Subterranean Hotel Atrium Design for Natural Light and Land Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional hotels face challenges due to the need for large land areas and exposure to inclement weather, leading to high operational costs and noise mitigation issues, as they are typically built above ground to accommodate natural light requirements.
Innovation Solution
A subterranean hotel design featuring atrium and patio rooms located below ground with strategically placed windows and atriums to allow natural light penetration, minimizing land use and reducing weather-related operational expenses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If hotels are built above ground to accommodate natural light requirements, then natural light availability is improved, but land use area increases and exposure to inclement weather worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional hotel placement from above-ground to below-ground level. By placing hotel rooms subterraneously and using windows that extend above the ground surface, the design allows natural light to penetrate into underground spaces while minimizing the hotel's footprint on the land surface, thus resolving the contradiction between natural light availability and land use area.
2Illumination intensity
If hotels are built above ground to accommodate natural light requirements, then natural light availability is improved, but exposure to inclement weather worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional hotel placement from above-ground to below-ground level. By placing hotel rooms subterraneously, the design protects guests and hotel infrastructure from inclement weather conditions while still providing natural light through strategically positioned windows that extend above ground, thus resolving the contradiction between natural light availability and weather exposure.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If hotels are built above ground with above-ground structures to mitigate ambient noise, then noise mitigation is improved, but building complexity and cost worsen
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding complex noise-mitigation structures above ground, the patent inverts the hotel placement to below-ground level where the earth itself provides natural sound insulation. This eliminates the need for additional noise-mitigation structures, resolving the contradiction between noise mitigation effectiveness and structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The subterranean hotel configuration satisfies natural light requirements, reduces land use, and minimizes the impact of inclement weather on climate control and noise levels, resulting in lower operational costs and guest preference alignment.
Implementation Method 1
at least one atrium window configured to allow natural light to pass through the at least one atrium window from outside the subterranean hotel to an interior of the intermediate atrium
Implementation Method 2
at least one first patio window that is configured to allow nature light to pass through the at least one first patio window from the first outside window well to an interior of the patio hotel room
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AI summary
A subterranean hotel is provided which includes, in one embodiment, a first row of subterranean atrium hotel rooms, a second row of subterranean atrium hotel rooms, a first row of patio hotel rooms, and a second row of patio hotel rooms. The atrium hotel rooms and the patio hotel rooms may be located at least in part below the ground surface (i.e., below a grade) on at least one subterranean floor level. The subterranean hotel may include an intermediate atrium that abuts with the atrium hotel rooms such that the first row of the atrium hotel rooms may be spaced from the second row of the atrium hotel rooms by the intermediate atrium.