August 2019
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Focus: Retail and Hospitality Using Technology to Advance Traditional Hotel Design
by Harry Wheeler Technology is changing the face of hospitality design. It’s evolving the way in which we approach and conduct our work; providing options for new products and ways to leverage mobile apps to improve the design and guest experience; and increasing our accessibility to innovative resources and materials. Let’s look at the many ways technology is shaping a new future for hotel design. Design Strategy
Conference calls and digital presentations have quickly replaced in-person meetings and conventional physical design boards. This makes it quick and easy to collaborate with the full project team, and saves time and money related to meeting travel and
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digital ally for designers. With no tooling required, this resource allows designers to use drawings to create plastic models of any part of our design. This option allows designers to quickly and easily recreate and improve on designs based on project team feedback and consumer trends.
shipping costs for physical renderings. Software programs like Photoshop and SketchUp have taken the place of traditional hand renderings, making it easy to update and modify drawings for design changes made on the fly. They show actual furniture, fixtures, finishes and equipment in elevations and models, helping to streamline the overall design process.
Technology is changing the face of hospitality design. It’s evolving the way in which we approach and conduct our work; providing options for new products and ways to leverage mobile apps to improve the design and guest experience; and increasing our accessibility to innovative resources and materials. Revit, a building information modeling program, gives hotel designers a completely different way of drafting. We can create accurate 3D designs that
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show heights, widths, materials, fire ratings, sound ratings and essentially all components of a complete design. Using this program, we can create virtual, living buildings where all design elements are represented and interrelated. 3D printing has emerged as a powerful
Like many industries, technology products are now essential in the hospitality design world. Marriott properties offer guests advanced check-in by using its app for use as guest room keys and to charge purchases. This allows for an easy and seamless guest experience and designers to recreate the traditional check-in desk area in favor of smaller check-in stations, pods, and to expand interactive social common areas. In Boston’s Envoy Hotel, the hotel’s billiards table features an interactive 65-inch touch screen that serves as a one-of-a-kind entertainment center. It provides guests with the ability to play games, search online, and interact with continued to page 10
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