A motel, designed for motorists, typically features rooms with direct parking access and has declined in popularity since the 1960s due to competition from larger chain hotels. Numerous types of motels exist, including city motels, airport inns, and resort motels, each tailored for specific locations and clientele. Case studies detail distinctive design elements of various motels, such as the Caribbean Motel's tropical theming and the Kamat Upachar Motel's functional amenities along highways.

1. MOTEL DESIGN

2. WHAT IS A MOTEL?
In some motels, a handful of
rooms would be larger and
contain kitchenettes or
apartment-like amenities; these
rooms were marketed at a higher
price as "efficiencies" as their
occupants could prepare food
themselves instead of incurring
the cost of eating all meals in
restaurants. Rooms with
connecting doors (so that two
standard rooms could be
combined into one larger room)
also commonly appeared in both
hotels and motels.
A motel, also known as motor hotel or motor lodge, is a hotel
designed for motorists, usually having each room entered
directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than
through a central lobby.
Motels peaked in popularity in the 1960s with rising car travel,
only to decline in response to competition from the newer chain
hotels that became commonplace at highway interchanges as
traffic was bypassed onto newly constructed freeways.
History:
Difference:
Typical Indian motels:
Motels differ from hotels in their location
along highways, as opposed to the urban
cores favored by hotels, and their
orientation to the outside (in contrast to
hotels, whose doors typically face an
interior hallway). Motels almost by
definition include a parking lot, while older
hotels were not usually built with
automobile parking in mind.
Motels are typically constructed in an "I"-, "L"-, or "U"-shaped
layout that includes guest rooms; an attached manager's office;
a small reception; and in some cases, a small diner and a
swimming pool. A motel was typically single-story with rooms
opening directly onto a parking lot, making it easy to unload
suitcases from a vehicle. A second story, if present, would face
onto a balcony served by multiple stairwells.

3. TYPES OF MOTEL
– THE CITY MOTEL –
Built in town or on the edge of town. It generally involves expensive land, a restricted site, and a
structure at least three stories high.
– THE AIRPORT INN –
The airport inn is built at a major, usually intercontinental, airport.
A relatively large and high-class operation, this type of motel often has 150 to 300 rooms, two-story guest-
room buildings, and a site of at least 90 acres.
– THE RESORT MOTEL –
The resort motel is intended primarily for guests who have reached their destination and usually requires
ample facilities for recreation.
– THE HIGHWAY MORTAR HOTEL –
If space permits, not more than 15 per cent of the site area is used for buildings and parking. This type
of motel is usually one or two stories high, with a site of at least three acres.
– THE MORTAR ANNEX –
A relatively new development, adjoins an existing hotel in the city. Whether the motel emphasizes its
connection as an annex will depend on the reputation of the hotel and its advertising, location, services,
utilities, supervision, and maintenance staff.

4. ONLINE CASE STUDY

5. CASE STUDY – CARRIBEAN MOTEL
• Recessed "spaceship" lights along with "exotic" tropical landscaping and theming including the very first plastic palm trees to be
"planted" in the Wildwoods, giving vacationers the feeling of being in a far-away tropical paradise while only a short drive from
home on the Jersey Shore.
• The Caribbean Motel is situated in the centre of Coffs Harbours fashionable jetty area. Ocean and harbour views can be enjoyed
from your balcony. Close to Beach, Marina, restaurants and shopping. The ideal family accommodation and excellent for
business and corporate.
LOCATION – 5600 Ocean Avenue,
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
AREA – Less than one acre.
ARCHITECT – Morey, Lou and Will
BUILT – 1957
ARCHITECTURE STYLE – Modern
• The first motel to use the full-size
plastic palm trees that now adorn most
of the Doo Wop motels in the area
restrictions.
• Incorporating such elements as a
crescent- shaped pool, a "levitating
ramp", and canted glass walls.
• Individual climate control in each room.
• Free parking for one car per unit.

6. ROOMS
RAMP
GROUND
LEVEL
PARKING
VIEW OF HOTEL
PARKING
U-SHAPED POOL
(IN FRONT OF
ROOMS)

7. • Two-story motel with many details typical of this era in Wildwood motel construction.
• Features such at the levitating ramp and lean in/lean out glass walls of the second-floor lounge demonstrate the time's preoccupation with
"futuristic" effects, while the fake palm trees and C-shaped pool are examples of the motels' pursuit of exotic vacation themes.
• The design shows a particularly creative use of neon and other night lighting—angular roof moldings are embedded with multicolored
lights.
• Extensively-used plate glass emphasizes the era's design preoccupation with making ambiguous distinctions between inside and outside.
The building's outrageous decorative elements enable the building itself to be a road sign, in the days when customers sped by at forty
m.p.h..“
• Overall dimensions: Located on an irregularly-shaped property, the motel's envelope would be approximately 75' x 187', except that the
west wing angles inward towards the east wing. The main section is about 22' wide, the west wing is 23' wide, and the east wing is 17.6'
wide.
• Foundations: The motel rests on a cement block foundation. The building has a 3' crawl space to elevate the structure above potential
floods.
• Walls: The motel rooms have frame construction with cinderblock walls.
• Structural system, framing: Wood framing with cement block walls; deck supported by steel columns; ramp supported by steel braces
discreetly connected to triangular steel columns—which gives the ramp the illusion of floating. The ramp marks a graceful sweep from the
second-floor deck to the inner court.
• Porches: The inside courtyard on the first and second floors are lined with 6' wide open porches. The second floor porch has a simple,
open iron railing, with three horizontal rails, and vertical posts spaced several feet apart. Most of the other motels (not the Caribbean) used
Mitchell Welding, now of Burleigh, NJ, for the railing design. The Caribbean's simpler railing does not detract from the building's other
features. In addition, the second floor lounge has an extended seating area, with an interesting see-through canopy.
• Chimneys: None—except for the boiler system's vent pipes.
• Windows: The motel rooms have plate-glass windows which comprise the entire wall facing the inner court. The lower portion of these
windows were originally louvered to allow for air circulation, but have now been covered with siding.

8. • Phone Roof:
a. Shape, covering: Flat built-up roof, recently renovated with rubberized covering.
b. Cornice: Angled roof moldings with embedded lights described above.
• Lighting: At night the Caribbean takes on an a different dimension because of the main sign, the multi-colored lights embedded in the
roof and porch moldings, the glow of the pool, and the original office sign advertising "hi fi." According to the Rossi's, there used to be
even more lights.
• First floor: The east wing contains parking, the southeast corner has the office, the southern block has motel units, and the west wing
has motel units and a laundry room. At the center of the "U" is the swimming pool.
• Second floor: The east wing has a lounge, the southeast corner and south block, and west wing have motel units.
• Stairways: There are no interior halls in which to house stairways; the open stairways are along the motels exterior. A "levitating"
concrete ramp is used in lieu of a stairway to access the second floor of the motel from the pool area.
• Flooring: The floors are of 2' x 12' plywood boards.
• Wall and ceiling finish: Cinderblock walls have a stippled plaster finish. Bathrooms have original tiles in four color schemes.
• Decorative features: The motel's "decorative" distinctiveness lies in its external details; the room interiors are intentionally sparse or
unornamented.
• Lighting fixtures: Although the external lighting is extraordinary (described elsewhere), current indoor lighting is recently modeled.
However, an early brochure owned by the Montalbano's shows tear-drop light fixtures in the second-story lounge.
• General Setting Of Site: At the time of the motel's construction, there were no buildings on the other side of Ocean Avenue. Now another
hotel has blocked the Caribbean's ocean view. Interestingly, the motel is oriented so that even initially very few of the guest rooms had
ocean views; instead most rooms face the interior court and pool. Although this might be related to the restrictions of the lot's shape, the
builder could clearly have made ocean views from the guest rooms more of a priority, and chose not to.
• Landscape features, enclosures: The motel encloses three sides of an inner court (approximately 115' x 53'), while the fourth side, along
Buttercup Road, is defined by a retaining wall and parking spaces. Distinctive features of the court include: the C-shaped pool, a built-in
shuffleboard court under the second-floor lounge, a patio area, a natural grass lawn and fake palm trees. Also of note is the way in which
parking was incorporated into the site's design. Many potential first-floor motel units are sacrificed to allow for onsite parking. Old photos
show that there were originally more shuffleboard courts between the pool and the west wing.

9. NIGHT VIEW SHOWING THE
NEON COLOURED LIGHTS
VIEW OF SINGLE BED ROOM
(ROOM WITH LARGE WINDOWS)
CORRIDORS WITH SEATING
ARRANGEMENT
PARKING AND ACCESS
DINNING SPACE

10. CASE STUDY – KAMAT UPACHAR MOTEL
Location:
Bangalore-
Mangalore
Highway
Channarayapatna
, Udayapura
Hassan
Area: 4-4.5 acres
Surrounding Approach: On a
highway (NH48)
Climate: Tropical climate
average temperature- 24.1
degrees
Precipitation:
685cm
Near by Location: Arsikere
A. Electric duct
B. Gas station
C. Truck parking
D. Café coffee day
E. Bus parking
F. Restaurant
G. Public toilets
H. Play area
I. Parking
J. Vehicle service area
K. Kiosk
L. Lodging
ACCESS
BUILT AREA- 35%

11.  Parking
• Car parking
• Heavy vehicle
 Gas station
 Café coffee day
 Restaurant
 Kiosk
 Public toilets
 Services station
 Play area
 Lodging
AMENDITIES
ANALYSIS
• Public toilets are spacious
• Party hall is located next to restaurant
• Individual parking spaces available
• Petrol bunk has 5 stations
• Service stations are located next to toilets

14. HIGHWAY 99
LOCATION: Aakhol , Gujarat
ARCHITECT: Sanjay puri architects
STYLE: Vernacular architecture
CLIMATE: Hot and dry
CONCEPT: Here the structure helps to sustain itself
during the earthquakes by distributing forces evenly
thereby eliminating the need of a heavy and deep
foundation.
MATERIALS: Adobe , straw thatched roofs and
bamboo frame work

16. • The state government in Gujarat, India is in the process of building new roads for
connectivity to small scattered villages and farming lands augmenting the
existing infrastructure.
• Many of these villages have existed without sufficient electricity, piped water
supply and roads for several decades and are in the process of up gradation.
• Along these new roads there is a need to provide facilities that include a few
rooms for an overnight stay, washrooms and a highway restaurant for travellers.
• These facilities are being designed with cues imbibed from the characteristic
vernacular architecture of the region and are thus proposed to be made in
materials that constitute these houses within the villages.
• These ‘Bhungas’, as they are called in the region, are circular in shape and
constricted in diameter, due to the fact that they are located in a high seismic
region. This form helps sustain itself during the earthquakes by distributing
forces evenly thereby eliminating the need of a heavy and deep foundation.

17. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
• It is being designed with cues imbibed from the characteristic
vernacular architecture of the region and are thus proposed to be
made in materials that constitute these houses within the villages.
• Each space opens on to semi-public spaces which are connected
by a curvilinear plinth and a flowing roof, creating enough buffer
spaces to counter-act the harsh weather. They are proposed to be
built in adobe finished in mud plaster with straw thatched roofs
supported over bamboo framework.
• In response to the extreme desert climate and harsh sun of the
region all the facilities that include open restaurant spaces and
residential rooms are north oriented
INFERENCE
• The structure used here which reminds tribal style of Gujarat
• The arrangement of building which makes circulation more easier
and also counteracts the seismic forces
• Use of locally available material

21. PHYSICAL CASE
STUDY

22. RAJNANDINI HOTEL & RESTAURENT
Location- Post Office Road, North 24 Parganas, Habra,
West Bengal 743263

23. • Total no. of rooms= 17 including triple bed room and single bed
rooms.
• Total floors=6
• Reception area with seating space and musical instrument
playing area.
• Ground floor for reception and banquet hall
• Lift available and staircase available.
• Restaurant with dinning space with capacity of 90 people, 120
staff members, washroom, cooking space, storage room and
changing room.
• Beautiful jali work in every partition wall.
• Brick exposed walls.
• Wooden ceiling and tile flooring.

24. Exterior with green pavement ,
wooden paneling and wooden
barriers, open to sky courtyard,
ply barriers with jali work.

25. Location- 88/4, Jhowtala Rd,
Lower Range, Park Circus,
Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal
700017

26.  Total room 13 in 4 floors.(app. 3m*3m)
 Single bedroom ,king bedroom with working space and space for personal activity
with attached toilet, wooden wall finishing for sound absorption as adjacent with the
main road.
 Reception counter with waiting space .
 Dormitory 6 single beds and one attached toilet with it.

27. Location: 728, Major Arterial
Road(South-East), Action Area II,
Action Area IID, Newtown, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700156

28.  Main and most attractive feature is the views from the room .Lash green view from huge windows creates
attraction.
 Building is g+4 with total 15 rooms including double bed,king sized bed and single bedrooms.
 Both lift and staircase facility available.
 Tiles flooring and ply decorations with each and every important space management creates another good site of
it.

29. INFERENCES
ONLINE CASE STUDY PHYSICAL CASE STUDY
 wooden ceiling
 wooden or plywood barrier with
proper jali works
 proper cross ventilation
 open courtyard5.beautiful views from
maximum rooms.
 Sustainability
 sound proofing
 Provision of ramp
 Individual climate control in each room
 Enough parking area should be provided
 Recreational elements can be provided
 Corridors with seating space
 Rooms with large windows
 terrace garden
 Proper lighting, both natural and artificial
 Louvered windows can be provided for air
circulation.
 Stairway along with exterior
 Enough entries should be there
 Proper landscaping

30. Lincolnville Motel, Lincolnville, Maine
The design is uncluttered: rooms are
decorated with photographs, an
illuminated globe, and a record player
instead of a television. Records and
books are available to borrow from the
common room, where there’s tea and
coffee. The four-acre property looks out
over Penobscot Bay, with a pool,
barbecue grills and lawn games.
Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa, Napa Valley, California
The rooms are inspired Airstream caravans and have camper banquettes and
corkboards pinned with maps and photos. Family-friendly activities include bocce,
board games and hula hooping.
 Stairs in front
 Small organised units with
windows
 Aesthetic
IMAGE STUDY

31. Xomotel- Ranikhet Heights
Location: Chillianaula, Birla Boys School Road,
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand 263645
The Astro, Santa Rosa, California

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