Case Study-Le Meredian, Delhi

CASE STUDY- LE
MEREDIAN ,DELHI
NAME-SUMIT KUMAR
ROLL- 001510201032
5TH YEAR 1ST SEMESTER
DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
LE MERIDIAN ,New Delhi
Location and context- a super deluxe luxary hotel located at windsor

circle,janpath within a 2km radius of the central govt offices,parliament house,rashtrapati
bhawan and the highly active commercial and shopping district of connaught palace.
PLOT AREA-4.5 ACRE

ACCESS • Domestic airport-16 km/30minutes •
International minutes. airport-18 km/35
NATURE OF CLIENTS
Most of the clients are corporate executives or diplomats.
The foreigner to domestic ratio is about 90:10.
For many years the occupancy rate of the hotel has been 95-100%
CONCEPT
The hotel has been designed on the atrium plan.
Consists of two square towers with rounded corners, one taller than the other.
The larger tower consists the hotel block and the smaller one incorporates the commercial
tower.
The guest rooms, various restaurants, shops, health club all are arranged along singly loaded
corridor, over looking the central square atrium.
Basically four entrances to the hotel :
•The main gate on the Raisina road leading to

entrance porch through a rounded driveway ramp.
• A main entrance space for the banquet hall is on
the Jan path road.
• Service entrance is also from the Jan path road, on
the ground floor provides entrances to the staff,
material, trash removal and access to other
mechanical areas.
• A steep sloping ramp from entrance leads to the
various service areas where there is a small parking
area provided for service vehicles. There is a check
post provided at the entrance to keep a tab on the
movement of men and material
PARKING AREA :
• Parking are of two types i.e basement parking
and open parking. The parking in both basement
levels is provided under the commercial tower.
Basement parking for cars staying for long periods
i.e. guest cars and executive cars.
Open parking for visitors, along one side of the
ramp leading to the porch.
ENTRY PORCH
Two entry porches for banquet and for main
lobby areas. main lobby porch is larger and can
easily accommodate 10-12 cars whereas banquet
porch can accommodate 6 cars .
Well marked entrance tinted glasses on the roof
of the porch not only for lighting but also
provides a good view from inside.
LOBBY
lobby space has been landscaped and it has a
coffee shop, two restaurants and a bar in it.
extensive use of reflective curtain glazing on the
façade. A series of steps from the reception lobby
leads to the elevator lobby.
Atrium is on the left side from the entrance and
easily approachable from the reception lobby. •
ATRIUM SPACE
• 220 feet high atrium is on left side from
entrance and easily approachable from
reception lobby .
Lounge has a circular fashion of sitting and the
lighting is low which gives a very warm feeling.
• ELEVATORS :
The elevator core has four capsule elevators.
the capsule is parked in a cascading pool of
water, which envelops it to nasty three fourth
levels.
A small foyer in front of the capsules elevators
separates the four service elevators located on
the other side of the same elevator lobby.
The fire escape stairs also opens in the same
elevator lobby. The elevator lobby is little
depressed from the atrium level.
GUEST ROOM FLOOR : •358 rooms located on
15 guest floors from the 5th to the 19th floor,
•opening into the corridor over looking the atrium
space.
• 54 exclusive rooms and suites designed for
people who demand special comfort and the best
in personal service located on the 17th, 18th and
19th floor.
•The corridor is fairly wide corridor with well-
dispersed lights. 100’-0” in length and are fringed
with Japanese looking teakwood railing and in bold
grid pattern.
EXECUTIVE SUIT -60m2
PRESIDENTIAL FLOORS :
•These are the 18th and 19th floors.
•For corporate traveler, the club hosts an excellent
business center and conference room with fax,
telex and photo copying facilities.
•also consists of small office cabins, lounge area
and a library .
•A range of six exclusive designer suites are
located on the 19th floor.
Area-130m2
RESTAURANTS & BARS :
•The “GOLDEN PHOENIX” the Chinese restaurant
and the “PIERRE” the French restaurant open up in
the atrium lobby and it is the costliest restaurant of
the hotel.
•ALOHA BAR is one of the most profitable areas in
the atrium space.
•Separated from the main sitting by giving small
enclosures of small hexagonal timber cabins.
GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

•The banquet and the convention halls are located
on the ground floor above the two-tier parking lot.
•This facilitates their usage without disturbing the
lobby and the atrium. Separate entrances to these
function areas is given from the Janpath.
•The six Conference halls (Total capacity up to –
1500 people) can accommodate all types of
conference.
SWIMMING POOL:
•located on the terrace of the fourth floor on a
bowl shaped cantilevered terrace.
•podium is cantilevered form the building providing
the required intimacy and a good view of the
surroundings.
•minimum and maximum depth of the pool is 1.1m
and 1.7m respectively with a dia. of 15.6 m approx..
•Circular in shape, the pool is finished with 1”X1”
blue mosaic tiles and peripheral lights
•other facilities on the fourth floor are health club,
gymnasium, sauna and steam, Jacuzzi, beauty
parlour for ladies and salon for gents equipped with
all the modern facilities.

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CASE STUDY- LE

Location and context- a super deluxe luxary hotel located at windsor

PLOT AREA-4.5 ACRE

Basically four entrances to the hotel :

•The main gate on the Raisina road leading to

GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

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