Sketches for fun which were also the ideas for a boutique hotel by the river - the technique is a type of ink and wash but instead of the traditional water colour wash, I am using InkTense water marker pencils with a fountain pen outside. As for the design idea - the development is 'lifted' off the ground to allow views from the street and shop houses, it also then retains the ground floor as the public realm so the public can still view and experience the river side park and lastly lifting the hotel premises 4 metres in the air provides better sound and visual insulation and privacy and in doing so, gives off a sense of mystique and anticipation.
The hotel building will be supported on a 'forest of pilotis' with only 2 volumes touching the ground plane - the hotel lobby and lifts, and the fire escape stairs. The second and third floors are hotel rooms with an internal courtyard - alluding to the air well (tian jing) of the shop houses. The walls of this air well is cladded in timber paneling with fenestrations that look inwards via tropical windows, thus creating an internal streetscape, again alluding to the streets in nearby Chinatown.
Late this evening - we had a quick meeting online (GL, SL and me) and compiled a preliminary set which I sent to the client. Let's see.
Renna site technical meeting, plenty of sketches for Roxy's interiors and also for PD's additional design elements; the vent-block walls at the internal courtyard, ceiling details and kitchen tiles.
Met with the BSC team (Din) about the new L6 offices, and chatted to SL about design elements (she benefits from the discussions as it helps to confirm design ideas, she is coming along steadily).
I was disturbed by a client, who is re-checking design decisions made a year ago; delaying the project tender. We arranged for a meeting next week to settle the matter in person, and after PH agreed to come for this meeting - I stopped worrying and started drawing again.
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