the Cradle Hotel
Stage: Pricing/Proposal
Location: Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Size: 310m² Date: 2022
Client: The Cradle Boutique Hotel.
Cost: Approx. 3.5m
Project Role: Project Lead Architect
Firm: Entity Architects
The design of a spa to accompany the existing hotel, located in a nature reserve and heritage site, the design attempts to evaluate the site and creates something that emphasizes the views as well as embraces the hotels typology and the natural context and its materiality.
_site analysis
- Parking Areas
- Reception
- General Site Area
- Cradle Museum
- Cradle Restaurant
_site paths
An evaluation of the existing natural features and possible interventions in relation to possible access paths.
_core analysis
An evaluation of approach to the site, visual barriers, views, and proposed access.
_public and private spatial separation
The intention is to separate the public and private spaces with natural features and architectural interventions.
_circulation and spatial planning
Evaluating circulation between spaces and the spatial spilt of function to the north and services to the south.
_optimization and view framing
By rotating the treatment rooms slightly east the views become emphasized and spaces become more private as the treatment rooms views are orientated away from one another.