Sage Hotel

The structure of the building was constrained by the existing layout of columns and beams that we had allowed for in the previous construction phase, and the brief called for a simple volume with minimum maintenance. The resultant six story, 120-room hotel is a
simple parallelogram in plan, floating above the existing department store and parking below. The volume is dressed in a glass curtain wall, fritted to give the impression of a pleated curtain falling gently over 6 floors. The white ceramic glass fritting limits the solar gain of the façade and opens views from the rooms internally while providing external privacy. Falling like a fabric curtain, the façade envelops the volume of the hotel, with a drapé effect created through the use of two different fabric pattern templates.