Hotels
Lobby Floor Plan for Hotels
Draw three layers on the measured plan: fixed points, activities and movement. Move the activities around before moving any walls.
Explore the ideas
Plan in this order
- Start with columns, windows, door swings and service points on a single measured drawing.
- Place the highest-frequency activity first. Put the equipment or storage it uses within the same zone.
- Trace the longest everyday trip and any crossing routes. Show both with furniture and doors in use.
Worked example
A narrow entry serves as both the front door and the only route to a shared living room; shoes, parcels, and visitors gather in the same strip.
Keep the door swing and a straight passage clear on the plan. Move shoe storage to the side wall and give parcels a shallow landing shelf outside the passage.
How to test it
Ask someone unfamiliar with the plan to walk through a normal visit and point out where they would hesitate.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Keep the entrance route open to reception and place lounge seating outside the check-in queue.
- Detail
- Use a hard-wearing floor at the door, softer seating beyond, and warm vertical light at the desk.
- Trade-off
- A large lounge feels generous but may stretch reception sightlines.
- Roll luggage from entry to desk
- Check the queue does not block the main path
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