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Sustainable Hotel Design

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The project presents a development of the past Rivera Hotel site which is located on an area called Juliana near the Port of Benghazi. The Rivera Hotel has been destructed in 2009 to build a new one, but unfortunately the site has been abandoned and became a negative spot which is affecting the waterfront and the area of Juliana.

The conceptual design proposes a construction of a new hotel to replace the past one, and reuse this brown-field site, keeping in mind that the main idea is to use sustainable strategies, and make the hotel more efficient, and as green as possible.

This sustainable project in Benghazi seems to be the first of its kind. It enlightens the community and the architects about sustainable design and highlights the potential of architecture to face climate change. It focuses on using clean energy and decreasing the usage of fossil fuel (non-renewable energy).

Shipping containers are used in the project to construct the hotel rooms’ stories. The idea is revolutionary in terms of having the potential to reduce cost and reduce industrial waste from the nearby port. Reusing the containers saves the energy that might be used to melt and recycle them. All the containers are taken from the nearby Benghazi Port which is considered an addition point in using local materials that saves transportation energy.

In this project, a lot of sustainable strategies have been used, for example using mechanical panels to control the amount of light that enters the space especially in the south façade. In addition, most of the rooms are oriented to the north for good natural ventilation. An open pool is located in the south courtyard of the rooms to decrease the temperature in the summer due to evaporation (passive cooling). The south balconies feature a water element that helps in cooling the south hot winds, in addition to using green areas whose plants work as a filter to purify the air from dust usually associated with the south wind in Benghazi area.

As for water preservation, the project has a rainwater harvesting system and grey water treatment facilities to reuse water in flashing toilets and irrigation.

In terms of materials and insulations, egg-cartons are used for sound insulation reducing waste from these cartons. Also for thermal insulation, ceramic-coating is used. Both of these elements are considered in the design.

Energy is generated in the site using PVC panels in the parking area locating them in the south to maximize solar gain. The site also has some bicycles tracks to support clean transportation.

Narrow plan is used to allow good and effective natural ventilation so this has been considered in the design concept. In addition, plants are used s in the western room balconies to reduce the thermal gain in the summer and autumn.


Name: Gamal A. Tarakhan
Project: "Sustainable Hotel Design" Sixth Semester Design Studio
School: Benghazi University, Department of Architecture

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