Architectural Case study of Capella Ixtapa, Mexico ;Kondan Retreat Resort, Pune; Hillside Retreat 405, Karnataka With concept, site zoning, and planning, with detailed information.

1. CASE STUDY
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

2. A resort is a place used for relaxation, vacation or as
a daytime getaway. While this can be a single
building such as a hotel, it also can be an entire
island or a ship at sea. One of the most desirable
aspects of a resort is that visitors are freed from
most daily responsibilities, which are usually taken
care of by the facility's staff. Several activities are
normally offered at resorts, including massages,
meals, cosmetic treatments and live entertainment.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

3. Capella Ixtapa
Mexico
The wonderful
intermingling of modern
and traditional Mexican
touches of textured
handmade clay and stone
meeting sleek marble and
polished hardwoods are
seen throughout the resort.
Kondan The
Retreat
Pune
The vision for Kondan
Resort goes beyond the
primary purpose of
providing hospitality with
modern amenities at a
scenic location, and seeks
to address concerns related
to its social, regional and
environmental context.
Hillside Retreat
405
Karnataka
Designed on a steeply
contoured irregular shaped
site overlooking a valley
and hills beyond, Hillside
Retreat 405 merges its 400
hotel rooms into the
existing landscape of its
site.

4. CASE STUDY
Karnataka
Designed on a steeply contoured irregular shaped site
overlooking a valley and hills beyond, Hillside Retreat
405 merges its 405 hotel rooms into the existing
landscape of its site.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

5. City: COORG, KARNATAKA
INDIA
Gross Floor Area: 18000 mq
Architects: Sanjay Puri Architects
Concept : The program was to
design a Resort with 405 Guest
rooms.
Designed on a steeply contoured
irregular shaped site overlooking
a valley and hills beyond,
Hillside Retreat merges its 405
hotel rooms and all the public
facilities into the existing
landscape of its site.

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14. CASE STUDY
Pune
The vision for Kondan Resort goes beyond the primary
purpose of providing hospitality with modern amenities
at a scenic location, and seeks to address concerns
related to its social, regional and environmental
context.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

15. PROJECT NAME:KONDAN RETREAT
RESORT
LOCATION:-MAVAL, PUNE-
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
ARCHITECTS:- SANJAY VERMA, GAURAV
BHANGRE, PRASANNA MOREY
AREA:-5600 M2
APPROACH:-AS IT IS LOCATED IN HILLY
AREA AND IT IS A PRIVATE SO IT HAS A
5M PRIVATE ROAD TO REACH THE
RESORT
CONCEPT
THE VISION FOR KONDAN RESORT GOES BEYOND THE
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HOSPITALITY WITH
MODERN AMENITIES AT A SCENIC LOCATION, AND
SEEKS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS
SOCIAL, REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT.
TAKING CLUES FROM TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE.
THE BUILT-FORM WAS EVOLVED AS A SERIES THAT
DEFINE SPACES. PERIPHERIES ACTIVITIES OF WALLS
PRIVATE AND AND TO LEND PUBLIC THEIR SOCIO-
ECONOMIC REMINISCENT HISTORIC CITADELS
WARM &HUMID
CLIMATE

18. • KUND
• RECEPTION
• RESTAURANT
• AMRAI
• TARANGAN
• SWIMMING POOL
• CONFERENCE AREA
• SPA AND GYM
ZONING AND SITE EVOLUTON
• ONLY HALF THE 30 ACRE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, WITH THE RESORT FACILITIES BEING
RESTRICTED TO 16% OF THE AREA, 10% ALLOTTED FOR RAINWATER HARVESTING GENERATION, AND
FOR REFORESTATION. AND POWER 23% RESERVED FOR REFORESTATION,
• ONLY A FRACTION OF THE SITE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, AND WHERE CONSTRUCTION WAS
UNDERTAKEN, FOOTPRINTS WERE OPTIMIZED TO RESPOND TO TOPOGRAPHY, EXITING TREES
AND NATURAL WATERWAYS, WITH PORTIONS OF THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS EITHER
CONTAINED OR REVEALED AS VIEWS. IMAGINED ON THE LINES OF A HISTORIC CITADEL.
• THE SITE IS SUB-DIVIDED INTO ZONES OF INCREASING PRIVACY, STEPPED DOWN ALONG THE
HILLSIDE AND DEFINED BY EIGHT INTERSECTING WALLS, EACH WITH A unique character SPECIFIC
TO ITS PURPOSE. THE RESULTING INTERWEAVING OF ENCLOSED, SEMI-OPEN AND OPEN SPACES
CATER TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

19. PLANNING : RECEPTION &
RESTAURANT
ACCESSED THROUGH THE PRAMUKH
DWAR (CEREMONIAL GATEWAY), THE
RECEPTION AREA CREATES AN
EXPERIENTIAL CONNECTION FROM
PUBLIC TO PRIVATE ZONE VIA A GENTLY
RISING, NARROW AND INTROVERTED
LANE THAT EVENTUALLY OPENS ONTO
THE RESTAURANT'S MAIN DECK WITH A
STUNNING VIEW OF THE VALLEY TO THE
SOUTH.

20. PLANNING : SWIMMING POOL
Spreads
organically
through a cluster
of trees, ending in
an infinity edge
towards the
eastern valley. Its
organic shape and
two existing trees
excel the
‘nirvana’.

21. PLANNING : TARANGAN
• A SERIES OF SIX COTTAGES
CANTILEVERED OFF AN AXIAL SPINE
TOWARDS A GROVE FREQUENTED BY
FIREFLIES.
• THE ROOM SIZES OF THE COTTAGES ARE
3500 X 7000 MM.
• THESE TARANGAN COTTAGES ARE
ENOUGH FOR TWO PEOPLES WITH
ATTACHED TOILET WITH OPEN
BATHROOMS TO SEE THE VIEWS OF
VALLEY.
• THESE COTTAGES ARE CONNECTED TO
THE ADMIN BUILDING WITH THE COMMON
CORRIDOR.
• EVERY COTTAGE IS POSITIONED AS TO
GET MAXIMUM VIEW FROM THE VALLEY.
• BOTTLE COURT IS SMALL SPACE CRATED
WITHIN THE PUBIC CORREDOR
CONNECTED TO TARANGAN COTTAGES.
• IT IS SPACE IS SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL.
MATERIAL USED FOR THESE BOTTLE
COURT IS PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES.

22. PLANNING : AAMRAI
ARE THE INTROVERT
MULTILEVEL COTTAGES
INSIDE THE EXISTING
MANGO ORCHARD. THESE
SPACES PLAY ALONG
WITH TREES ON EXISTING
CONTOURS WITH
COURTYARDS AND OPEN
GARDEN TOILETS.

23. CASE STUDY
Mexico
The wonderful intermingling of modern and traditional
Mexican touches of textured handmade clay and stone
meeting sleek marble and polished hardwoods are seen
throughout the resort.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

24. PROJECT NAME: CALA DE MAR
CAPELLA IXTAPA
ARCHITECT : ENRIQUE MULLER AND
SANTIAGO ASPE
LOCATION:-CAPELLA IXTAPA RESORT
& SPA LIES ABOUT 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF IXTAPA -
ZIHUATANEJO INTERNATIONAL
AURPORT IN MEXICO CITY. BUILT INTO
THE SIDE OF A CLIFF OVERLOOKING
THE PACIFIC OCEAN, CAPELLA IXTAPA
IS A LUXURIOUS RESORT HOTEL WITH
ALL SUITES FACING THE OCEAN
CONTOUR ANALYSIS
THIS NINE LEVEL ADOBERESORT IS
BUILT ON SIERRA MADRE CLIFF
THAT IS SO STEEP THAT YOU HAVE
TO RODE A FUNICULAR (INCLINE
CABLE CAR) TO GET AND FROM
MANY OF THE ROOMS. THEY USED
" CUT & FILL" METHOD TO MAKE
THIS PROPERTY SUITABLE &
COMFORTABLE FOR
ACCOMMODATION OF THE GUEST
TROPICAL
CLIMATE

25. ABOUT CAPPELLA IXTAPA
THE WONDERFUL INTERMINGLING OF
MODERN AND TRADITIONAL MEXCIAN
TOUCHES OF TEXTURED HANDMADE CLAY
AND STONE MEETING SLEEK MARBLE &
POLISHED HARDWOODS ARE SEEN
THROUGHOUT THE RESORT. THIS METHOD
OF CONSTRUCTION, HONORING THE VAST
HERITAGE OF THE LOCALE IN A
COMOPOLITAN WAY, HAS BECOME A
CAPELLA RESORT TRADEMARKS. AN
INCREDIBLE FACT OF ENGINEERINGBY
ARCHITECTS 'ENRIQUE MULLER' &
'SANTIAGO ASPE' - THIS RESORT WAS THE
TALK OF MEXICO. CAPELLA IXTAPA
SPANISH STYLE, STUCCO ARCHITECTURE
OF THE HOTEL IS UNIQUEAND EXPERTLY
DESIGNED.

26. SPACES
THE 59 SUITES RESORT FEATURES
THATCHED - ROOF VERANDA AND PRIVATE
TERRACE FACING THE OCEAN .
INSIDE THE GUESTROOMS , THE MODERN
DIGITAL WORLD BLENDS TOGETHER WITH
THE COMFORTS OF HOME . EACH SIDE
FEATURES MASTER BEDROOM ,LIVING AREA
AND SECLUDED IN A CORNER OF THE
TERRACE ARE INFINITY EDGE PLUNGE POOLS
. INTIMATE IN SCALE, DISCREET IN EVERY
ASPECT , THE RESORTS ENVELOPS IN
TRANQUILL SECLUSION. FROM THE OPEN SEA
JUST BEYOND , THE RESORTS INTERIOR
SPACES FLOW ORGANICALLY
. AN EXTENSION OF THEIR NATURAL
SURROUNDINGS . THE OPEN AIR RECEPTION
IS WHERE TOURISTS GET TO COMMUNE WITH
THIS PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME , GETTING
THEIR FIRST VIEW OF THE EXPERIENCE THEY
WILL UNDERGO. IN ADDITION, THE CALM
WINDS AND WARM BREEZES COMING FROM
THE PACIFIC OCEAN SURELY SOOTHES
EVERYONE , WHILE THE SMALL JOURNEY
TOWARDS THEIR QUARTERS WILL PROVIDE A
FULL IDEA OF HOW THIS PLACE CAME TO LIFE

27. AMENITIES
MAIN POOL COMPLEXES SPA, DRY SAUNA, LOCKER ROOMS, SPA, SALON, TREATMENT ROOMS, DITNESS CENTRE,
OPEN - AIR YOGA, GOLF COURSE, PRIVATE DINNER OR SAIL AROUND OPTION IN IXTAPA, SHOPPING CENTRE,
PRIVATE BEACH, CONFERENCE HALLS, 3 RESTURANTS AND A BAE WITH A TERRACE ETC.
VEGETATION
THE RESORT IS SURROUNDED BY PINK BOUGAINVILLEAS, COCONUT TREES, BROAD LEAF FOREST TREES, PALM
TREES THAT CASCADE DOWN THE HILLSIDE ARE AS IMMACULATELY MANICURED AS EVER,
RECEPTION AREA

28. HILLSIDE RETREAT 405
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN
KONDAN THE RETREAT CAPELLA IXTAPA
DESIGNED ON A STEEPLY
CONTOURED IRREGULAR SHAPED
SITE OVERLOOKING A VALLEY AND
HILLS BEYOND
THE SIDE OF A CLIFF OVERLOOKING
THE PACIFIC OCEAN,A LUXURIOUS
RESORT HOTEL WITH ALL SUITES
FACING THE OCEAN
PROVIDING HOSPITALITY WITH MODERN
AMENITIES AT A SCENIC LOCATION, AND SEEKS
TO ADDRESS CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS
SOCIAL, REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTEXT
LOCALLY AVAILABLE
MATERIAL & VERNACULAR
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE
TEXTURED HANDMADE CLAY AND STONE
MEETING SLEEK MARBLE & POLISHED
HARDWOODS, SPANISH STYLE, STUCCO
ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOTEL IS
UNIQUEAND EXPERTLY DESIGNED
BAMBOO AND LOCALLY
AVAILABLE LATERITE STONE
KARNATAKA, TROPICAL CLIMATE
AREA - 18000 M2
MAHARASHTRA, WARM &HUMID
CLIMATE
BUILT UP AREA - 5600M2
MEXICO,
TROPICAL CLIMATE
ALL SUITE FACING
PACIFIC OCEAN
OVERLOOKING A VALLEY AND HILLS
BEYOND & INTERESTING BAMBOO
FACADE
DIVIDED BY EIGHT INTERSECTING WALLS, EACH WITH
A UNIQUE CHARACTER SPECIFIC TO ITS PURPOSE.
THE RESULTING INTERWEAVING OF ENCLOSED, SEMI-
OPEN AND OPEN SPACES CATER TO DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES.

29. SEJAL DESAI - 2103
MANSI DHAWDE - 2104
SHRAVANI GHUGE - 2105
SRUSHTI RAUL - 2117
ASMI SADEKAR - 2118
SANIKA VARADKAR - 2126