Site Layout for the Final Environmental Hotel's Design

For the site layout, I have designed a site that has the environmental hotel constructed in the centre on a higher flooring. A driveway has been designed in front of the hotel's main entrance, which is the place that cars drive through to drop off or pick up people, and then the driveway will lead to a huge car park located at the back of the site, or lead to the exit. From the plan view, the site layout has been divided through the use of a range of natural and flowy shapes, but actually each of those shapes have their own characteristics. For instance, in the front two corners of the site, I have created a huge multifunctional planters, where plants and bushes are grown in, and along the planter has a sitting area designed. This shows that the planters located at the corner act as a planter, a sitting area, and a space divider, as they separate the site and the areas that are not in the site into two different sections, so that people can recognise the location of the site.

In the site, I have designed a lot of green facilities to help produce a fresh and clean environment for people to visit, as in London the air quality is not clean enough, due to the high amount of transportations used everyday, that produced greenhouse gases (e.g. carbon dioxide). Some of the designs include outdoor planter benches in organic shapes that blend in with the site design, planter dividers and normal planters.

Opposite the main entrance is a social area designed on a higher flooring, which is located near the edge of the driveway, shaped like a semicircle. The area has been designed like a garden, with planters along the area, and tables & seats, which means people can enjoy socialising, bringing the community together. Actually, the social area has been designed in an attractive way, as it acts like a symbol to let the people walking passed know that the hotel is a nice place to visit and explore. This includes the fun activities, leisure centre, café and open roof gardens.