hospitality design - hotel pagganck hotel and conference center on governors island urban renewal project
A Haven for Urban and Suburban Dwellers, Cyclists and Corporate Retreat Attendees Eco-Friendly Lodgings Amidst a Nature Preserve on a Car-Free City Island in New York Harbor This hotel connects guests with the natural surroundings of the planned new park on Governors Island designed by Dutch firm, Team 8. It brings the outdoors inside through the use of a raised wooden plinth, screened cabanas, hammocks, porches and pavilions and private decks. Guests are able to flow with natural forces by cycling and strolling along the meandering trellis-covered raised walkways and boardwalks that hug the shoreline and connect guest room pavilions to the lobby pavilions. Bicycle parking and water bottle re-filling stations dot the landscape. Guest rooms become increasingly luxurious as length of stay increases all the while retaining their connection to the surrounding greenery, trees and distant views of Lower Manhattan. In appreciation of the island’s history, the hotel takes its name, “Pagganck”, from the original Leni Lenape name for Governors Island. It means “Nut Island”, due to the profusion of hickory, oak and chestnut trees. This is reflected in the logo and branding.
Spring Semester 2009 • Studio 3 Faculty: Thomas Morbitzer, Goil Amornvivat • AM/MOR Architecture & Interior Design
the PAGGANCK HOTEL ON GOVERNORS ISLAND, New york