A Gap to Breath -City Hotel @ Avissawella

University of Moratuwa (UoM), Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Moratuwa

Project idea

A city hotel is a hotel within the city limits and which caters a range of customers such as businessmen, travelers, leisure lovers, pilgrims and so on.

PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
Awissawella is the major city between colombo and ratnapura which facilitate the localities and visitors with all the infrastructure and daily needs. gems and jewelry dealers and plantation dealers often tend to stay in awissawella for few hours or days. as the use of land in the town area is much more distributed among major public nodes such as railway station, hospital and etc.the neighboring context with hand full of religious , commercial, residential and services buildings has given a busy character to the awissawella town center. therefore there is a higher demand for a calm and soothing environment to be created within the city limits.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF AVISSAWELLA AREA
The city center is a social hub where numerous types of people gather for socio -economical activities.
There is a large social diversity of ethnically,religious,age and gender in this area.
Most of the population in this area are travelers from nearby areas.( avissawella is a service and transportation center / direct and indirect job opportunities from the trade zone.)
The plantation industry plays a major role in creating major character to the avissawella area.
Because of the high job opportunities people tend to migrate to the avissawella area from all around the country.therefore there is a significant social adjustment created within the avissawella area.

Project description

ISSUE
The haphazard development in avissawella area take most of the space eliminating an open space,landscape and greenery.
the proposed site is the main functional junction with parallel commercial and residential developments.the challenge was to provide enough breathable environment with greenery while keeping the requirements of the city hotel.
so with respect to neighboring context, creating a calm and fresh space in a busy and congested surrounding is the major fact that drives the designing of an architectural breathing space.

DESIGN IDEA
my design intension is to create a much more spacious place with soothing spaces that brings a person's mind a thought of peace and calmness. the city hotel is designed to address the iconic characteristic of spaces blended with the dynamic building pattern and geographical morphology of awissawella township. not only creating a calm environment for visitors but also this city hotel will serves the betterment of livelihood of the adjacent localities.

Technical information

CONCEPT
A GAP TO BREATH
A place to relax and enjoy the urban greenery where surrounded by lush green space.
Space to release from urban stress,to enjoy the unbounded green environment.