Studies have shown that our brains react differently to different environments with different noise levels. Why do we like going to coffee shops to get our work done? Well, it's simple.
Processing Disfluency
The noise level in a coffee shop (70 dB) is just enough to distract our brains from normal concentration, throwing it into a mode of abstract thinking, hence the creavitiy. Anything else, is either too noisy or...too boring.
So next time you walk into a coffee shop, just know it's not just the reclaimed wood or the overpriced lattes that keeps you going back to get your work done.
Yes, the Julius Meinl group have actually developed a poetry cafe in which you can pay for your drinks with a poem. If only all coffee shops felt the same way.
Guest Room Interior
Guest Shower Room/ features a closet that is also accessible to the main room as well as a digital touch screen in the shower area that allows guests to sketch their ideas and save them to their online Ausloser profile (currently in development). Controls along the outer wall of the shower allow this feature to be turned on or off.
Guest Room Entry / A coffee shop lounge connected to the main corridor with a personalized library of books and vinyl records based on guest preferences.
Guest Room Corridor/ Nana Walls Doors allow guest rooms to open into a vibrant coffee shop environment where creatives of different disciplines can intereact and network. Companies have the option to rent out the entire floor, which includes 2 private "Think Tank" conference rooms and a private coffee bar.
Guest Room Interior/ When doors are closed off, team members can work together in a creative environment complete with chalkboard walls, drafting tables, and 4K resolution projectors integrated with Cisco technology to coordinate with clients and consultants.
Section AA Guest Room Interior
Guest Rooms Interior/
The concept behind the digital screen in the shower area is based on the origin of “Euerka!” which was first proclaimed by Archimedes in the bath . Ideas seem to come naturally when we are in the shower, so this screen allows guests to draw on it and their work will be uploaded to their personal online account.
Aztec Wallcovering/ The emtry to each Guest Room will feature a different iconic figure from history with a quote based on the inspiration theme of the hotel. I think that most often people do it becuse they don't know what else to fill the wall with, but I specifically wanted to emphasize the creative direction that everything begins with an idea. It's a reminder that once upon a time, these folks where exactly where you are.
Existing Conditions/ Built in 1956, the existing 8,648 sf 3-story commercial office buiding is located in the Central Business District Zone of Western Palm Springs along the popular Palm Canyon Drive. if this were a real project, a change of use into a hotel would have caused many issues with Building and Safety, especially with the number of parking spaces and the need for accessible toilet rooms so it probably would not have worked.
Surrounding Views/ Sandwiched between local businesses, the main views of the existing building facing the Eastern and Western side are the local CVS and a sweeping view of the beatiful canyons beyond, respectively.
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