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411 Offset: A Room at the Gladstone Hotel
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411 Offset: A Room at the Gladstone Hotel
Won by competition, 411 Offset is an installation in Room 411 at the Gladstone Hotel representing a cross-section through the primary planes of the building ¬- walls, ceiling, and floor ¬- in two “wrapping” architectural expressions that are an organizational device for the requirements of a hotel room. An element of skeletal construction echoes the structural framework of the room and wraps vertically around the space, supporting a floating bed plane, side tables and desk surface. The structure or section of the room is “offset” within the space creating, in a sense, a room within a room. Another plane wraps horizontally about the walls in the form of a continuous strip of light, taking its datum from a 13” high solid infill panel between the upper and lower glass panes of the existing historic windows. The band of artificial light replaces this solid portion with light, mimicking daylight. The intensity for the artificial light was selected such that it would neutralize around mid-afternoon as natural light floods the room. This allows for soft, diffuse light throughout the day and permits the artificial light to co-exist with the natural light, becoming both an architectural and atmospheric element within the space of the room. Combined, these two elements integrate all the programmatic components of the room, floating within the existing restored Victorian shell.New built components were designed to reference the existing components in such a way that the intervention becomes complementary and harmonious, where the new showcases the old, in the process of showcasing itself. Contemporary versions of classic materials compliment the existing palette: parallel strand lumber, white lacquered plywood, and acrylic replace solid wood and glass. Each of the walls of the room is painted in a different subtle shade of white, yet it is so subtle that the viewer is initiated into this movement without “seeing” it. Every element has a relationship to the physical parameters of the hotel room, from the lighting and furniture elements down to the mirrors, bed cover and even garbage bin, all of which reflect a physical measure of the architectural space itself.
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