Thursday, February 5, 2009

Precedent: La Purificadora

La Purificadora is an important precedent for me in this project. The size of the hotel is comparable to Link, minus the gallery. There are only 26 guestrooms and it is also located in a historic building.

The pool, located on the roof and adjacent to the terrace, is very long and narrow. I had ruled out the possibility of a pool after reading (in what has become my textbook for the semester: Hotel Design, Planning and Development) that the minimum dimensions for a pool are such that I can not accommodate one the roof in addition to the lounge. The photo below shows the pool during the day as well as at night when it offers a fantastic glow for those on the rooftop terrace.

Another aspect of the hotel that I like are the room layouts. They are 388 square feet with a glass wall enclosing the closet.

Plan of their Superior Room:
More information on the hotel can be found on La Purificadora's website and in Architectural Record's Building Types Study archive.


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