Morocco portfolio

Brief:
I will be designing and creating a model of a hotel room for a holiday destination in Morocco, the room will accommodate up to 4 people. The
room will be used for relaxing/sleeping, showering and any other things that people may need to do. The model will be base on Moroccan
designs and culture, it will need to have good living conditions and also be private at the same time.
Situation Statement:
When people go on holiday they need a place to stay, I will be designing and creating a model of a hotel room for people going on holiday in
Morocco. They need a hotel room for everyday use such as showering, sleeping relaxing etc. so there will need to be something for them to clean
themselves with such as a shower/bath and there must be enough space for up to four people to rest in the room. The room will also be used for
the storage of the users belongings, such as their passports/personal items and clothes, so in the model I need to show space for the users
items, such as a wardrobe/cupboard. The room will also be a place for the users to relax and possibly have a drink or prepare to go out. The
design of the hotel room will be created upon traditional Moroccan designs to make the user feel as if they are on holiday and not like they are at
home, so the design and patterns of a lot of the features in the room will be different from the users home country. I will place the hotel room in
Marrakesh as this is a popular holiday destination, and has good views of the country, such as the Atlas Mountains. The reason I am making a
model is to create an accurate representation of what the final product would look like to the users. Hotel rooms have many different features,
every hotel must have a bed, a dressing table, a mirror, a wardrobe, a safe, a TV, somewhere to sit and the bathroom of a hotel must have a
shower/bath, a hairdryer, a toilet, sink and a place to store towels. I will have to ensure that my model has all of these features in them. To make
my design more appealing, I will place a pool on the balcony. This will make the users feel more comfortable and relaxed as it gives them their
own personal pool to relax in without having to share with the rest of the people in the hotel.
Project Objectives:
The main objectives of this project are to create a model of a spacious hotel room for its users, to make them feel as if they are safe and have
good privacy while in the room, gives users the ability to securely store their belongings and make them feel comfortable and relaxed while in the
room.

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Purpose – what is the aim or end-use for your project?
The purpose of the model is to show the users of the product what the final room would look like on a smaller scale, using materials and textures that resemble what the
product would be made from in real life.
Form – what shape or style must your building / landscape take?
My room should take a simple shape such as a square or rectangle; it must also have a Moroccan style to it, using certain traditional architectural design features to
represent the country, this is to make the user feel as if they are actually in another country and by using traditional design elements this would represent the country to
the user. The reason for a simple shape is so that many of the rooms can fit on one floor of the hotel and also because it makes it easier to get furniture for a room that
have flat walls and not ones that are curved, for example.
Function – what must your building / landscape specifically do? There may be a number of functions, list them all.
The model itself must be an accurate representation of what I want the hotel room to look like if it were to be created.
User requirements – what qualities must the building / landscapes have to make it attractive to client & user groups?
The requirements of the model are that it must show the user what the room will look like, it must reflect the materials that it would be made from in real life. The actual
model must not have any sharp edges or dangerous parts to it which may cause harm to anyone looking at it. The model must also have accurate measurements but
scaled down.
Performance requirements – what technical considerations need to be achieved within this project?
The model must be the correct size and scaled down correctly, it needs to have all of the features that the real room would have in it as well.
Materials & components – what materials and components should be used to aid performance?
The materials used in the model would have to reflect the materials that would be used in real life, this would include MDF to represent wood, Fabrics/cloths to represent
fabrics and carpets and acrylic or acetate to represent glass or mirrors.
Sustainability - decisions based on the environmental costs of extraction & processing the selected materials, the products manufacture, lifespan & disposal.
The model would be made from lots of recyclable and cheaper materials so the whole process would not cost too much and its lifespan is not expected to be extremely
long but could last a good amount of time, because the model needs to be seen by people.
Size – what physical dimensions are required? How many people are using the space? What activities are taken place? Are there regulations that determine the minimum
size of the space?
The model would be a scale of around 1/20, and the baseboard will be no bigger than 600x600mill
Safety – what factors need to be considered to make the building / landscape safe for the user group?
The model needs to be safe for the user, such as not having any sharp edges in the materials, or any potentially dangerous materials.
Quality – how can a high quality product be assured?
A high quality product can be assured by using higher quality materials and joining methods to create the Model.
Scale of production – how many are to be made? What manufacturing processes might be used?
Only one will be made as it is a model of how the real thing would look, so it would be created using one off production.
Cost – what are the considerations in determining cost?
The model will be very cheap as the materials being used are not that expensive and also the machinery being used is free to use.
On this page is my specification, which is what I plan to
achieve with my project and how I am going to do it.
From the specification you can see what the purpose of
my model is, how I will try to create it and what materials
I will use.

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Purpose – what is the aim or end-use for your project?
The aim of my product is to give people a place to stay, sleep, store belongings and clothes in and also for people to be able to relax and use bathroom when they are on holiday. The
room will accommodate up to 4 people at one time, so it must be a moderately big room. The room will also be a 4.5*/5* hotel room, so it will need to be relatively high quality to
reflect this.
Form – what shape or style must your building / landscape take?
My room should take a simple shape such as a square or rectangle; it must also have a Moroccan style to it, using certain traditional architectural design features to represent the
country, this is to make the user feel as if they are actually in another country and by using traditional design elements this would represent the country to the user. The reason for a
simple shape is so that many of the rooms can fit on one floor of the hotel and also because it makes it easier to get furniture for a room that have flat walls and not ones that are
curved, for example.
Function – what must your building / landscape specifically do? There may be a number of functions, list them all.
My room must have a bathroom; which itself must have a toilet, sink, shower (which could be a walk in, standard or bath/shower), towel rack and a mirror it should have a hair dryer in
it as well. The main room must have a bed, safe, dressing table and a mirror. It must also have storage space such as a wardrobe, small cabinet for items and space to put suitcases, it
should have a shoe rack for the users to store shoes as well. The room will also have a balcony on it as well.
User requirements – what qualities must the building / landscapes have to make it attractive to client & user groups?
The room must look nice and be clean; it must also use colours similar to that of the country in its design and it must also have certain Moorish architectural features incorporated into
the design of it as well, this is to make it feel like the user is in another country.
Performance requirements – what technical considerations need to be achieved within this project?
The room needs to be able to store enough people in it comfortably and give them all a place to stay, so the beds need to be a decent size, along with a good room size and height, so
the room must be able to fit pretty much anyone in the room regardless of size, this is because when going to a hotel the rooms are not separated based on the size of a person,
however a more expensive room will be bigger so larger people would need to buy these rooms, and because my room is going to be quite high quality it needs to fit most people into
it.
Materials & components – what materials and components should be used to aid performance?
A range of materials are needed for the room to perform its purpose well. For example, comfortable fabrics will be used for the beds and pillows etc. high quality wallpaper will be used
so that the walls stay looking as nice as possible for as long as possible, it would be helpful if this was easily cleanable. The room would also use tiles a lot, as this can be used as the
flooring and the walls for the bathroom so a lot of the surface of the room could be covered in tiles. Materials such as woods, veneers and plastics will be used for the other furniture
such as the wardrobe and dressing table.
Sustainability - decisions based on the environmental costs of extraction & processing the selected materials, the products manufacture, lifespan & disposal.
The room would be moderately expensive to make as the product will need to last a long time so high quality products are needed in order to achieve this. So high quality woods and
other materials will be needed for the components such as the wardrobe and dressing table. Also the tiles will need to be quite tough in order to avoid the breaking/cracking, and
because the hotel room would be used a lot making the product durable is very important so that constant maintenance of broken parts is not needed.
Size – what physical dimensions are required? How many people are using the space? What activities are taken place? Are there regulations that determine the minimum size of the
space?
4 people are using the room, so it will need to be able to fit this amount of people in the room and a great amount of space is not needed as they are only relaxing in the room but
moving space is a good thing to have. This is because the user wants to feel comfortable and if there is not a lot of space then they might not feel as comfortable as if there was more
moving space.
Safety – what factors need to be considered to make the building / landscape safe for the user group?
None of the items inside the room should be damaged or faulty, the room should be secure and there should be appropriate locks on all of the doors. The balcony railing must be a
certain height to make sure people do not fall off of it because it is too low as well.
Quality – how can a high quality product be assured?
A high quality product can be assured by using high quality materials and using more skilled workers to create the different parts of the room. For example, a fabric chair in the room
would make it feel more high quality than if there was a wooden chair in the room, and if there was a fabric chair it would need to be high quality so that it doesn’t get damaged too
badly over wear and tear.
Scale of production – how many are to be made? What manufacturing processes might be used?
Only one room like this is to be made as rooms in hotels look slightly different to each other, so one off production would most likely be used in order to build this room, different
processes would be needed for different components in the room.
Cost – what are the considerations in determining cost?
The considerations into how much this room would cost would be how much people are going to pay to stay in it (a room which is more expensive to make would mean it is more
expensive to stay in and it will have higher maintenance costs) and how long the product is meant to last (hotel rooms are a long term product, so it would be quite expensive in order
to keep it nice for as long as possible).
This is the second page of my specification, where I will talk about what my actual
product needs to do, instead of the model.
From the specification you can see what the purpose of my real product
is, how I will try to create it and what materials I will use.

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What information do I need? How am I going to get it? How will it help my project?
Exactly what users of my product
need/want
Interviews, questionnaires, existing products,
internet
It will help my project as I will know exactly what my users want and need so I
can put it in my project.
What the design of my hotel room
should be like
Interviews, questionnaires, existing products,
architecture in the country.
It will help my product as I can create a hotel room that fits in with the
country
The type of products/features that
are in 4.5 star hotels.
Internet, existing products It will give me an insight into what makes hotels popular and will allow me to
incorporate them into my design.
What can I add to make my
product more appealing
Internet, books, questionnaires, existing products it will help my project as adding in certain features will make my project more
appealing. For example I was planning on putting a pool on the balcony,
which is not a common thing that is seen on a balcony, making it more
appealing.
What materials would be best
suited for my project.
Internet, books, existing products This will help my project as creating it using smart materials or eco friendly
materials would make the hotel room more appealing to people.
On this page I am going to think about what I want to get out of my
research, and how it will help my final project.
As you can see from this table, I need to take into consideration a lot of
different things when researching in order to make my project look
realistic and also appealing to the target audience. This includes what
certain features in the room will look like, what materials I should use,
what colours should be used.
Sources of information List what you will need to do to gain the information you need:
Client interviews From this information I will see what requirements that my hotel room will need in order to fulfil the
objective of making the user happy/ comfortable in the environment.
Location visit / analysis With this I will see the types of existing hotel rooms in the country and also some of the designs that
are used in the country.
User analysis (watch a user using the product or space) I will see how they interact with the room and from this design the room to make it easier for the user
to move around in and use.
Questionnaires / focus groups I will use questionnaires to see what people want in a hotel room and also the types of things that will
appeal to people.
Existing product analysis I will be staying in a Moroccan hotel room, so I will see one first hand and will be able to give my own
opinion of what it was like and how it could be improved.
Secondary research (internet, magazines, books etc.) I use secondary research such as the internet to see different types of rooms that already exist in
Morocco and see which ones people like so I can use them as influences.

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I will most likely use arches in my design as when I visited Morocco I saw that arches where used quite a
lot instead of doors and windows, I feel that having a uniquely shaped arch will make the design feel more
Moroccan than having doors leading to every single room. As you can see in these two images, the arches
are not just curved; they have some pattern to them and then a smaller curve at the top so I will need to
take that into consideration when designing my own arch. The image on the left is an arch that leads to
the main room where the beds are and the right image shows an arch which is actually on a balcony and it
is used to look out of.
These two images are of patterns that I saw. The right image was of the side of a shower and the left image
is of tiles on the edge of the floor next to the wall. In these images the colours are kept very basic and they
use mostly black and white tiles, the use of contrasting tiles catches the eye and makes the feature more
noticeable. However these contrasting tiles are only used on the edges/corners of the walls/floors and the
centre of the floors is plain white. I feel this is effective as it adds a nice noticeable design to the place
without overdoing it. So I will try to replicate this in some way in my design.
The four photos to the left are some of different features I saw while in Morocco. The top two images have a
similar colour scheme, which is brown and gold. The patterns on both of them are also quite complex and
unique, so if I included a table in my design then I could use a pattern like the one shown, I could also use the
pattern shown on the pillar for something like a wardrobe. The bottom two images are of a carpet and chair, I
saw these while in a Moroccan market, and they have many different colours and patterns to it, I think that I
could add a carpet or something similar made from fabric and use some of the patterns shown on it.
The image to the right is of a pillar I saw outside of a hotel near the market, I may base certain features
in my project from this pillar as I like the patterns on it and to me it suggests royalty or wealth as the
colours used are golds, which is a symbol of wealth. Also because of the complex pattern and the spiral
lower half of the pillar, it looks like lots of time and effort has gone into it. So to me this also suggests it
is for someone wealthy as they have money to pay for such a complex design.
On this page I will look at and analyse some of my images I took from
Morocco and I will look at the designs and how I might incorporate
them into my final project.
As you can see from my research, Moroccan architecture has quite complex patterns and also uses quite
a lot of colours such as reds, browns, whites, blacks, golds, blues, yellows and many others. So using
this information I will try to create my room using some of these colours and patterns.

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Moorish architecture is a type of Islamic architecture used in countries such as Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Main features of Moorish architecture include muqarnas, which are
special designs placed inside domes and on the underneath of arches. Other features are horseshoe arches, domes, crenelled arches, lancet arches, ogee arches, courtyards and
decorative tile work.
Another type of Moorish Architecture is something called Moorish revival or Neo-Moorish architecture, which is an exotic revival architectural style that is used by the architects
across Europe and the Americas. Moorish revival was popular in countries such as Spain where they recreated Moorish architecture in their towns.
In some Moroccan cities such as Marrakesh there are special Moorish building called Riads (which is shown in the image on the
right). Which are private spaces with a large open roof above a central atrium, which in traditional riads would contain four
orange/lemon trees and sometimes a fountain, the atrium would be the main point in a riad and all rooms would openly lead to
the atrium. The walls of riads would have Arabic calligraphy with quotes from the Quran.
This image is of a small space which contains a few benches and water fountain. As you can see it also has the arches which I
have also seen in my primary research, so I think that these are a very important design feature in Moorish architecture so I will
try to include these in my design. Also in some Moorish architecture the designs aren’t generally smooth curves and shapes,
they have quite a lot of sharp patterns on them such as in this image where they have a jagged design to the inside of the
arch.
These images are of what is probably the most famous example of Moorish architecture, which is the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba,
also known as the Mezquita. It is located in Spain and during the medieval times it was used as a mosque, it has since been converted
into a cathedral, which is why it has Mosque-Cathedral in its name. As you can see the interior uses the arches again like in the image
above. The exterior of the Mezquita shows many different patterns and shapes, for example I can see a tall and thin tower, this tower
most likely has a bell at the top to alert Muslims when it is time to pray. There is also a dome on the top right which is very common in
Moorish architecture. The colours used are mostly browns and reds along with whites on the inside of the Mosque, so I will try to add
this colour scheme into my design as well as these colours seem quite prominent in Moorish architecture based on my primary
research and also some of my secondary research as well.
There are many different characteristics to Moroccan architecture, one of them is called zellige (or zellij). Zellige is terra cotta tile work
covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster, it consists of mosaics (which are usually geometric) made of ceramic and it
is used mainly as an ornament for walls, ceilings, fountains, floors, pools, tables and other surfaces, examples of what zellige is used
for in shown in the image to the right.
Tadelakt is a nearly waterproof lime plaster used on both the interior and exterior of buildings, it is traditionally
used as the coating of palaces, hammams and bathrooms of the riads in Morocco. Its application is traditionally
done by polishing with river stone and treatment with olive oil soap (which has oleic acid in it) to give it its final
appearance and water resistance. Tadelakt has a very good feel to it, it is soft and feels luxurious, it can be used
for baths, showers and basins. The images below shows tadelakt walls, they show its textures and where it can be
used.
On this page I will analyse images form different places of Moroccan and Moorish
architecture to get a better understanding of the types of features that they use in
Morocco.
From my secondary research I can see that architecture in
Morocco uses lots of arches, so I will try to incorporate
them into my design, also they like to use tiles patterns for
many different things. I can also see that patterns are very
important in Moorish architecture, which is what I also saw
from my primary research, so I will make sure that I add
some patterns into my design.

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This is a hotel room in the Villa des Orangers in Marrakesh. It is a 5
star riad hotel which means that most of the hotels designs are
based on traditional Moroccan culture. On this page I will be
analysing the different features of it to get more information on
hotel rooms in Morocco.
This room is very traditional in terms of its style. The colours
and designs of the features of the room resemble Morocco and
Moorish architecture.
For example the window uses an arch shaped
frame and it has the wooden shutters, also the
window has a design on it, as lots of houses in
Morocco don’t have window panes, instead they
have the window frame with a pattern running
through it and shutters on it.
The doors are also similar to the
windows as they have a pattern
running through them with bits of
glass in between. The door also has
large curtains for extra privacy as
the doors are not very private on
there own. As well as the window,
the door has an arch above it too,
showing that this is a very
important factor in the design of
The use of the yellows makes certain
features stand out, such as the bed,
curtains, pillows and lamps, this is
effective as it highlights the room in
a way and makes it look more
aesthetically pleasing.
The bed and chair in the bottom left of the
picture are what the user will be using quite
a lot while in the room, so they need to be
made so that they are very comfortable.
They have a consistent patter of browns and
yellows, also the bed has a pattern on the
headboard which may also show they tried
to make the room as traditional as possible.
Patterns are very important in Moorish
architecture, for example you can see
the pattern on the wall going around the
room, and also on the headboard to the
bed and the arch over the window, so I
will need to include some kind of pattern
when making my product.
A material I can see being use quite a bit
is wood, as the headboard is made from
it, the door and windows are made from
it and the table is made from it as well,
so I may need to include a wooden part
in the room when I make it.
The door in this image may not be
the front door, as having a door like
that right next to the bed is not the
most secure idea, as the door does
not look very hard to open, so this
door may lead to the back of the
room, onto a balcony or terrace
section which is something I
wanted to put in my design. If I did
I think I would need to make the
door more secure than this one.
From this hotel room I can see many
different features that will make my
hotel room look traditional, such as the
colours and the general design of the
room, I will try to add some of this into
my design as it will make my room look
a lot more traditional.

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This is a hotel room in the Hotel La Mamounia is a 5 star hotel located in Marrakesh. It
is located in the heart of Marrakesh and faces the atlas mountains giving a good view.
This is an example of a less traditional room, so I can get some inspiration from this
room as well as t has some tradition but not a lot, which is something my users want as
they don’t want to be overwhelmed by the amount of colours and patterns in the room.
So I could use this to see how to effectively make my room look contemporise with some
tradition at the same time.
The room is more modern and contemporary, as compared to my primary research and the other hotel room I have viewed, it has a different
colour scheme. In the other more traditional room I have looked at the colours focus more on browns, yellows and reds. This one is more
focused on whites and browns with some other colours which aren’t as prominent. This shows me that this is a more modern room because of
the colours, and also the lack of an arch in the room apart from the headboard if the bed also shows that they are less traditional than other
places.
The headboard to the bed has a lot of
detail in it, showing that they kept some
of the traditional features, also the top
of the walls has a pattern to it as well
making the room look more appealing.
The colours used suggests to me that
this is more of a modern room. For
example the door is a more simple
shape compared to the other doors I
have seen and also it is a light green
colour, which is uncommon in Moorish
architecture. The door leads to a
balcony and this has a green wooden
mesh fence as well. The lamps are also
a green colour, and the lower part of
the walls has a Moroccan pattern,
showing it is adding a bit of tradition
but, the colours to it are not common in
The room is very plain in terms of
patterns and designs, this would make
the room suitable for most people but
does not show off a lot of the culture of
Morocco, my users suggested that I
create a room that is traditional but not
too much, so I could use some elements
from this to blend the tradition and
modernist design, such as the pattern
on the wall, which is present but not
one of the first things that people will
see.
The room has many different features to it, for example you have the
necessities such as the bed, but also some other features which I
may want to incorporate into my design, such as the footstool at the
edge of the bed, carpets to add more design and colour to the room,
chairs and tables, however the chair and table in this room look more
formal and less like the user is on holiday, I would make the chair an
armchair and possible have a coffee table instead of a desk to make
it look more like the user is on holiday.
Looking at this room I can see that I will add some more traditional features to mine than
this room contains. However, I will also use the way it has blended more plain and
contemporary architecture with the more traditional bits to make a room that looks nice.
So I will try to blend it like this room has.

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On this page I am going to look at an architectural model of a
holiday home made by a previous student, this is so I can get
inspiration from it and also have better knowledge on what
materials to use.
The image above shows the model without the
roof, they used detachable parts to show what
each floor of the model will look like. Lots of
the model is made from similar materials, for
example the walls are made from MDF painted
white, the windows are made from acrylic with
thin pieces of wood around the outside to
represent frames.
This is an image of the interior of the house, from this you can see the use of
different materials to create this model and make it look realistic. For
example they used fabric to make the floor look like carpet, which is effective
because the fabric and carpet have a similar look and texture to them making
it useful for this purpose. They also used acrylic to create some of the
furniture like the table and MDF to create most of the other parts such as the
chairs, which were then covered over to look more comfortable and realistic.
There are also paintings, a TV and other ornaments on the wall to make this
look realistic.
From this image you can see the whole
project as it is completely built, including
the roof. You can see the terrace section
of the house and the way they created the
look of a pool.
This architectural model is similar to what
mine will be, however this model has a larger
scale than mine, my model will have a scale of
around 1/20 and this model is a scale of
around 1/50, because the model is showing a
bigger project than mine the scale needs to be
greater.
Because my design will have a pool in it as well
it is good to look at how some other people did
theirs, they used the vacuum forming machine
over some rocks to create a rippled effect, then
they stuck it on the baseboard after painting
the bottom of it blue, so it looks like water, I
will most likely do this as it is a simple and
effective way of creating a water effect.
From this model I can see the different materials to use for the
interior of my model, and different ways to create realistic looking
items, from using the vacuum forming machine to create a pool, to
using fabric to represent the flooring and also using MDF to create
walls and other features in the model.

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On this page I will be looking at another model to get more
ideas on how to effectively create mine, because this is an
architectural model of the exterior of a house, I can use the
materials and processes they did to make certain features for
my model.
To the left you can see the pattern on the roof of the house, this was created on 2D design and then laser cut
to make the unique shape quickly and easily. They also fit the house together using slots in the MDF and glue
to hold them in place, when I am creating certain feature in my design, such as the dressing table and
wardrobe, I could use 2D design to create it and make a realistic looking piece of furniture quickly and
effectively.
The main image in the centre of the
page shows a shot of the house with a
little river running down it, to create
this he used the same method as the
other architectural model and vacuum
formed some rocks to make a ripple
effect, painted the baseboard blue and
stuck it over, so I am sure that this is
one of the easiest and effective ways to
create a water effect for my pool.
Because this person used MDF to
create their walls and roof for their
model, they were also able to laser cut
patterns and shapes onto the material.
As you can see there is a wooden
board effect on the roof and also a sun
looking pattern on the side of the roof.
I could use laser cutting and MDF to
create detailed patterns for my hotel
room also, such as the doors.
The image below shows more of the
landscape and the house. The model has
a balcony with a railing on it, which is a
safety feature on most buildings, I will
have a balcony on my model and I will
also need some sort of railing to stop
the user from falling off of the balcony,
mine may not be as open as this one as I
will have a pool on my balcony so I may
need more of a wall instead of just a
railing. The metal and wood on the
railing helps show that it is sturdy and
will last a long time, I may use some of
the materials used in this model in mine
as well.
From this page you can see that this model has lots of details to it,
including the pattern on the materials and even the water and rocks.
I will use some of the methods that this person did to create these
details and try to incorporate them into my design, this will help me
make my room look more Moroccan and also make it look more
realistic.

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 I had 3 people to fill out a questionnaire on the hotel in Morocco we stayed in, as we all stayed in similar rooms I managed
to get a good amount of information on what people like and also because it is an odd number of people the answers are
not balanced, giving me a better view on what people prefer.
 I asked 10 questions and these are the answers I was given:
1. What were the main features you liked about the room; they liked the bathroom and balcony were nice and that the room
looked nice.
2. What did you dislike about the hotel room; my users felt that it could have been more spacious as there was minimal room
to move around in and also a bigger fridge would have been nice.
3. What do you feel the basic needs and features of a hotel room are; bathroom, somewhere to sleep, safe, dressing table,
good space, TV, telephone, AC.
4. How would you improve the room; more spacious, bigger fridge, kettle, bigger bathroom, separate rooms for more privacy
and a sofa.
5. Do you think the hotel room was traditional in the way it was designed; all of my users said that the room looked more
modern than it did traditional.
6. How would you improve the look/design of the room, add a carpet in the room, brighter colours, walk in shower and
remove the bath
7. Did you feel the hotel room was private enough; most of my users thought the room was private enough but one said that it
could have separate rooms to make it even more private.
8. Do you prefer traditional or modern rooms; most users said that they prefer modern rooms, but would like some tradition in
it but not so much that it was overwhelming.
9. Would you like a room on the ground floor with a small terrace at the back or a higher up floor with a balcony; my users
preferred a room higher up with a balcony instead of a ground floor room, as this is not as secure as a higher up room.
10. Would you have liked a small private pool at the back of the hotel room; my users said that they would have preferred a
small pool at the back as it would have felt a lot more luxurious.
On this page I am going to show the questions I asked my users/clients and then they answers they
gave to me during the interview, this will help me decide what to add to the room to make it better
as it is based on multiple peoples views not just my own.
As you can see from the answers my users have given me, they all liked some features of the
room such as the bathroom and balcony because of the design, but disliked the main room as
some features they wanted were not there such as a sofa and a kettle, also they felt that there
was not enough room to move around the place comfortably. This will help me with my design
as I can add what they liked about our room and also add/remove things they didn’t like/have
in the room.

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On this page I have my plan of action, which will show what I am going to
achieve and when I am going to do it by, I also have the actual times which I am
meant to do certain tasks and can compare them showing my time management
skills.
The green plan of action is when I
actually achieved each task and how
long it took while the yellow one is
how long I was meant to take on each
task. As you can see I managed to
stay fairly on time for each task. Some
of the timings are different because I
found certain tasks easier and
managed to do them quicker while
other tasks I felt were harder and took
longer for me to achieve. During the
making diary section I have a large
gap where I did not do any of it, this is
because during this time I spent most
of my free time creating my model
and left the making diary until a later
date. But you can also see that I spent
more time on certain parts such as the
client user interview/evaluation, I
managed to get two interviews with
my user to improve my work and I
spent an extra week on the evaluation.
From this page you can see the timings of when I achieved each task, and how
long it was supposed to take me. You can see that my timeline was fairly similar
to the actual times, but some of the tasks I spent more time on than I was meant
to, while I spent less time on other tasks.

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The wardrobe will be made from wood
and glass and it will also contain a
safe inside of it, this is so that if
anyone does manage to get into the
hotel room, the safe will not be
immediately obvious, and also if
someone could see through the glass,
then having a safe in the wardrobe will
hide the code from anyone looking.
In this idea I used a mixture of contemporary and traditional designs.
For example you can see the doors leading to the balcony are just large glass panes, and this is
quite a modern design, I chose this as visitors will be able to see the view from outside very
clearly and to protect their privacy the glass will be smart glass. This is not a very traditional
feature; however my users said that they did not want a fully traditional room so I think that
this is a suitable material to use. Using smart glass is also a lot easier than having curtains or
other ways of stopping people seeing through the glass as you can do it from a flick of a
switch, and simplicity is a very important factor when using a hotel room. The beds will be made from wood, I used this as
lots of high quality beds are made from wood and I
want to represent that feeling of being in a high
quality hotel with this, the headboard will also have
a pattern on it to represent that traditional culture
of Morocco, as many headboards I have seen while
doing my research had quite unique patterns to
them.
The reason I have included a carpet into my design is because my users said that
they thought the room they stayed in would be better with a carpet in it. In
Morocco, which has a large Muslim population and is influenced by Arabic designs,
they use quite carpets quite a lot and the colours used are often reds, browns,
blacks and yellows. I chose to use a red and brown design as these are two of the
main colours used in the design of carpet in Morocco and also the reds symbolise
heat, which makes the users feel like they are on holiday to a very hot and different
country to where they may originally come from.
The pattern running around the top of the walls has been
put there because pretty much all of the hotel rooms I
looked at for my research had some sort of pattern running
around it. So I thought I would incorporate one into my
design, as you can see it uses reds and browns again, which
fits in with the colour scheme of the carpet, and having this
pattern go around the room makes the whole room feel like
it is a traditional hotel room in Morocco, as not many other
places would use such designs when making a hotel room.
Above is the floor plan for this design. The bottom left of the diagram shows
the dressing table where the users would get ready. This was placed there
because it is a necessity to have in a room, but also provides privacy for the
person using it, as more than one person will be using the room. The bathroom
is quite wide and the shower/bath is in the left corner. The sinks have a unique
curved wall around them to provide extra privacy for anyone using the sink.
The balcony has a curved pool on it in the top right corner, the reason I did this
was because I felt it gave the balcony a unique feel to it as curved pools are not
that common. The balcony also has a table with four chairs around it, which is
enough for everyone to sit down on the balcony at once.

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This design is heavily influenced by Moorish architecture
and design; you can see this from the different shapes
and patterns in the room.
The headboard to the bed is also arched, like some of the
other features in this room; this is to keep up with the
traditional design of the room. Also when doing my
secondary research I saw that a bed that had an arched
headboard and I liked the idea of that, so this is where I
got my inspiration for that from.
The door in this design was influenced from one of the
doors I saw in Morocco, I altered it slightly but it is still
similar, I chose this because I felt it was a simple
pattern that had quite a good effect. It made the door
look a lot better and it is not over the top like the door
to the balcony, because it leads to a bathroom it does
not need to be very complex or have an amazing
design.
The door and the window have Moroccan based patterns in the design of them;
they will be made of wood and glass because when I did my primary and secondary
research, I saw that lots of detailed and complex wooden patterns were put in the
design, the gaps were filled with glass but in some areas of Morocco, they did not
have glass in the windows, however I chose to add glass in as it makes the room a
lot more secure as anything could get through the gaps, but it will still show the
pattern of the door and window.
On this side of the room I have placed most of the features of the room, the reason
for this is because it saves a lot of space putting most of the items on one wall
rather than placing them all over the room. It is also more organised as everything
is in one part of the room so it is simple to find things and not much movement is
required for the user.
I added a mirror, TV, wardrobe,
table, chair and a fridge because
my users said that they felt it
was an essential thing to have,
the reason the mirror has a
pointed top is to reflect the
Moroccan culture in the room, as
Moorish architecture has lots of
arches and domes, so I thought I
would represent that using the
mirror.
This image shows the floor plan for this design. As you can see there is a smaller
secondary bedroom with a chest of drawers and a TV in the bottom left corner. This
provides more privacy for the users and gives them all their own space. However,
they would still need to come into the main room to use the wardrobe fridge and
dressing table. The bathroom is between the two bedrooms but is only accessible
through the main room. The bathroom is fairly simple and has a bath/shower in
the bottom left, a double sink in the middle and a toilet in the bottom right. The
balcony has two sections, the top section has the table and chairs, while the bottom
has the pool.

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With this idea I used a mix of traditional and modern design features
and colours to create the room.
You can see in this idea there is a
cupboard and a dressing table, inside
that cupboard contains a safe to keep
the users belongings from thieves. I
placed it in this cupboard as it is hidden
in this area and also it is not directly
next to the main door, so if someone
managed to get into their room this is
not the first place they would look. Also
because of the way the door opens
people looking in from the balcony will
be unable to see the code or
combination for the safe, making the
users feel even safer in the room.
Although you cannot see it in this image, behind the arch and to the left is the
bathroom, I chose to put this here because it creates extra privacy for the person in
the bathroom as when they walk out the bathroom there is a section of wall hiding
them from the actual room, and the door to the balcony as well.
You can see there is an arch in this idea, when you walk through the main door you
have to go through this arch to get into the room this makes the user feel like they
are in another country, and the top shape of the arch was inspired by some arches
in I saw in my primary research.
Because the drawing does not show the
whole image, the room will have an second
bed similar to the one in the picture on the
other side of the bedside table, allowing the
4 people to fit into this room.
I chose to create the bedside table like this as when I was in Morocco I
saw a pillar that took this form, I liked the shape and pattern to it so I
decided I wanted to include it in at least one of my ideas, so I used it
for a table in this design.
The bedframe is black and has a black footstool at the edge
of it; this is because when I did my secondary research most
of the rooms I looked at had footstools at the edge, so I
included this. The reason for it being black is because lots of
the beds I saw while I was doing my research were black, so I
thought that I would use this, also this is less traditional than
having something like a brown wooden bedframe, and
because my users did not want a completely traditional room I
chose to do this. As you can see the headboard is arched and
has a brown pattern on it, this is to make it stand out more
and represent Morocco with the use of the arch.
The pattern going around the room is a
simple one with red/maroon and brown
squares going around the room with
yellow stripes above and beneath. The
reason I chose to do this is because I saw
lots of squared patterns on floors and
walls in Morocco and I wanted to use
that, and the reason for the red/brown
squares is because these are prominent
colours in Moorish architecture.
This is the floor plan for this design. In the top left is the
entryway, which can be seen in the drawing. It has the
wardrobe and opposite it a door leading to the bathroom,
which cannot be seen in the picture above. The bathroom is
laid out fairly simply, with the shower at the back, and the
sink and toilet opposite each other. The main room is fairly
spacious, which is good because it is one of the things that
my clients wanted in a hotel room. The living room includes
a cupboard, chest of drawers and dressing table all
combined into one component as well as 2 beds, a fridge,
TV and lamp for extra light. The balcony on the right of the
picture shows the table with chairs and the small pool in
the top right corner.

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In this idea, the first thing that is noticeable is the
carpet. This is because of the unique patter that it has, I
chose to do this because when I was looking up different
features of Moorish architecture I saw that they used lots
of patterned carpets in their design. The pattern I feel is
very traditional as it has a variety of shapes and colours
in it, such as red, blue, orange and brown, which are
colours used widely in Moorish architecture. Another
reason for having this carpet is because my users said
that they thought the room they stayed in would have
been better with a carpet in, and because the room is not
very traditionally designed I thought having a traditional
carpet would still create that atmosphere of being in
another country.
The doors leading to the balcony are quite modern, the
reason I did this was because it will give the user a good
view of Morocco and also makes the user feel like they
are in an expensive hotel, this is because nice modern
hotel rooms are often quite expensive and have a big
glass window to see out of. The glass would be smart
glass so that the users can have more privacy when they
want it.
The dressing table across from the
wardrobe has multiple features to it. As
well as being able to store your clothes in
the drawers, you it also has a small safe,
which is the small door next to the
drawers, it has a shoe section, which is
underneath the safe and also a
fridge/freezer, which is the door on the
right side. I chose to make put these things
here as it is easy for the user to get to
without much hassle because they are all
near each other the user does not need to
walk around much, they will be made from
wood, this is because having a veneer over
something like fibreboard or plasterboard
will not be strong enough to hold things up
such as the safe, so having a strong
wooden frame for the whole thing would be
a lot sturdier, but more costly.
I placed the wardrobe close to the bed on purpose; the reason for this is because
when people are getting ready, they tend to put clothes out on the bed to decide
what clothes to wear, so putting the wardrobe near the bed makes it easier for the
user to put clothes somewhere while they decide what to wear. The wardrobe would
most likely be made from plastic as this is a cheap yet good looking material to
use, the doors will slide across so the frame of the door and the railings will be
made from a metal, most likely aluminium as this is a fairly inexpensive material to
use and is also durable and strong enough to be used multiple times daily.
As well as the carpet I made the mirror on the wall slightly traditional in its style, I
was influenced by a TV stand in the hotel I stayed in, the TV was placed in big stand
which had a pattern at the top of it similarly to how the mirror is, so this is where I
came up with the idea for that mirror.
The design of this room is laid out slightly different to most of the other designs I have. This is because
this design is one of the only ones without an entryway from the front door on the left. The bottom left
corner is empty, this allows the users to places their belongings such as suitcases out of the way. The
bathroom in the middle of the image is quite large, it contains a walk in shower, double sink and toilet.
The balcony on the right of the image has a circular pool, I chose a circular design because it was
something different and unique and made the balcony look slightly more interesting.

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This idea has a very traditional design to it
and was influenced by many things I saw
when doing my research.
The door next to the bed will lead to the bathroom, it
will have a frosted glass pane at the top and bottom of
it, the reason for this is because generally when frosted
glass is used it is for bathrooms or other areas that
people are not meant to fully see into, to protect the
privacy of whoever is behind it. So I used it for a
bathroom to show that it is meant to be a private place,
and also if anyone is in there they cannot be seen.
There is a dressing table and wooden chair
for the user to use while getting ready, the
top of the table will have a marble/granite
texture to it, and the reason for this is
because when I was staying in my hotel, the
dressing table there had a similar form to it; it
was wooden all over apart from the top where
it had a marble texture to it, this makes the
room seem less traditional and this is good as
my users did not want a completely
traditional room.
As you can see next to the bed is a sofa, it also
doubles as a bed, so this allows up to 4 people
to sleep in the room at once. The sofa will be
made from fabric as this a comfortable material
and it is also quite expensive, so this shows that
the hotel is quite high quality and the room is
not cheap.
The wardrobe in this idea will most likely be made from plastic and have sliding
doors, so the frame and railings will need to be a metal such as aluminium because
this metal possesses desirable properties for the use, such as being durable,
because it will be used a lot during the day.
The doors are made from glass and wood, I saw this in my secondary research and I liked the way that they
designed the doors so I chose to use the design they had and alter it slightly to make it more original. The
curtains also provide extra privacy for the users if they wanted it as there are still glass panes in the door
which can be seen through., the curtains also represent wealth, as when I was in Morocco, only the richer
areas and nicer places had curtains and other features like this, other places in Morocco did not have
curtains, so by having them this represents wealth and that the hotel is not a cheap one.
This idea is the only other one not to have an entryway, it is very spacious by the front door,
giving the users more than enough room to store their belongings. All of the main features in the
room are quite close to each other. This allows for the users to easily access everything without
much need for moving around too much. The bathroom is on the bottom of the design and has
double sinks opposite a toilet, and a shower/bath. The balcony is quite different from most of the
others as the pool is not directly on the balcony, the pool is between the bathroom and the
balcony. I did this because it allowed for the users to look out of the balcony from all angles and
still have access to a pool, unlike the other designs, where some of the visibility from the balcony
is restricted because of the pool.

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This idea uses a mix of traditional elements as well as modern
ones.
The pattern at the bottom of the bed covers has
been used quite a lot in Moorish architecture, I
saw it quite a few times around the hotel I stayed
in, however most of the time it was used on
walls, I decided to incorporate this design onto
the covers as it is a fairly simple design and
having it on the covers makes them look a lot
nicer than having no pattern on them at all.
The arch leading to the main room has a
unique pattern at the top of it, I saw a
similar pattern to this in my hotel room
and it was where I got inspiration for this
design from. It has a rounded shape
similar to a dome at the top, and because
domes are used in the architecture of
Morocco quite a lot it shows the different
architectural designs from Morocco
including domes and arches.
On the wall there is a painting of a lion, I chose
to put this there because it gives the room more
tradition as Morocco’s national animal is a lion,
so having this shows the tradition of the country
and some of its symbolism.
Opposite the wardrobe is where the bathroom
will be, this is to create extra privacy for the
user as it is not a part of the main room.
The wardrobe has a mirror on one of the
doors; this is so that when picking an
outfit, the user can see what it looks like
before they put it on, so they can
change different aspects of their outfit
quickly and easily as they will know
what it will look like before they put it
on.
As you can see the wardrobe is between the arch and the door, this is to fill the gap
between the two. The wardrobe will most likely be made from wood, with an
expensive veneer over it to make it look a lot more high quality. Next to the
wardrobe is a shelf, this will be to store the users suitcases and shoes so that they
do not get in the way when they unpack everything.
The pattern on the door and on the headboard are the same, the reason I did this
was to give the room a certain look, if all of the patterns in the room were
completely different it would be overwhelming for people, so by making them the
same the user will not feel completely out of place in the room. I got the inspiration
for this design from one of the doors I saw while I was in Morocco, so I used it on a
door in my design and also the headboard.
From the floor plan above, you can see what the rest of the room looks
like. The bathroom has dividers between the toilet, sink and shower,
this is to ensure extra privacy if more than one person is in the
bathroom at a time. You can see from the balcony that the pool will be
situated in the corner with the table and chairs in the other one.

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This room was influenced by the hotel room I stayed
in while I was in Morocco. It used a mix of modern
and traditional design in it.
The floors will be tiled this is because many hotel
rooms have tiled floors; this is because they are quite
strong and would take a lot of damaged. They are also
very easy to clean compare to carpets. However they do
take quite a long time to replace if broken, but because
it is a hotel, there will be other rooms and while the
tile(s) are being replaced the visitors can just go into
another room while then.
The sofa and the chair will both be fabric, this is to
provide a more comfortable experience for the user, and
also many sofas and chairs in Morocco are made from
fabrics, so this will also give the user a Moroccan
experience.
Like in some of the other designs, the door to the bathroom will be opposite the
wardrobe, the reason for placing it there is because it allows the main room to have
extra space.
The wardrobe will be made from a high quality wood so that the users know
that the room is high quality and because having a veneer over a cheaper wood
may be cheaper, however the veneer could fall off overtime which will not look
nice, so having an expensive wood would last a lot longer than veneer
considering it is for daily use. The wardrobe also has a section which can be
used to store the suitcases of the users.
The room comes with lots of seating for the users, such as the sofa
that extends out into a bed and the chair near the dressing table.
This makes the room a lot more comfortable for the user and also
allows them to bring friends over because of the amount of seating
in the room. The use of a sofa also gives the users more seating
area.
The brown/yellow colour of the wall makes
the other features of the room more
noticeable such as the dark brown
dressing table and the TV.
The pattern going around the wall
has the flag of Morocco in it, using
the red background and the 5-point
star symbolises the culture of
Morocco and allows the users to feel
like they are in another country.
This design has a similar lay out to some of the others, it has an entryway, with a
wardrobe and a shelf for suitcases, opposite that it has a bathroom with a shower/bath
and double sinks with a toilet. The arch leads to the main room, which has a sofa bed,
double bed, dressing table, fridge, shoe rack, chest of drawers and a lamp for extra
lighting. The doors leading to the balcony are sliding glass and there is a table and
chairs near the bottom and there is also a plant pot decoration to add more nature and
culture to the design at the top of the balcony. The pool in this design is slightly
different as it goes across the whole length of the balcony unlike some of the others
which use only a section of it.

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On the other side of the dressing table
there is a chair for the user to sit down
on and use to get ready if they want.
The chair would be made from fabric as
this is a common material used in
Moroccan architecture and it makes the
room seem luxurious and is also a lot
more comfortable for the user than a
chair made from plastic or wood, as it is
a lot softer.
The bed has a footstool on the end of it because this
is quite a common thing in Moroccan design, as most
of the rooms in my research had footstools, because
the drawing shows only a section of the room, you
can only see one bed, but there will be two identical
beds with a bedside table between them, as well as
this there will be a TV on the wall opposite the beds.
The room floor will be covered in carpet, this is because it is a lot cheaper than tiles or hardwood floor to maintain, for
example replacing a carpet would take a few hours and anyone could do it, but replacing a hardwood floor or a tiled one
would mean that there is a lot of manual labour required to replace it and it would take a lot longer. Also, because the floor
I carpet the temperature of the floor will not change, whereas on a tiled floor, it could get really cold or hot depending on
how much light/heat gets to it.
The dressing table next to the fridge will most
likely be made from a cheaper wood such as fibre
wood and then covered in a more expensive
veneer, this is so that it lasts a long time and is
not as expensive as other dressing tables made
completely from solid wood. It also has a section
for shoes in it so that all of the users things they
need to get ready are relatively close together.
The wardrobe will be made from a type of fibreboard/particle board and then covered in a plastic such as
polypropylene, this is because PP has lots of suitable qualities for a wardrobe; it is relatively inexpensive,
strong, durable and clean/safe (will not release chemicals into whatever it is holding). Some wardrobes
similar to this exist as I have looked up examples of some on websites such as Ikea.
The main feature in the room is the repeated arches
along the walls, this uses one of the main elements of
Moorish architecture in the design of the room, it also
helps the room look less empty. Some of the arches
will also have doors or windows inside of them, like as
you can see in the images, one of the arches leads to
the front door and has a wardrobe behind it and the
other one has a door in it, this will lead to the
bathroom, so the bathroom is in a similar place to the
other designs, however it leads straight to the main
room instead.
This room uses lots of traditional Moroccan designs in it, however it also uses
some modern items/design features in it.
Like some of the other designs this one contains an entryway with a
wardrobe and opposite a bathroom with a walk in shower, double
sink and toilet. The main room has two double beds, a fridge and a
component that joins a cupboard, shoe rack and dressing table. The
doors leading to the balcony will be wood/sliding glass, as shown in
the image below. The pool in this design goes across the width and
length of the balcony, because of this most of the balcony will be
glass, this will compensate for lack of visibility from the balcony.

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The idea that my user chose is my sixth design.
This design does fit the specification as it has all of the things a hotel room should have, such as a bathroom, storage space, safe,
dressing table and a place to sleep. However it could include more things that hotel rooms can have, for example a sofa and table with a
few chairs. The room would be able to store up to 4 people comfortably and fits most of the other specification points, as it reflects a high
quality room because of the materials and designs used in it.
Essential Changes:
• Expansion of room
• Added sofa
• Added table
• Rearranging features such as the TV and mirror
Change the form of the lights
above the beds.
Move the TV into a new location
so that it can be seen from most
of the room, not just that one
bed
This may mean I need to change
the layout of the dressing table,
as the mirror is in the place
where the TV could go, so I
would need to shuffle different
features around to get them all
in a good place.
I will need to make the
room wider to allow space
for the sofa and the table.
my users said that there needs to
be enough room for at least 2
people to sit down on, because not
everyone can sit on the beds all the
time.
I will need to look back at some of my research and see what some of the smaller lights and lamps look like,
so that I can use them in my room, as my users said that they would like lamps near the back doors and also
that the light above the bed could be improved.
I could also look at some more traditional art of Morocco, as one of the reasons that they liked this room a
lot is because of the unique painting on the wall, and they would like to have a few more of these along the
room, so I could look at more of the culture of Morocco and see some of the things that make up the
country, as the lion is the countries national animal, so I could look at some other things like this.
On this page I am going to look at the idea
that my users chose and the way they
suggested I develop it.
As you can see there are a few changes I need to make
to my design in order to make my design better, this
includes the size, addition of certain features and the
rearrangement of the room.

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I have chosen the idea that I am going to be developing further, the scale of the model is going to be 1:20. the reason for choosing this
scale is because it is an architectural model, so anything bigger such as 1:10 or half size would be far to big to make and using a scale
such as 1:50 will be too small and I will not be able to fit enough detail that I want in it, so 1:20 provides me with a model that is big
enough to show all the details to the different parts of the model while being small enough to create in the time I have.
I was originally planning to make the real product 7x5 metres. However, after looking more into the sizes of hotel rooms and the objects
in the room, I decided to make the room larger, as this would provide the users with a lot more space and in turn make the model more
comfortable for the users because 7x5 metres for an entire hotel room including the balcony hardly provides the users with much room,
so I decided to enlarge it to 10x4 metres.
Because the scale is 1:20, and the size of the real product would be 10,000x4000mm, my model will be 500x200mm. To create this
model I would need a baseboard that is slightly larger than the size of the model.
My model will need to have some components made in 2D design and cut out on the laser cutter, such as the walls and balcony. This is
because creating them on 2D design will provide me with better accuracy than if I cut it myself, and also I could use joints such as finger
joints to connect the walls together, something that would be very hard to do by hand.
In my design I will be using smart glass to add privacy for the users. I will use it on the glass sliding doors
leading to the balcony, this is so that it makes it easier for the user to have privacy during the day. Instead
of using curtains, which can get in the way if someone wants to go onto the balcony while they are closed,
smart glass allows the users to make the room more private from a simple flick of a switch and also there is
nothing that will get in the way if they want to go onto the balcony.
The image to the right is my current floor plan, you can clearly see the
different features in the room such as the beds, shower, toilet, doors, chairs
etc. this floor plan may change throughout development as I may find that
my users want different things or that hotels with a similar rating to mine
have features that aren't included in my design at the moment.

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These are two examples of possible wall lights for my model, the one on the left is a contemporary styled wall light and the other is a
Moorish style light, I will need to include wall lights on my design to hang over the bed, this is because many hotel rooms I have seen have
included wall lights to allow users to read in bed or just for when they don’t want to use the main lights but want extra lighting.
In my initial ideas, I created different designs for the arch that was going to be in my room, I looked at some primary
and secondary research before I started to design them and used features that were present in my research in some of
them. The first image shows a simple arch with no special patterns of effects on it, the second shows an arch with a
large round top, the third shows a slightly more complex design with a domed top, and the final image shows an arch
with a pointed top. Because I liked the look of the last two and they both seem traditionally styled, I will try to create
my arch based on them, for example I could use the pattern in the third image but use a pointed top instead of a
dome.
These two images are pictures that I took while I was in Morocco, you can see the patterns on the doors and I feel that they are both
effective and eye catching. The one to the left could be a possible bathroom door, with the sections between the wood being frosted
glass. The one to the right was an actual entrance door to the hotel rooms, I feel that the pattern on the door is good because it is
subtle, as it does not draw too much attention, because it is the same colour as the rest of the door, but it also makes the door a lot
more eye appealing instead of leaving it as just a plain black door.
These are three images I took while I was in Morocco, the one on the left is a design of a chair, the middle one is a
pillar found in the hotel lobby and the one to the right is a pillar on the outside of a building in the town centre.
These are all possible designs for bedside tables, the one on the left is fairly simple, it would do the job and the
square in the middle would provide space for certain items to be stored, however it offers little protection of these
items. The one in the middle has a unique design to it, with the small gap between the two sections of the pillar,
this is something I may consider when creating my own table. The one to the right has a very detailed pattern, if I
were to put this design into my room, it would be one of the most eye catching things in the room. The style to it
is traditional and will make the users feel more like they are in Morocco.

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In order to create a realistic looking balcony pool in my hotel room, I needed to look at some existing ones. I found a website
that has lots of different pictures of pools on balconies, using the website I asked my user which ones they liked the best and
they gave me these 3 pools.
This photo shows one pool that actually comes off of the edge of the balcony, I like this idea as it is nice,
gives the pool more room as it is off of the balcony and it is also very safe, because the glass looks very
thick and the wall around it is made from what looks like marble, which is very strong, so I think that this
idea is safe. I may use some parts from this idea on my balcony.
In The image to the left, this pool has a unique shape on it and unlike the image above, multiple floors
have this balcony with a pool. The actual balcony has a good design to it as it has a wooden flooring, a
glass banister, and lots of plants. This idea does not look very safe because the glass banister over the
pool does not look very high and that could be a hazard because someone may fall off the edge
because it is not high enough.
The pool in this image is not on a balcony, it is on a terrace, however it can still be used on a balcony
with a high banister. I think that this design goes well with the environment, because of the dark wood
used as the flooring and the grass around the pool as well. I could incorporate this into my design as I
could use lots of vegetation that is common in Morocco, and have the pool next to it, this would create
a more relaxing environment for the users and would improve the overall view from the room/balcony.
On this page I am going to look at different
balconies with pools on them in order to get
inspiration for my own balcony.
From this page I have seen 3 different pools on balconies that I could use, as
well as some different materials, two of the balconies used wood while
another used tiles/marble. I might make my balcony look similar to the third
picture because in this one the actual terrace looks less modern than the
others and the plants give the balcony a more natural feel.

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I created a 3D model to see what the real thing would look like and also to improve upon my users review of my drawings.
One of the things that the users said about my drawing was that the room seemed quite small, I was originally going to make it
7x5 metres, however after creating a plan roughly that size I saw that when I laid everything out, it was too small and it got
quite cramped in the room. So I changed the size to 10x4 metres including the balcony, and this is roughly the size of this 3D
model. As you can see, there is lots of room in the model for my user to walk around in and everything fits into the room fine.
Another one of the improvements that my user suggested was that adding a sofa
would have made the room more comfortable. I used a downloadable model from the
sketch up warehouse for the sofa, I placed it in the corner of the room and found that
because I enlarged the room the sofa fit comfortably in the room , I also added a
coffee table as I saw coffee tables in some of my secondary research so I decided to
add this in as well.
More improvements that my users gave me were that there
could have been extra bedside tables on the ends of the bed.
And also the lights above the bed could have been changed.
As you can see from this image, I changed the design of the
bed lights and also added a couple more bedside tables.
Most of the elements in this design will not look like this
on the final product, I used the skecthup warehouse to
get quick and ready made features such as the TV, bed,
toilet, bathroom, sink, wardrobe and other furniture. So
this model is only a rough copy of what my final project
will look like.
On this page I am showing the 3D model that I created of my
project, I used the improvements that my users gave me based
on my drawing to create this model.
This page has helped me as it give me critical feedback from my
users as they saw and changed any features they didn’t like such
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To get the real sizes of what my hotel room would be, I had to do some research into the sizes of real objects, for example I saw that a double bed
was roughly 1.9 metres length and 1.3 meters in width and then I went onto the IKEA website and saw that most of their double beds were the same
size as that. I did this with many other different objects to get a feel of how big I would need to make the actual hotel room.
I am going to use a scale of 1/20, this is so that I can get as much detail into my model as possible. I decided that the main room would be 5x4
metres which is 5000x4000 mm, scaled down by 20 it equals 250x200mm, this is how big the main room of my model will be. The bathroom would
be 3x2m, which in millimetres is 3000x2000. Scaled down to 20 this is 150x100mm. Also opposite the bathroom I am going to have a wardrobe, it
will also have a section to put the users luggage in, it is going to be the same length as the bathroom so it is going to be 3x2m (3000x2000mm)
which scaled down is 150x100mm.
The overall size of the model will be 11.5x4m, in millimetres that’s 11,500x4000 and scaled down to 20 its 575x200mm, and my baseboard will
need to be slightly bigger than this.
On this page I am going to look at
the different objects that will be in
my hotel room and decide on the
overall size my model will be.
Component Real Size (WxDxH) Scaled Size (WxDxH)
Main Room 4000x5000x2300mm 200x250x115mm
Bathroom 2000x3000x2300mm 100x150x115mm
Entryway 2000x3000x2300mm 100x150x115mm
Balcony 4000x3500x1500mm 200x175x75mm
Bed 1300x1930x1000mm 65x96.5x50mm
Dressing table (with drawers
and fridge/freezer)
2900x550x750mm 145x27.5x37.5mm
Wardrobe 2000x600x2000mm 100x30x100mm
Coffee table 500x1180x500mm 25x59x25mm
Toilet 383x480x460mm 19x24x23mm
Sofa 1800x700x700mm 90x35x35mm
TV 645x50x390mm 32x2.5x20mm
On this page I have looked into the different sizes of components that I
will be adding into my final product. I have also scaled them to the
correct size on the table. This helped me as I know roughly what sizes
to make my components and how they will all fit into the space in my
model.
The images above are examples of real products taken from the
Ikea website. I looked at a range of products and the sizes shown in
the pictures are roughly the average for each item shown, so I will
be basing my sizes on different components from measuring
similar items in my own home, and from websites such as Ikea,
B&Q, Homebase, DFS and The Bath Store. This will give me realistic
and accurate measurements which I can then scale down and
create. The table to the right shows most of the measurements and
scaling I have done for different products. For the dressing table
component I had to add up measurements from different parts
such as the fridge/freezer and the drawers and then convert them.

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On this page I am going to look at my sketch
model and some of the things I learned from
creating it.
From creating this sketch model I saw that the walls were too small, so
the main thing I need to do is increase the height of the walls, I may also
need to make the main room slightly smaller and increase the size of the
bathroom and the section next to it..
This is a view of the model from the balcony, the gaps in the wall represent glass window panes, I
am going to have sliding glass doors leading to the balcony, this allows lots of light to get into the
room during the day, reducing the need for extremely bright lights.
As you can see my ergonome (Jim) is almost the same height as the wall, the ergonome if it was real
would be around 5 foot 10 inches tall, and this would mean that either I made my walls too small or
I got the measurements wrong, the walls were meant to be around 2 metres high, I now think that I
may need to re think the height of the wall, and possibly increase it to around 2.3/2.4 just to make
sure that even tall people can fit in the room comfortably.
This is a plan view of the whole model, you can see that the main room is quite large compared to
the rest of the parts, this is because most of the features are going to be in the main room. I put my
ergonome into the different parts of the room such as the bathroom section (bottom left corner)
and I saw that it fit fine into most parts, however expanding certain parts slightly might make it
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Walls:
For the walls I was thinking of using MDF and then painting over it, this is because I saw this on one of the
architectural models I looked at and I thought that it made the model look realistic, as well as this it is fairly
simple to use and because my model will have an arch in the wall using MDF and then laser cutting it would
give me an accurate and neat cut and make the whole model look more realistic. A back up material I could use
is foam board, this is because it strong and already has a white colour to it, which is the colour I was planning
on doing the walls.
Bathroom:
For the bathroom floors (and possibly walls) I was planning to use tiles for the bathroom which would be made from
laser cutting a sheet of HIPS, this is because it gives the shiny texture of tiles and because HIPS comes in different
colours many styles could be made using it. To create objects for the bathroom, such as a sink, toilet and shower etc. I
could use MDF to create a mould, have it vacuum formed and then paint over it so that it has a shiny finish to it,
making it look realistic. I could also use white acrylic as this would have a similar effect.
Windows:
For the windows/glass doors of the model I would use wither acrylic or acetate, this is because they are both clear and
have a shine to them that looks similar to glass. To make the material look better on the model I could create a slit in
the sides of the wall the material would be going on, I would then push the material through, this would make the
material look more realistic on the model as no glues would be used and it would go through the frame, like how real
glass would.
Furniture:
Because I will have lots of furniture in my model, I will need to use different materials to create them. For example when I
was looking at ways to make a bed, I decided to use MDF to create a frame for the bed and the I used a soft foam/sponge
and placed it inside to make the mattress, I would then cover it in a fabric to represent the blanket. I could also do this to
create the sofa as well and if I have any fabric chairs I could use a similar method. I will most likely have a large lamp in my
room as well, I could use a metal rod to create this as if I use metal it will already have the finish I want, however I could
also use a dowel, which is lighter and easier to cut, and then paint it with a metallic paint when done.
Balcony:
The balcony of my model would be made from either MDF or balsa wood, this is because they can be laser cut and are
fairly easy to attach to other materials, I could also use some of the examples of tile patterns in the image above for my
balcony, as these tiles will not be as shiny and smooth as the bathroom, so the will need to be made with a slightly
different material.
On this page I am going to look at the different
materials and some of the ways I am going to
create different objects in my model.
From this page you can see the various ways I am going to make certain
items in my model, such as the bed, and also what materials I am going
to use to make it. My model will most likely be made from mostly MDF,
however I will have a variety of materials in my model to make different
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On this page I am going to show my second user
interview and show some of the features that they
wanted improved.
I felt that my second client interview was very important because it helped me
remodel a lot of my product and there were a lot of key developments in it. Such
as the remodelling of the whole bathroom and the pool section of the balcony. I
also feel that the improved 3D model looks a lot better than the original and will
try to incorporate all of my users ideas into the final model.
After my first interview with my client, I developed a 3D CAD model of my design using Sketch Up and showed it to my users so
they could analyse more than just drawings and they could also interact with it more seeing the product from different angles.
They gave me feedback on how I could improve my product and what they liked/disliked about it, I changed some features of
my design based upon their feedback.
One bit of feedback they gave me was that instead of having the dressing table, chest of drawers, fridge and shoe rack as
separate things, I should combine them all as it would make the room look more uniform and high quality. They also stated that
they preferred the different items in the room to be a darker colour, so the bed and other furniture is a dark brown/black colour
instead of the light colours they were before.
They also suggested that I should create more space for the users to walk on the balcony, and that I make the balcony as big as
possible to make it comfortable to use. So what I did was I extended a section of the balcony and placed the pool in it, giving a
lot more room to walk on while keeping the pool a good size, this idea was present in one of the balconies I did research on,
and I also noticed that in the same design they had a glass pane across the pool so that people who were in the pool could see
from the balcony as well, so I decided to incorporate this into my design.
The final suggestion they made to me was to change the layout of the room, as it did not feel user friendly with all the partitions
in it and they felt that the placement of some of the features was not ergonomic. So what I did to make the bathroom more
comfortable was remove the partition between the sink and the toilet, and placed the sink on one of the walls and added
another sink next to it to make it a ‘His & Hers’ set. They also suggested that I make the shower wall have frosted glass on it to
make it look more appealing. So I placed frosted glass on the edge to make it look nicer while still keeping the users privacy.

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To ensure that the model can be seen clearly from different angles,
the top of the model will be detachable, the top will just be a piece of
wood/MDF to protect the interior of the model and to show people
what it would look like from the inside with a roof on.
Many of the components will be created on 2D design, this includes
the bed, dressing table, drawers, fridge and other elements, this is
because the correct detail can be put on the components and they will
be more accurate than if I was to cut it out by hand. To make certain
features fit together I may need to use joints such as finger joints and
glue to ensure that they hold together.
To make the pool I will vacuum form over rocks
or something else that can represent waves, I
will also paint the underneath blue. I was this on
one of the architectural models I researched and
saw it was very effective so I will incorporate it
into my design. To create the stone tile effect on
the balcony, I will print out an image of it on
plain paper and stick it down onto the balcony.
This will give a slightly rough feel to it and also
look like stone tiles,
To make the walls I may need to use 2D design,
this is because certain walls have features such as
the arch leading to the main room and the gap
where the glass door will lead onto the balcony,
and if I do create it on 2D design I can create a
joint on the walls which will allow them to fit
together better. As well as this a design could be
added to the wall to make it look more decorative.
To create the features that resemble
porcelain in the bathroom I will need to
create a mould and have them vacuum
formed over with a white plastic, this will
make the features look more realistic. To
make a tile effect on the floor, I am going
to laser cut some HIPS, and this will
represent tiles, on my materials testing
page you can see that I took a photo of this
being done and it worked successfully.
On this page I am showing my final
design and annotating it, showing how
I will create it and what methods I will
use to create it.
I will need to use a variety of materials for different components.
For example, the bed and the sofa will be made from an MDF frame,
with sponge/foam on the inside and will be covered in a suitable
material afterwards, this makes them look and feel realistic when
being looked at individually.
The final floor plan to this design is shown
below. As you can see it has slight changes to it
from the original floor plan, and some features
have changed such as the shape of the balcony,
location of the pool, addition of the sofa and the
changed layout of the bathroom.

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This is an orthographic drawing of the final design of my model. The scale
of the orthographic is 1/50, which is smaller than what the final model will
be like (1/20) and the measurements are in millimetres.

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Component Material Size
Exterior walls 4mm Laser Grade
MDF
2 x 400mmx115mm
2 x 200mmx115mm
Interior walls 4mm Laser Grade
MDF
1 x 142mmx115mm
1 x 192mmx115mm
Wardrobe (Main Body) Wood 100mmx30mmx100mm
Wardrobe (Doors) Laser Grade MDF 100mmx90mm
Doors (Bathroom and Main) Laser Grade MDF 40mmx105mm
Doors (Balcony) Acrylic 185mmx110mm
Bedframe MDF 2 x 65mmx50mm
2 x 96.5mmx50mm
Balcony 4mm Laser Grade
MDF
2 x 100mmx50mm
1 x 50x50mm
1 x 175mmx50mm
1 x 125mmx50mm
Dressing Table Component Laser Grade MDF 2 x 145mmx35mm
2 x 125mmx25mm
2 x 27mmx37mm
Sinks Wood 1 x 94mmx42mm
MDF has been used in quite in my cutting list. This is because some components that need to be cut would require a lot of wood, such as a bed,
table, wardrobe and dressing table. So this is why MDF has been mentioned quite a lot. Also because of its properties it is a useful material that can
represent other materials, not just wood, for example painting/dying it would not show the grain as much and would make it suitable for walls.
Band-Saw:
When using the band saw, I must make sure that I have goggles and an apron on and that
there are no objects hanging off of me, I need to make sure that the guard is down as well.
Sanding Machine:
When using the sanding machine, fingers need to be kept away from the machines, gloves can
be worn if needed and goggles need to be on when using the machine to ensure nothing hits
me in the eye.
Laser Cutter:
When using the laser cutter, make sure that I don’t look at the laser or lift up the case while
the machine is in operation.
Standing Knife:
When using the standing knife, make sure that the blade is pointed away from you and watch
your hands they could potentially get cut.
Vacuum Former:
Make sure the vacuum former is closed properly, and don’t touch it while it is working.
Drill:
Goggles on when using the drill, also ensure that the guard is down on the drill and that the
drill bit is in place securely before turning it on.

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The four images to the right show me testing the laser cutting of my walls, I cut them out on card first so I did not waste too
much MDF if it went wrong. As you can see the testing showed me that my finger joints were the correct size and that they all fit
together to make the room.
These images show the room cut out using MDF, as you can see the walls all fit together and the room joins together fine. I also cut the door out
separately from the rest of the model to allow me to paint it and place it at an angle like in the top left image. When cutting out the walls I made one
mistake, which was that I placed one of the slits on the long walls in the wrong place. The slits were there to allow me to place the inner walls on the
model easily, so I had to recut one of the walls with the slit in the right place.
After cutting out the inner walls on the laser cutter I had to create a frosted glass effect for the door that would lead to the bathroom. So the first
thing I did was get the door and some acrylic, then I covered a section of the acrylic in masking tape and drew an outline of the gap that needed
to be cut on it. I then used the band saw to cut the acrylic square out and then, using double sided tape, stuck a sheet of acetate on it, which
made it look blurry and frosted. I then attached it to the door using the double sided tape. When using the band saw I had to ensure that I had
goggles and an apron on to prevent anything from accidently hitting me, I also had to make sure to keep my hands a safe distance away from
the blade when the machine is on and I used the push sticks because the object was small and I needed to cut it. I needed to make sure that
anything such as strings from hoodies were away from the machine while it was on to prevent me from hurting myself. I had to ensure that I
turned off the machine when I was done to prevent anyone else from accidentally hurting themselves.
Once the walls were cut, I then painted each of the walls with a white paint, this made them look more like walls that had
wallpaper on them or had been painted. When using the paint I had to make sure that I put paper down on the workbench
so that I did not spill any on the bench as this could become hazardous because if it leaked onto the floor someone could
slip on the paint and hurt themselves. I also had to make sure that I wore goggles to avoid getting any of it in my eyes.
However, sometimes the newspaper would stick to the paint, meaning that I would need to either repaint that part of the
wall or removing the newspaper. Another problem I faced was that when I painted the walls, the stars on the top of the
walls got covered over and weren't visible anymore.
After completing the main walls, I designed and created the inner walls which created space for the bathroom and entryway, on one of the walls I created an
arch to represent Moroccan culture, which can be seen to the left. The inner walls had parts that stuck out to allow them to fit into the slits in the main walls.
Once they were cut out, I then painted both sides of them and allowed them to dry. The reason I chose to use the laser cutter to create the walls is so that
they will be the correct size and shape, something I cannot ensure by making them by hand, therefor making them higher quality because of the accuracy
that the laser cutter can produce.
The first thing I did created the main walls for my model. This screenshot to the left shows my CAD drawing of the walls, which was then cut
out on 4mm MDF to give me my walls in a physical form. When using the computer to create my design on 2D design I had to make sure
that I was not on the computer for too long to avoid cause damage to my eyes or hands, and also sitting on a computer for too long can
cause damage to a persons’ back so I had to make sure that I took small breaks every now and then. When the component was being cut out
on the laser cutter I had to make sure that I did not look at the laser directly while it was on as it could cause damage to my eyes. When
taking the component out of the machine I had to make sure that the machine had cleared all of the fumes away before as this could be
hazardous to me and anyone near the machine.
After I cut out and painted my walls, I decided to get as much laser cutting done as possible at one time, to I created my dressing table component as
well. The 4 images to the left show the CAD drawing of my dressing table/drawers/fridge component. The top right image is of me getting the sizes of
all the different parts needed to build it along with some labels to ensure I remember what each part is. The top left image is of the net but with some
finger joints in the sides of the components, as well as this I have created a slot on the top and bottom of each part to make sure that they al fit
together. The bottom left image is me designing the front of the component, adding all the details needed to make the component look realistic.
In order to ensure that the joints all actually worked, I had to continuously place them together to make
sure that the measurements and placement of the joints was correct. There were a few problems when
making the joints, as I have to make sure that the thickness of the joint was the same thickness as the
actual MDF that it was being laser cut (3mm). The reason for creating these parts in 2D design is
because they are meant to represent high quality products and cutting them out using CAD/CAM will
give me the correct quality I needed in order to reflect this. Also when getting my work cut out on the
Laser CAM I had to ensure that I did not look directly at the laser as this could cause damage to my
eyes.

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This image shows all of the pieces to my dressing table component and the etching on it as well. To stick it together I
needed to use PVA glue as this is the best way to stick wood together. When using the PVA I had to make sure that I put
paper down on the workbench so that I did not spill any on the bench as this could become hazardous if it leaked and it
could also cause damage to other peoples work if it did spill on the bench.
While waiting for my dressing table to dry I decided to finish off sticking my walls together, so I started to make the doors for the wall leading
to the balcony. To make the glass doors, I use 4mm acrylic (because this is the same size as my walls, making them look better and more
realistic, reflecting the quality that the real product would have) and cut them into the correct sizes, I then used Uhu contact adhesive to stick
the acrylic to the walls, however this was not very successful so I had to use an alternate method. The way I eventually stuck them together
was with Evo-Stik glue, which is another contact adhesive. To use it I needed small wooden sticks to put in the glue pot and then wipe the
glue along the edge of the frame, I then placed the acrylic in the frame and then the glue dried and the acrylic stayed in place. Some of the
wall needed to be repainted afterwards, to so I put masking tape over the acrylic and then repainted it. When using the glue I had to make
sure that I wore goggles so that none of it accidentally got in my eyes. I also had to make sure that I did not spill any on the workbench
because if me or anyone put their hand or some of their work down on it that could cause damage to them or the work, to prevent this I made
sure that I placed newspaper down on the workbench before using the glue.
When all the walls were painted and the acrylic was in place, I then stuck the walls together, the main problem was that because I painted them before
sticking, the paint got in some of the joints and was very difficult to remove. I had to try and stick the walls together despite this, and they fit together
but the joints did not slot into place like before, as shown in the image to the left, but they still worked fairly successfully.
After gluing the walls together I laser cut my bedframe out, originally the design was to have rectangles etched into headboard. However, the laser
cutter accidentally cut straight through the headboards instead of etching them. I kept the headboard like this as I thought it looked better than the
original design, I checked with other people and they also agreed, so I kept the headboard like that. I then used PVA glue to stick the beds together.
Once the glue had dried and the dressing table and beds were stuck together properly, I had to make the
components a darker colour. However, painting it would remove the etching in the component like it did when I
painted the walls and it would not look as intended. So in order to make it darker and keep the etching, I used some
wood dye. I used 2 colours, a light one (English Light Oak) and a darker one (Walnut) to make the component look
darker. Similarly to when using the PVA and glue I had to make sure that I put paper down on the workbench so that
I did not spill any on the bench as this could become hazardous because if it leaked onto the floor someone could
slip on the paint and hurt themselves. I also had to make sure that I wore goggles to avoid getting any of it in my
eyes.
Once I had finished using the dyes, the end product came out a lot darker which means that using the dyes was successful. You can see the
change in colour from the image to the right of the dressing table component. Compared to the previous pictures you can see that the
component is a lot darker and the etching has remained, showing that the dye was a very good replacement for paint.
When the dye had dried on the bedframes, I started to make the mattresses for them. The four images to the left show me creating the mattress for my
bed. I started by getting some foam and drawing a rectangle on it which was the correct size to fit in my bed. I then used scissors to cut out the foam
and then I placed it in the bedframe to ensure it was the correct size. Once I made sure that it was the right size I then got some plain white tissue, and
cut it into a square that could fit around the foam and I wrapped the foam in it using sellotape to hold it together. I then put the wrapped foam into the
bedframe and it still fit correctly, and it looked and felt like how a real mattress would, this reflects the quality of the bed in the room, if the room was to
be created in real life then the bed would have to be fairly high quality for a 4.5* room, so it would have to be not be too hard or too soft to appeal to
most people. I then repeated this with the next bed.

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