Tokyo Hotel Concept #2 - C Hotel

STATUS: The client is getting antsy, as we all do when we approach the culmination of our blood, sweat and tears. The concept has changed slightly. The new slogan is:

"OUT OF THE SEA SPRINGS LIFE"

Approaching the site, the building seems to spring forth from a wall of water. This wall of falling water surrounds a japanese garden influenced by the flow of ocean water along the Thermohaline, also known as the Ocean Conveyor Belt. The Thermohaline circulates water around the globe, making our ocean system a global one. The building's exoskeleton, made of triangulated steel beams, seems to twist upward like a school of fish rising from the depths. The "C" shaped building twists as it rises and thus participates in a passive solar design. The balconies seen on each floor are like bubbles rising in the center of the frenzy.

Come visit the site for yourself! Run Google Earth and open this file: C_Hotel_Google_Earth. This will place you about 1000 feet directly above the building, so look down first.