Date: Spring, 2018
Institution: Harvard GSD
Instructor: Belinda Tato
Institution: Harvard GSD
Instructor: Belinda Tato
The project is the design of a new 300-room mixed-use hotel above an existing parking garage in New Haven, Connecticut built by Paul Rudolph. Due to the historic importance of the parking garage, there was a degree of limitation to the extent to which the original structure could be modified.
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Site Plan
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Ground Level Plan
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Lobby Level Plan
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Auditorium Level Plan
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Fitness Level Plan
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Typical Hotel Floor Plan
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Elevation
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Lobby View
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View of elevated park
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Conceptual Models
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Fragment Model