Literature Review

Introduction:
Oxford definition: "A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for
a particular purpose".
Resort is place which is used for relaxation, recreational or particular purpose
with pleasant environment and atmosphere where people spent their holidays.
Types of Resort:
• Island resort
• Ski resort
• Destination resort
• Luxury resort
• All-Inclusive resort
• Health resort
• Spa resort
• Hill side resort
 Important principle in resort planning:
• Located at or near a tourist attraction area.
• Desirable micro-climatic conditions
• Attractive physical environment of the site and nearby area
• Sufficient amount of available and developable land
• Good existing or potential access from the tourist gateway.
• Adequate infrastructure
• No serious air or water pollution
• Availability of nearby labor supply
• Planning for a variety of recreation, nature-oriented, cultural and different activities within
the resort
• Giving the resort a distinct sense of place and character.
• Planning the resort environment for sustainable development.
• Establishing close linkage between resort and local communities
• Conserving any existing important environmental, archaeological and historic sites on or near
the resort
• Planning for adequate infrastructure of hygienic water supply, electric power, waste
management, and telecommunications
• Provide for adequate housing and community facilities for the resort employees.
• Ensuring appropriate architectural design.
• Provide for safety of the tourists.
 Intangible qualities and values

• Sense of lightness:
• Sense of transparency:
• A sense of tranquility and coolness
• A sense of hospitality:

Tangible qualities and values

• Visual quality
• Specific location
• Planning requirement
• Environment requirement
• Landscape requirement
• Service requirement
 Front of House
• Entrance
• Lobby
• Reception Area
• Admin
 Entrance:
• visible and noticeable
• Lead visitors to reception area
• Secondary entrance for restaurant and
recreational users
• be provision of waiting space covered by
canopy.
 Lobby
• generally used as waiting space and for guest interaction
• connected to the shops, restaurants, guest elevators, bars and
cocktail lounge , recreational areas and other public areas
• resort requires a large lobby because guests will congregate
there in the evening.
• While designing following services should keep in or near
lobby.
Lounge 27sq m
Public restroom  
Gents 3 wc, 4 urinals (1.2 sq.m 3.6sqm
each)
Ladies 3 wc 3.6sq m
Disable 1 wc 3.2 each 3.2sq m
 RECEPTION AREA:

A. Reception desk:

• Fitted with slopping rack not

visible by guest
• Receptionist, potters and cashiers
not normally seated, so work top
height for standing
• Tourist information
center(tourism board
Nepal"TBN")
• Reservation office behind
reception desk
 Cashier’s desk
• For small hotel it is combined with reception desk
• Small office for chief cashier
• Desk office for cash resisters(1or 2)
• Bill tray space
• Lockable cash drawers
• 2 key safe deposit boxes for guests (TBN)
ADMIN:
A. Front house admin:

• Directors room
• General managers room
• Assistant GM room
• Front office manager
• Sales manager
• Chief accountant
• Secretary
 Resturant
• 50% non smoking zone
• Service aisle 900 to 1350 mm
• Furniture’s should not be fixed but movable to allow
creation of extra space if required
• Seat height should range from 450mm to 475 mm table
height 750 mm
• Fire extinguisher and separate emergency exit
• Non slippery and easy cleaning flooring
• Lighting ranges from 50to 200 lux and shouldn't create a
glare.
•Cocktail bar
• Planned as comfortable intermediary waiting area between hotel lobby and main restaura
• Long bar counter not compulsory
•Main bar
•Provides chief drink service of hotel
•Long bar counter required including bar storage and ice making machine, bottle cooler.
•Section for simple meals may be required

Restaurant Area(sq m)

Dining area (for 100 pea at 1.5-2sq.m/p) 150

Main kitchen (15%of dining area) 22

Chef room 8
General bar (some standing and on tools) 1.3-1.7 sq.m/p
 Bedroom
•Minimum guest room area = 211 square meters (228 sq ft).
•Minimum width not be less than 3.6 m (12 ft) and 3.9 m (13 ft) in
length measured from bathroom to exterior wall

  Length Width

Guestroom 4.8 to 6 m(16 to 20 ft) 3.6 to 3.9 m(12 to 13 ft)

Bathroom 2.4 to 3 m(8 to 10ft) 1.5 to 1.8 m(5 tso 6 ft)

 BEDROOM FURNITURE:

bed side table , lamp and chair ( one for each person)
free stand or wardrobe with minimum 8 hangers
rack with minimum 2 drawers
  LED satellite TV.
  To assure adequate space for convenient use of
furniture in the bedroom, not less than the following
Clearances should be observed.
42”at one side or foot of bed for dressing.
6” between side of bed and side of dresser or chest.
36” in front of dresser, closet, and chest of drawers.
24” for major circulation path (door to closet,etc .)
22” on one side of bed for circulation.
12” on least used side of double bed. The
least-used side of a single or twin bed can be placed against the wall
except in bedrooms for the elderly 

 
  Security and guest
safety
• Electronic key card
 
  locking system for
all bedrooms
• Secondary lock on
all bedroom doors
• smoke alarms and
sprinklers
  Bathroom:
Attached bathroom
water proof tiles on floor(non-slippery tiles) and walls
Different amenities should be provided in bathroom
as:
shower curtain
  Bath toweling
  Bath robes
mirrors
wall mounted shelves
Dedicated toiletries tray to hold the full complement
of toiletries
Flower/orchid feature
bath tub
wash basin with provision of hot and cold water
plug near wash basin.
Quality hangers suitable for bathroom use
 
 BUILDING SERVICES

 
  • ELECTRICITY
•SECURITY AND SAFETY
•AIR CONDITIONING
•CENTRAL HEATING
•BATHROOM VENTILATION
•LIGHTING
•SHAVER SOCKETS
  
  ELECTRICITY
• 220 v/ 50 ac of 3phase line with circuit
breaker
• alternative source(for emergency)
• emergency lights and fire exit system
• 20% of public area should be lighted
• cold room and refrigerators
• cash resisters and telephone
communication
  Security and Safety
1. fire safety system
• manual break glass contacts,
• smoke detectors,
  • fire alarm,
  • external fire hydrants,
• portable fire extinguisher at
strategic location
• asbestos blankets(fire blankets) in
kitchen
• fire dampers
• sprinklers
2. Emergency exits
3. Locking system in all windows and
doors
4 .CCTV system

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5. Safe deposits in all rooms

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 HVAC (heating, ventilation and air condition)

 Central HVAC System

 
• Has a separate boiler room and
chiller room
• two separate main ducts
transfers hot air or cold air to
each floor
• these main ducts divides in
smaller ducts and connects to a
radiator in each room
• radiator may be just opening or
may have control units
• this is the most cost effective
solution for hvac
• ducts are well insulated
 Split HVAC System:
 
  • Each room has an individual
air conditioner machine
• each AC machine has one
indoor unit evaporating coil
and out door unit condensing
unit
• as each in unit has an external
condensing unit it effects the
façade of the building
 VRF(Variant Refrigerant
Flow)
• deliver refrigerant at variable
rates and exact amounts to
  spaces that need it with
  increased precision and
efficiency.
• 3-pipe system heats and cools
simultaneously, allowing the
system to quickly and
accurately cater to the way
most buildings perform
throughout the day.
• they use about half of the
ceiling space required for
conventional HVAC unit
ductwork, allowing greater
architectural freedom.
 Lighting:
• one main light and at least 3 secondary light in bed room(main
  light switched from door and bed head)
  • Florescent lighting in bath to be of quick start type
• Corridor lighting should be time switched so that section can
be turned off at certain period for economy
• Main switches beyond reach of public
• Shaver sockets
• dual voltage shaver sockets in toilet
• bathroom ventilation
• extract system of each bathroom connected by shunt ducts to
the main riser which is connected to fan on the room
 Conference hall
Conference hall for meetings, banquets, exhibitions is included to encourage off
session business. Design consideration include:
•separation of access
•provision of divisible movable partition for large rooms
•Separation access for guests and services
•Provision for audio-visual equipment

Layout Area (sq.m./person)

Dinning with banquet style 1.1-1.3

Meeting: table group 0.9-1.1

Theatre: style seating 0.5-0.5

 Back of house

• Kitchen
• Kitchen storage
• Storage
• Laundry room
• House keeping
• Technical areas
• Staff lockers
• Admin
• Toilets
 Kitchen
• Separate cooking station for veg and non veg.
• cooking equipment should be either in island or against wall with
extract canopy
• Cold line(s) (Grade Manger) = 120sq t/cook (includes reach-in refers)
• Hot line(s) =80sq ftr/cook (sauté, Broiler, Deep fry, etc. (includes
cooking equipment and plating area)
• washable and fire resistant tiles on wall(upto height of 1800mm)
• Slope gradient less than 1:20
• Fire safety and first aid kit available
• Provision for hot and cold water
• non slip and water resistant tiles on floor
• Openable window must have fly screen
• Kitchen store:
• Separate storing place for solid and liquid food
• Freezer and defreeze
• Temperature control
• Well ventilation system and pollution free
• Dish pit and dish storage 120sq ft
• Dry Storage = 60sq ft
• Walk-in refrigerator = 80sq ft, add 32sq ft for freezer
• (acording to profession chef PeteMcCracken  Porterville, CA)
• Cleaning space:
• Separate area for washing and sterilizing the utensils
• At least 2 sinks
• Provision of hot(78c) and cold water
• Shelves to dry utensils in open air
• Storage:
• Furniture store adjacent to workshop and paint shop(0.2-0.3 m2/rm)
• Cleaning materials(0.2-0.4 m2/rm)
• Silver, glass, china store(0.1m2/rm)
• Linen storage(0.4m2/rm)
• Staff locker room
• Separate locker room for male and female including attached toilets
• One full height locker(1.5m) for each staff
• Area: 0.36 sq m/staff
• ½ height used for certain grades of staff
• Technical Area:
• Admin Area:
• Purchase office
• Transport manager
• Security officer
• Housekeeping office
• Service Area
• Receiving room
• refuse room
• Separate entrance for staff
• Enough Space for service vehicle 
 RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES

1.SWIMMING POOL
2.WADING POOL
 
3.SPAS
  4.SAUNA
5.HEALTH CLUBS/GYM

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 RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES

1.SWIMMING POOL
a.Outdoor swimming pool
 
b.indoor swimming pool
 
 a.Outdoor
swimming
  pool
 
i. Siting
•Protected from wind
•Covered by vegetation (no
deciduous trees or shrubs )
•Not visible from public
space
•changing room and shower
•First aid room

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 shape and size:
•Size of pool not less then 6*12
sq m.
•circulation of pool water and
swimmer safety shouldn’t be
 
compromised.
  •No underwater or overhead
projection
•shallow depth: 3-3ft 6inchs
•bottom slope: 1:12 upto depth
of 5 ft and 1:3 for >5 ft
•line of 4" wide contrasting color
at the boundary line separated
by floating keeper or safety
ropes
•line marker separates shallow
depth and deeper depth at 5ft.
•vertical wall for depth of 6 ft.
 RECIRCULATION SYSTEM:
OUTLET /DRAINAGE
 
SKIMMER
  PUMP
FILTERATION
HEATER
CLORINATION SYSTEM
INLET SYSTEM
  
 
  DECK:
SIZE: 10 FT WIDE
SURROUNDS THE POOL
 
NON-SLIPPERY
SLOPE FOR DRAINAGE
 LIGHTING:
Artificial lighting shall
be provided at all
  swimming pools which
are to be used at night,
or which do not have
adequate natural
lighting, so that all
portions of the pool,
including the bottom,
may be readily seen
without glare.
 SAFETY:
  DEPTH MARKING
LIFE GUARD CHAIR( 1
for 2,000 square feet of
water surface area. )

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 Indoor swimming pool:
Size: 60sqm
Floor liniing: ceramic or
 stone with slope for
drainage
Walls: water resistant
Roof: wooden or
aluminum framed with
transparent acrylic
plastics

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 2.WADING POOL
Depth: not more than 24” (2ft)
Recirculation system:
a. Rate: rate shall provide a
turnover of two hours or
  less.
  b.separate recirculation system.
c.Surface Skimming - Intermittent
fixed weir overflow structures,
including gutters, scuppers, and
drains at zero depth may be used
Skimmer Equalizer Line - A
skimmer equalizer line may be
connected to the main drain.
Inlets - designed and located to
distribute treated water to all
parts of the wading pool and to
move debris to the overflow and
drain systems.

 
 SAFETY
1.Barrier and Location : a barrier at least 3 feet (0.9 m) high between
  wading pool and the swimming pool .
the
  near the shallow end of the pool. (when adjacent to swimming pool)
2.Fence - Stand-alone wading pools or wading pools associated with
unsupervised swimming pools .
3. Warning Sign warning signs shall be placed in plain view at the
entrance(s) and inside the wading pool area which state, "WARNING: NO
LIFEGUARD" in 4-inch (10 cm) letters, and "CHILDREN SHALL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT" in letters at least 2 inches (5 cm) high.
Depth Marking - Signs shall be provided at the pool indicating the
maximum depth.
Steps or Ladders - Steps or ladders are not required at wading pools
 Sauna
•  timber blocks
• Area as small as possible
•  Area < 16sqm, ht: less than 2.5m
 • Dark wooden lining on ceilings
and walls to reduce heat
radiation.
• Topmost bed 1m below ceiling
• Flooring with gripping material
• Sauna ventilation:
• Upper outlet vent at 3 ft from
floor level and lower intake vent
at floor level near sauna heater
• Indoor sauna ½” gap under the
door
• Aluminum foils as vapor barrier
on ceiling and wall.
  
 
 SPA:

Lockers/Changing/Vanity Area:
 
  • All treatments rooms should be large enough for easy access to
wheelchair users
• Door width of each room atleast should be 900mm
• Treatment areas as sound prrof as possible
• Non corrosive materials should be used in all high moisture areas
• Easy to clean moisture resistant materials should be used
• Provision of lockers
• Wall mounted soaps, shampoo and conditioners dispenses in
showers
• Vanity necessities should be fulfilled
• Provision of electrical outlets above vanities.
• Flooring in lockers and changing areas should be carpeted, all
others would be tiled
 Wet area:
• Provide lounge with
  waterproof seating near
  each wet area
• Provision of clothing hooks
throughout the area
• Flooring should be non-slip
and easily cleanable tiles
• Provision for non-corrosive
ventilation ducts in the area
• Outflow of hvac should be
provided for 25 air changes
per tour
• Provision of ozone water
purification system