What
Wintersession Travel CourseWhere
When
Winter 2010
Course Dates: Jan 4, 2010 — Feb 10, 2010
The city of Lausanne, situated by the lake of Geneva, organized an international exposition of horticulture which congressed and included events and a huge number of participants and visitors
Course Dates: Jan 4, 2010 — Feb 10, 2010
Includes accommodation, field trips, local transportation, all meals, museum entrances, health and travel insurance.
The city of Lausanne, situated by the lake of Geneva, organized an international exposition of horticulture which congressed and included events and a huge number of participants and visitors. Because there was a lack of hotel rooms, several hotel rooms were be built for this event. The mandate for the architect (student) was to project an innovative hotel on a site in Lausanne. It had to be built largely of wood, due to its thematic alliance with the exposition. It would also be that a conjunction of a horticultural part with the hotel wouldbe interesting. The architect took the opportunity to consider the project as a prototype for a prefabricated hotel building system. This permitted the realization thereafter of a series of hotels in Middle Europe, in different configurations and contexts. The developed competence in the domain of this “mandate”, some studies and analysis were executed concerning:
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