PROMINENT ENTRANCE PROVIDED AT THE FIRST FLOOR
AVOIDS CONFUSION IN REGARDS TO THE MAIN ENTRY.
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• THE BUILDING HAS ONE MAIN ENTRY THROUGH 2 ND
FLOOR OF LIFT 1 BLOCK .
• THE MAIN MODE OF THE VERTICAL CIRCULATION - THE
LIFTS FOR THE GUESTS
• SEPARATE STAFF STAIRCASE AND LIFTS AVOID THE
COLLISSION OF PATHS BETWEEN GUESTS AND STAFFS.
• SIMPLE AND SMOOTH CIRCULATION CAN BE SEEN.
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• THE FORM OF THE BUILDING IS INSPIRED FROM THE
MOBIUS STRIP.
• THIS SHAPE ALLOWS A SUFFICIENT VENTILATION AND
LIGHTING.
• THE SHAPE ALSO CREATES A CONNECTIVE AND INFINITE
FEELING .
• IT INCREASES INTERACTIONS AND EXCHANGES.
• THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE A LANDSCRAPPER IN AN CITY.
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• THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN A STEPPED MANNER IN
RESPONSE TO THE SLOPING CONTOUR OF THE SITE.
• THE FORM APPEARS AS A STACK OF RECTANGULAR
BLOCKS ARRANGED AS A SERIES OF STEPS THUS
SOMEHOW HELPING TO MAINTAIN THE TERRAIN OF THE
SITE AND GOING WITH THE NATURAL FLOW.
• IT ALLOWS NATURAL VENTILATION. HOWEVER ARTIFICIAL
LIGHTING SEEMS TO BE NECESSARY IN SOME OF THE
OPEN TERRACES TO PROVIDE AMBIENCE.
• THE FORM APPEARS TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE
SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE.
• BUT THE WHITE COLOUR GIVES A DISTINCTIVE LOOK TO
THE BUILDING ALONG THE GREEN MOUNTAIN.
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• BUILDING TRIES TO BRING IN THE FEEL OF LANDSCAPE
THROUGH ITS GLASS FACADE.
• THE GROUND PLANE OF 3RD FLOOR WHICH ALSO ACTS AS
A ROOF PLANE FOR 2ND FLOOR IS THE MAIN LANDSCAPE
FEATURE OF THIS BUILDING.
• THIS GARDEN ACTS AS A RELAXATION AND INTERACTIVE
SPACE.
• APART FROM THAT TREES ARE PLANTED ALONG SIDE THE
BUILDING AND ON THIS GARDEN PLANE .
• HERE THE BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE ANY EXTERNAL
NATURAL FACTORS TO ADD TO THE GREENERY.
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• THE BUILDING IS SURROUNDED BY NATURE OUTSIDE TO
CREATE A FEEL OF BEING AMIDST THE FOREST.
• THE SAME FEEL IS ACHIEVED IN THE INTERIOR TOO BY
BANYAN TREE WITH AN ARTIFICIAL WATER FALL ,
BAMBOO LAND AND WILD WOOD.
• THESE ARE ALL ENHANCED WITH ARTIFICIAL SOUNDS
AND LIGHT.
• THESE ARE PROVIDED ON THE OPEN TERRACES OF EACH
BLOCKS.
• EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING IS DONE.
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• FACADE DESIGN CREATED FROM THE ORIGINAL IMAGE
PIXELATED OF SITE BEFORE DEVELOPMENT.
• WORKMANSHIP DEFECTS WERE EMBRACED. THIS GAVE
THE BUILDING A RAW RUSTIC LOOK.
• NO CLEAR TRANSITION FROM OUTDOORS TO INDOORS.
THIS BREAKS THE STIGMA OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
CLASSESS AND ENCOURAGED SOCIAL INTERACTION.
• FLUX LINES AND EXPOSED CONCRETE STRUCTURE.
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• IN RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, THE
INTERIORS OF THE BUILDING IS MOSTLY DONE IN WOOD
WITH WOODEN FLOORS AND WOOD VENEER IN ROOFS.
• EXTENSIVE STONE CLADDING IS PROVIDED.
• GLASS WALLED ELEVATOR MAKES USE OF THE
SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE.
• ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPE INCORPORATED EFFICIENTLY
WITH WATER RECYCLING FOR WATERFALL.
• COLUMNS AND BEAMS DESIGNED AS TREES TO MATCH
THE THEME.
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• THERE ARE 2 ENTRY POINTS AND 1 EXIT TO THE SITE • THERE IS ONLY ONE MAIN ENTRY TO THE SITE.
• THE APPROACH TO THE SITE IS THROUGH A MAIN ROAD.

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• THE ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPES ACTS AS ONE OF THE
• THE PIXELATED FACADE AS WELL AS THE GREEN PLANE ARE THE
MAJOR VISUAL CHARACTERS IN THE BUILDING .
MAJOR VISUAL CHARACTERS IN THE BUILDING.
• THE WHITE COLOUR ACTS AS A CONTRAST TO THE
• THE EXPOSED CONCRETE PROVIDES A CONTRAST IN COLOUR AND
GREEN BACKGROUND OF NATURE
TEXTURE TO THE GLASS.
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• VIVANTA , BANGALORE IS A BUSINESS HOTEL WITH TOTAL
OF 199 KEYS.
• THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 7 CATEGORIES OF ROOMS
OFFERING A TOTAL OF 3 DIFFERENT VIEWS.
• THESE VIEWS ARE HOWEVER A PART OF THE BUILDING
LIKE POOL, GARDEN.
• THIS OFFERS OPTIONS AND VARIETY TO THE GUESTS.
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• ALTHOUGH A LUXURY 5 STAR HOTEL THE NUMBER OF
GUESTROOMS ARE LIMITED TO 48 KEYS.
• THERE ARE 4 CATEGORIES OF ROOMS.
• ALL THE ROOMS FACE THE MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE.
• THIS CREATES A LACK OF VARIETY IN THE VIEWS OFFERED
BY EACH ROOMS.
• THE VARIATION IS OBSERVED THROUGH AMENITIES AND
SIZE OF ROOMS
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• PLENTY OF AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED LIKE GYM, SPA,
POOL, TENNIS COURTS, AND MULTIPLE DINERS AND
DELICATESSEN, BANQUET HALLS.
• BEING A BUSINESS HOTEL CONFERENCE HALLS AND
MEETING ROOMS ARE ALSO PROVIDED.
• THE SERVICES PROVIDED ARE SUFFICIENT WITH RESPECT
TO THE NUMBER OF KEYS.
• THE GUEST ROOMS ARE SPACIOUS AND HAS GOOD
VENTILATION AND LIGHTING.
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• WINDY WOODS IS A LUXURY HOTEL WITH AMENITIES
LIKE GYM, SPA , BANQUET HALL AND A RESTAURANT.
• WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF KEYS THE SERVICES
SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH.
• DUE TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN THERE ARE LIMITATIONS
IN PROVIDING AMENITIES LIKE SWIMMING POOLS
WHICH IS OTHERWISE DESIRABLE IN A 5 STAR HOTEL.
• THE GUEST ROOM HAS GOOD AMBIENCE WITH NATURAL
VENTILATION AND LIGHTING.