Competition Brief

Design a destination hotel, located in South africa, that leaves south africans with no choice but to love staycations.

    • Your destination hotel must be located in South africa, it must be designed for South Africans, and it must celebrate the inherent beauty of its location.
    • Design language must be contemporary, progressive and internationally competitive.
    • Core identity, not just decorative add-ons. No curio-design.
    • Brief the ai of your choice to generate design. Ideas for your hotel.
    • Using the ai results as the starting point, apply your own point of view to substantially improve on or reject completely the ai results, to generate your unique experience.
    • Give your hotel an appropriate name, that speaks to your design thread.

Provide a conceptual design that includes:

    • Public spaces
    • An arrival experience
    • 150m2 arrival area including:
      • Reception
      • Waiting lounge
    • 600m2 public space to include a combination of the following:
      • Dining (including area for breakfast offering) hotel lounge, possible including bar , if not included above
    • 200m2 rooftop experience. This could include features like:
      • Swimming pool
      • Feature bar
      • Viewing deck
      • Signature dining
    • Indicate in layout only how front of house (foh) Public spaces connect to back of house (both) and services space