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Contents page
1.Introduction 3
1.1) Hotel category 3
2.Planning standards 4
2.1) Site 4
2.2) Entrances 4
2.3) Stairs and Ramps 6
3.Design standards 7
3.2) Hotel contents 7
3.3) Main zoning 8
4.Hotel area details 9
4.1) Public area 9
4.2) administration 12
4.3) Guestrooms 14
4.4) Function rooms 18
4.5) Activates area 20
4.6) Restaurants 26
4.7) Hotel services 32
4.8) Circulation 37
5.Hotel Structure 42
5.1) Structure systems types 43
6.Example 44
7.References 50

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Hotels formally a business offering accommodation and catering often with exclusive flair has
today become a complex and hotels divided into five types depending on their stars (service
amount to guest).
1.1) Hotels category:
Standards
Entrances
Entrance for
guests
Entrance for
staff and goods.
Entrance for
guests
Entrance for staff
and goods.
Entrance for
guests
Entrance for
staff and goods.
A common
entrance for
guests and staff.
A common
entrance for
guests and
staff.
Site area
60,000 m ² 37,500 m ² 20,000 m ² 10,000 m ² 10,000 m ²
Location
Distinct Distinct Distinct Good Good
Number of
rooms
More than 50 More than 50 Not less than 35 Not less than 30 Not less than
20
Shops
Gifts, barber,
newspaper
shops
Gifts and barber
shop
Gifts shop Gifts shop
recommended
Gifts shop
recommended
Swimming
pool
Required more
than 5om²
necessary Advisable Advisable Advisable
Medical
services
Necessary Necessary Necessary Necessary Necessary
Public bath
Necessary Necessary Necessary Necessary Necessary
Entertainment
activates
80% is a
common
activates
60% is a common
activates
40% is a
common
activates
Laundry
Necessary Necessary Necessary Advisable Advisable
Sauna
Required Required Advisable Advisable Advisable
Hall and
lounges area
3.25m² per
room
2.75m² per room 2m² per room 1.75m² per
room
1m² per room
Guests area
from the full
area
150 m² 120 m²
Note: for 100
person we need
12000 m²
100 m² 70 m² 50 m²
Bathroom
percentage
All rooms All rooms 75% of rooms 50% of rooms 25% of rooms
Bathroom
area
5 m² 4.5 m² 4 m² 3 m² 2.25 m²
Parking
20 m² per room 15 m² per room 12 m² per room - -
1.Introduction:

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2.1) Site:
• close to transportation, commercial centres, entertainments and
good view (sea or landscapes).
• Located near natural areas and landmarks.
• Far away from schools and crowded areas.
• Preferred to be overlooking on two streets.
• It is preferred 3 entrances overlooking on streets one for public 2nd
for parking third for staff and goods as a site entrance.
2.2) Building Entrances:
• Main Entrance:
-Something more than a canopy is desirable to provide
protection from wind and rain.
- Special lighting may be needed to accentuate the entrance
(Figure 1).
- Porte-Cohere should be wide enough to allow two cars to
pass and for porter with bags, so we need 900mm clear.
- At least one entrance from garage must be accessible to
wheel chair users.
Entrances
Other
Entrance
Service
Entrance
Main
Entrance
Figure 1 public entrances
Figure 2 revolving door with extra emergency
exits
2.plannig standards:
Figure 0 example for site entrances

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• Service entrance:
- Access for guests and hotel servicing must be clearly separate
(figure 3).
- It is normally from a road different from the main entrance.
-suitable door width for furniture (Figure 4).
• Other entrances:
- Separate the circulation of
resident and non-resident
guests.
- Providing direct access to
restaurants and banqueting
halls; this avoids congestion
in the main reception area
and gives better control.
Figure 4 service doorFigure 3 hotel and service entrance relations
Figure 3 other entrances

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2.3) Stairs and Ramp for main entrance:
Note a ramp with ratio of 1:12 to 1:20 with 110cm
width are
suitable for handicaps with landing each 6 meters
vertical length.
Figure 4 Ramp with handrail
Note stairs with 14/28 is suitable and if the stairs
width is more than 3 meters then it is required to add
a handrail in center.
Figure 7 stairs with handrails
Figure 8 ramp landings and details

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3.1) Morphological Classification for Hotels Buildings:
3.2) Hotel contents:
Rooms
area
Public
area
Catering Function
halls
admin Services Building
services
Others
activates
50-60% 4-7% 4-8% 4-12% 1-2% 9-14% 5-10% 1-2%
Guests
rooms
Public
halls
Restaurant Events
hall
Management Kitchens Structure
system
Wellness
Corridors Waiting ballroom Offices Stores Walls Fitness
area
Room
service
Others Seminar
hall
Security circulation Pool
Halls Others Others Others Shops
3.design standards:
Figure 5 building examples

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3.3) Main Zoning and relation between main areas:
Figure 7 Circulation and relationship diagram
Figure 6 briefly zoning

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4.1.A) Reception hall:
- A rough planning figure is 1.1 to 1.4 m2
per seat.
- It joins public area to entrance area or part of bar.
- Resort hotels may have a lounge for guest’s friends.
- Furniture is normally easy chairs and low coffee
tables, Atmosphere should be informal and relaxing.
4.1.B) Reception desk:
- visible to the guest immediately on entrance.
- connection between direct and service and front desk service.
4.hotel area details:
Public Area
Front
Desk
lounge
Reception
Hall
Figure 14 desk dimensions
Figure 8 reception hall relation with entrance and
others activates
4.1) Public area 4-7%:
Figure 13 function of front desk

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4.1.C) Porter:
- A room is located near the entrance around 20m².
- He or she will be able to communicate with the garage, luggage room, reception.
4.1.E) Public telephone:
4.1.F) Lounges:
- A rough planning figure is 1.1 to 1.4 m2
per seat.
- It joins public area to entrance area or part of bar.
Figure 9 lunges area dimesnsions
Figure 15
telephone box
Figure 17 Lounges area

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- A manager and an assistant manager, as a rule, there will be e reception office where one or two
typist receptionists will be acting as a buffer between the public and the manager.
4.2.A) Manger room:
4.2) administrations 1-2%:
Figure 18 relation diagram and administration contents
Figure 10 administration area in m²
Figure 19 administration rooms dimension in m²
Figure 21 details dimensions Figure 22 manger room dimensions

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4.2.B) Meeting room:
4.2.C) Secretary room:
Figure 25 circular meeting table
Figure 23 normal meeting table
Figure 24 meeting tables types
Figure 26 an example of meeting
room
Figure 27 an
example of
secretary room

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4.2.D) Normal offices:
Figure 28 desk, table and file, spacing layout Figure 29 some of examples
Figure 30 full example of administration department

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• Room orientation is east, north or south.
• Natural ventilation and daylight are required daily.
4.3.A) Standard 4 stars Rooms furniture:
4.3.B) Standard 4 stars Rooms:
4.3.B.1) Single room:
Total area 40 m²
Area without bathroom and corridors 15 m²
Bathroom area 4.5 m²
Every Bed area 5 m²
Minimum height 2.4 m²
4.3) Guestrooms 50-60%:
Figure 31 furniture dimensions for 4-star hotel
Figure 32 example of single room with dimensions for 4-star hotel
4.5m

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4.3.B.2) Double room:
4.3.B.3) Disabled room:
• 1-2% of the hotel room is prepared for them.
• Bedroom: 3.65m wide and increase the space
between beds to be 1.2m
• low window cill height : 0.6m
• Bathroom: central turning space 1.52m
• Basin tops : .8 m high with knee space
• Tolit seat height : .43m
Figure 33 example of double room with dimensions for 4-star
hotel
Figure 34 example of disabled room with dimensions
for 4-star hotel
8.7m

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4.3.B.4) Suite room:
• %of hotel rooms: about 3%.
4.3.B.5) Bathrooms:
• Min area of bathroom: 5
m2.
• Note: each adjacent room is
preferred to participate in a
single Duct.
• Duct width is about 60 cm.
Total area 60 m²
Area without bathroom
and corridors
15 m²
Bathroom area 7.5 m²
Every Bed area 5 m²
Minimum height 2.4 m²
Living room 15 m²
Entrance hall 10m²
Figure 35 example of suite room with dimensions for
4-star hotel
Figure 36 bathroom arrangements ducts

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4.3.B.6) Corridor width:
• single loaded slab: 1.6-1.8 m.
• Double loaded slab: 1.8-2.4 m.
• Max travel distance is 35-40m.
4.3.B.7) Rooms arrangement shapes (some examples):
Figure 38 area of corridors related to the shape of room
arrangements.
Figure 39 room
arrangements
Figure 37 max travel distance in corridors

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4.3.B.8) Relation between guestrooms and floor level:
• Function rooms tend to be linked to the business facilities as they are also used for
conferences, etc. But these large rooms must be designed to be multi-functional as the cost
of providing them is high and so they must be in frequent use.
• A separate entrance from outside is usually needed. There must be at least two emergency
exits.
• Its area is around 0.6 to 1.0 m2 per person.
Figure 40 connection between floor level and guestroom
4.4) Function rooms 4-12 %:
:
Figure 41 Relationship diagram for non-residential functions

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Figure 42 halls links
Figure 43 hall using for concerts Figure 44 hall using for electronic presentations
Figure 45 hall using for exhibition Figure 46 hall using for shows

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4.5.A) Sports activates:
4.5) activates area 1-2 %:
:
Figure 47 main
zoning and contents
of activates

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4.5.A.1) Pools:
• 1.85 𝑚2
per person.
• Depth: 0.9:2.00 m.
Figure 48 swimming pool
area zoning and contents
Figure 49 swimming pool common shapes
Figure 64 Filtering pool area
it is a room 25m²

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4.5.A.2) Sauna:
Figure 50 changing room plan
with standard dimensions
Figure 51 first aid room with
standard dimensions
Figure 52
changing
room
plan with
standard
dimensio
ns
Figure 53 sauna different shapes

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4.5.A.3) Sports hall:
• 1.85 𝑚2
per person.
• Minimum of Area 100 𝑚2
• Open air, less internal walls.
• Ground or first floor because of heavy loads.
• Soundproof walls.
• Using Rubber tiles.
Figure 54 sport hall zoning
Figure 55 some of sport hall equipment dimensions
Figure 56 full plan
with dimension
to sporting hall

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4.5.B) Shops:
Figure 57 relation between shop area and reception
Figure 58 Barber shop
Figure 59 Salon

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Figure 60 Bookstore
Figure 61 Gifts shop

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4.5.A) main zoning & relationships:
4.6) Restaurants 4-8%:
Restaurant
Dining Area
25-50%
Coffee Bar
10%
Kitchen 40%
Figure 62 Restaurant zoning and
relation

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Note: its location should be in the ground floor next to halls with easy circulation to guestrooms.
4.5.B) Dining area:
• The breakfast hall must contain 25% of
residents & Dining Room contains 50% of
them.
• In 4 stars hotels, the cafeteria works for
16 h. and the restaurant must work at
breakfast time & at the rest of the day for
fast food only.
• The dining room is usually open to non-
residents, so there should be convenient
access from outside the hotel in addition
to access for resident guests.
• The main dining room must be directly
adjacent to the main kitchen.
Figure 63 dining hall area according to hotel size
Figure 64 kitchen area according to hotel size
Figure 65 Waiters paths in dining hall

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Figure 66 restaurant critical dimension
Figure 67 an example of Open buffet restaurant
200cm
90cm
220cm
120cm
90cm

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4.5.C) Drinking/Coffee Bar:
• This partition works from 12:16 hours per day.
• Coffee is primarily a morning beverage, so your busy times of day may be from 6:30AM to
8:30AM, and then again around lunchtime.
• Check figure 53.
4.5.D) Kitchen / Catering:
• routes between the kitchen, servery and restaurant are as short as possible.
• Orientation of Kitchens always directed to the opposite direction of the wind & doesn’t
overlook any view like other services, next to the restaurant and connected with the
staff rooms and stores.
Figure 68 kitchen contents
Figure 69 circulation
from outside to
restaurant path throw
kitchen

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Figure 70 zoning of
restaurant with another
ground floor area

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Figure 71 vegetable /
meet preparation
Figure 72 banquets
Figure 73 Figure 74
Figure 60

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4.7) Hotel service 9-14%:
Figure 75 simple service area zoning Figure 76 service area contents
Figure 77 service area zoning and its relationship with public service

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4.6.A) Parking:
• Location: underground.
• 1 space for every 10-resident staff.
• 1 space for every 5 seats If conferences are
held.
• 1 space for every resident room.
• 1 space for every 3-non-resident staff. Figure 78 curved road dimension
Figure 79 parking dimension for normal and handicaps
Figure 80 Ramp dimensions Figure 81 full park example with dimensions
Figure 83 multi storey park Figure 84 park layout examples
Figure 82 preferred park type

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4.6.B) WCs:
• 2 urinals, 1 toilet and 1 hand risen for
every (80 – 100) men.
• 3 toilets and 1 hand risen for every
100 women.
• 1 bathroom for every 9 residential
staff.
4.6.C) Laundry:
• usually in the last floor under the roof and its door open directly on the corridor.
• Required area: Area in m² to number of
guest rooms
100
rooms
250
rooms
500
rooms
1000
rooms
Hotel laundry 1.40 1.11 0.93 0.74
Figure 85 handicaps toilet dimensions Figure 86 full example of public WC with dimension
Figure 87 Laundry for 200 bed room hotels. Figure 88 Laundry contents

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4.6.D) Housekeeping:
• Location: a room is putted in each floor with its own closet for putting cleaning tools.
4.6.E) General stores:
• Location: basement.
• Required area:
Area in m*2 according to number of
guest rooms
100
rooms
250
rooms
500
rooms
1000
rooms
Housekeeping and general storage 1.40 1.11 0.93 0.74
Figure 89 circulation of stores and its types

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4.6.F) Trash room:
• Location: in every floor.
• 0.07 m² for every room.
4.6.G) ATM:
• Location: ground floor.
4.6.H) Luggage room:
• Area minimum (20) square
meter.
• Luggage carts 60x120 cm.
Figure 90 trash room details and dimensions
Figure 91 ATM machine dimensions

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4.6.H) Medical service:
• We should provide a clinic with first aid and
doctor.
• Minimum area 20-30 square meter.
• Natural ventilation.
4.8.A) Vertical circulation:
1- Lifts:
There are 3 types of lifts
a- public lifts (for guests):
• A lift for each 150 beds.
• Must be visible from reception disk.
• lifts are grouped in facing rows of no more than four with
adequate.
• Lifts lobby width must not be less than 3 m for a row
and 3.7 for double rows.
• for high standard hotels is around 25–30 seconds in peak
use.
Figure 92 clinic dimension
4.8) Circulation:
Figure 93 lifts dimensions and arrangement
Figure 94 rooms which linked with the lifts

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B. service lifts (for people and things):
• A lift for 200 beds.
• Using by staff for transfer furniture.
• An example for a 1600kg lift
Figure 95 different type of lifts
Figure 96 section on lift shaft
Figure 97 machine room Figure 98 section in lift

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c. service lifts (for small goods called also dumb waiters):
• A lift for 150 beds.
• Connection between kitchen and room service.
2-stairs:
A-Main stairs (for public, goods, escape):
• A stair for 150 beds.
• Stairs should be near lifts.
• maximum 16 steps between landings and minimum 3.
• Maximum distance of any location to stairs is 35m.
• landings are required in legally essential stairways with a
storey height of ≥ 2750 mm.
• Landing width ≥ stair width.
• It is preferred in hotels to make stairs width 1850mm for 3
people or 1250mm for 2 people (not preferred).
• Handrail height is 900mm.
Figure 99 section in service lift Figure 100 service lift with dimensions
Figure 102 stairs width
Figure 101
stairs width
Figure 101
stairs width

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B-escape stairs (for emergency):
• maximum travel distance is 30m.
• adding self-closing door each 30 m.
• Exit width doors should be ≤ stair width
Figure 103 escape
exit door
Figure 104 travel distance with self-
closing door
Figure 105
fire stairs
width
Figure 106
vertical
circulation in
building

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orizontal circulation:H.8.B)4
1- Corridors:
• For single corridor 1.8m for
guestroom.
• For double corridor 2.4 m for
guestroom.
• 1.5 – 3.6 for service area with
maximum width in services near
stores.
2- Lobbies:
• Minimum lobby 1.0 m2 per room
• Max travel distance to find lobby is
25-30m.
Figure 98 horizontal circulation in guest’s area
Figure 98 horizontal and vertical in example

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The structural frame work has to be related to the public spaces below.-
-Preferably design bedrooms in handed pairs, so that the bathrooms are adjacent. This saves on
duct space and reduces noise transmission.
- public areas usually need long-span structure system.
Entresol
- Entresol floors are 2m height, with natural ventilation. It's a floor where all drainage and used
pipes are placed and directed outside the building without crossing the public area.
- It's better if it's located after the catering and administration floors.
5.Structures 5-10%:
Figure 107 structures spans in hotel

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A. Frames:
1) steel frames in parking.
2) concrete ones in the floors of the building.
B. Flat slab:
Note: structure system must be connected from top to ground level and we can do that by using a
module 1.5x1.5m in guestroom area to ground floor to underground park.
5.1) structure systems types in hotels:
:
Figure 108 space frame structure
1.5 x 1.5 m²
1.5 x 1.5 m²
1.5 x 1.5 m²
1.5 x 1.5 m²
Figure 109 module 1.5x1.5 m² example

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Homewoods suits – Hilton
- Location: Shoreway road, California, USA.
-Site area: 5.800 m2.
-Architect: ARRIS Studio Architects.
-Number of guest rooms: 96 rooms.
-Parking provided: 32 spaces for guests
Parking space for each 3 rooms.
-The location has a view on the sea
-Its location is close to many vital sites
that serve people
-The hotel is by a main road with traffic.
-The area of the hotel is way too small to be
able to serve a big number of people.
6.Example:

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Restrictions:
-Entrance for Guests, and another for staff and goods.
-The location is distinct.
-Number of rooms: more than 50.
-Swimming pool available.
-Public baths available.
-Entertainment activities but fewer than 60%.
-Laundry room available.
-Percentage of rooms and bathrooms
spaces are enough.
Relation between different zones and
spaces needs correction.

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- Neufert
- Time saver
- Fire Safety
- El-khalosy in hotels
- Omar Hamdy Eid.
- Mohamed Samir El-sodany.
- Nouran Ahmed Abo-eleanen.
- Yara Abdelmneam khalifa.
- Nourhan Mogahed.
- Noran Ahmed Abo-elazm.
- Mariam Hossam Hassan.
- Nada Tarek El-sodany.
- Yara Khaled EL-Ahwal.
- Mahmoud El-sayed Fayed.
- Yasmine Mohamed Ibrahim.
- Nourhan El-sayed Amin.
- Ahmed Abdollah El-sherbeny.
7.referances:
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