Tokyo Hotel Concept #1

LOCATION: We are standing on an manmade island in the Tokyo bay.  

CONTEXT:  The Tsukiji Fish Market is the largest fish market in the world.  Over 400 different kinds of sea life is handled here, from cheap seaweed to the most expensive caviar, from tiny sardines to 650 lb tuna.  770,000 tons of sea food pass through here every year with a value of $7-8 billion annually.  The market sees over 65,000 employees per day and is a major tourist attractions.  The current site is massively overcrowded, so it is moving to our island ... and expanding by 40%!!

CLIENT:  The client wants to develop a boutique hotel adjacent to this fish market, along the water on the north side of the Shintoyosu station.  The hotel will have a max 6,400 sq ft footprint and be approx 32,000 sq ft total.

DESIGN CONCEPT:  Out of fish springs life.  An unprecedented number of fish and sea life will be killed and sold here.  Hundreds of millions of people will be nourished by this healthy food source.  This hotel will serve to honor the souls that are sacrificed for our nourishment.  

INITIAL MASSING OPTIONS

Status:

The client has specified that while a "hovering mass" may meet the 32,000 total sq ft requirement, it fails to meet the 6,400 sq ft footprint because a footprint is defined by anything visible in a roof plan, rather than just the area that connects with the ground level.  Back to the drawing board.  

Check back soon for Version 2 of the design!