“Business or Leisure”
Supervisor: Anna Jankovic
Business or Leisure? The project focuses on the Princess Park Motor inn, an underused motel in Brunswick with a simple spatial arrangement. By unpacking the hotel’s typology, the performative components are revealed. The new adaption of the building questions the relationships that we typically have with our fellow users of a hotel. Four user types are outlined by the project: The guests travelling for business, the guests travelling for leisure, the permanent residents, and staff members.
Elements of the building rotate, unfold, and adjust according to the user. The entry points are tailored to the journeys and intentionally frame the experiences of others. The system of the building allows for the celebration of the workings of a hotel and the performance that normally happens behind closed doors. By doing this, the project questions the social behaviours within contexts that involve those who serve and those being served.