1991.2 - La Jolla Offices and Hotel
Abstract
Design work from the 1991 fall semester, Studio Martin Price, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Arlington. La Jolla Office and Hotel. Melissa Bernard. The scheme snakes around a hill and, being situated in a valley, its profile creates a new hill. It becomes part of the existing rhythm of rolling hills and valleys of La Jolla, with views focused into the hills. As the angular form twists through the land, it separates to enclose a linear courtyard. Offices flanking both sides of an interior path have views facing outward or into the courtyard. Hotel rooms are positioned to one side of a path, and their views face outward toward the land. A wall connects the ends of the offices and hotel to a restaurant and health club facility, and buffers the site from the adjacent highway. Colors mark the entries and circulation paths.