Eco Hotel Design
Presented with a beautiful hillside this project brief was for a concept for the first five star destination hotel in the region of Sikkim, near Darjeeling, India.
The Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim is a remote mountainous region bordering Tibet to the north and wedged between the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan. Lush and mountainous it contains the fascinating capital city, Gangtok, and the world’s third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga.
The Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim is a remote mountainous region bordering Tibet to the north and wedged between the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan. Lush and mountainous it contains the fascinating capital city, Gangtok, and the world’s third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga.
The proposal is for ‘The Sikkim Butterfly’ - a building that floats above the sensitive context with wings that fan out over the site. The form of the wings is a response to the steep topography and presents each room with a vista of Kangchenjunga. Natural materials have been incorporated into the fabric of the building with traditional thatch forming contours to the stepping form.
A timber gridshell encloses the central body and runs between the wings providing a clear circulation route within the hotel.The concept is for the entire site and includes terraced orchid gardens and a butterfly farm. The butterfly farm would operate as a visitor attraction and at the same time conserve, protect and educate on issues relating to biological dive
A timber gridshell encloses the central body and runs between the wings providing a clear circulation route within the hotel.The concept is for the entire site and includes terraced orchid gardens and a butterfly farm. The butterfly farm would operate as a visitor attraction and at the same time conserve, protect and educate on issues relating to biological dive
