Hospitality refers to the relationship process between a guest and a host, and it also refers to the act or practice of being hospitable, that is, the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, with liberality and goodwill.
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Its my final semester and we're currently on our last project designing a 4-6 storey urban hotel/resort. Went on a few visits around KL, would be going to PD and penang for more soon, bit lazy to post pictures here, if you're interested you can find them online or scout around facebook.
Anyway gonna feature one hotel here, its known as hotel maya located along jalan ampang i think, very near KLCC.
Outside it's nothing to shout about but inside the interior is designed and thought of well. It has a simple layout but the space inside creates a unique character for the building. I'm not sure whether these photos can be put up because my visiting group weren't allowed to take photos.
This is the lobby area. As you enter you come into a triple volume space that has a spiral staircase made out of wood and the lobby has water features all around. Smooth waterfalls over weaved patterns of stone cladding create a soft tone as a background sound. Located nearby are the receptionist counter, cafe and bar and access to floors above. The entrance is a glass facade with panels orientated perpendicular to it to give it a vertical louvered effect. I think they changed the layout a bit because in this photo the entrance went through a bamboo box but now it just goes through a sliding glass door (very nice whooshy thing-a-ma-jigg) and you'll walk across a water body on a dynamically orientated wooden platform.
This is the seating area for the cafe. Besides the conventional seating on the ground level, they have an additional platform that rises slightly above the ground with its edges cantilevered slightly, giving it a 'floating' effect. Behind is the waterfall on stone that has water engineered to fall at a certain rate to give it a cool effect. Stagnant water surrounding the area gives the area a cool calm sense of place.
As you go up the spiral staircase, you'll come to a foyer that has lounges by the sides and if you were to walk ahead on you'll enter a open air atrium that goes all the way up. Don't have photo XD. It has parking for vehicles and the area acts as a sort of parking/garden/open-air/lepak place area. From there you can access rooms and offices which are equally nice but no photos though.
This is one of the lounges. One of the lounges has this nice 'wooden' table which is actually wood. A tree trunk that has been divided into four quarters. No picture. =( From the picture you can see a huge column that branches out to support the floors above. Throughout the hotel there are several of these as well that add up to the character of the building.
All in all the use of these simple structures, elements, volumes have added up to the manifestation and comprehensiveness of this not-too-shabby building enabling to win a PAM Award back in 2006. So visit it (or stay there) if you want to, its worth the time and money. Facilities I'm not sure what they provide so you'll have to check yourself.
This was taken outside on a fire escape staircase of hotel maya (wasn't suppose to be there haha)p/s: in KL didn't manage to visit Hilton and others...heard it was nice XP
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