The Hote[C]

Parametric Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Academic
Parametric
Hotel
Grasshopper
Abu Dhabi

A futuristic hotel developed using parametric systems and material computation, envisioning architecture in a context of levitation and responsive environments.

Type: Academic
Location: Abu Dhabi
Year: 2018
Program: Hotel
Instructor: Ali Tahmouri
Collaboration: Kiarash Kiany, Sogol Nopoosh, Saba Mirhosseini
Software: Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Adobe Suite, Lumion

Exterior render of the Hote[C] tower on the Abu Dhabi waterfront — The Hote[C], Abu Dhabi, 2018

Overview

A futuristic hotel developed using parametric systems and material computation, envisioning architecture in a context of levitation and responsive environments. I directed the parametric and generative modeling, handled visualization and mapping diagrams, and coordinated digital design strategies across the team.

Site analysis

Urban mapping of the Abu Dhabi context informed program placement and the tower's relationship to surrounding land uses, access, and waterfront conditions.

Exploded organization

Exploded diagrams separate skin, structure, modular rooms, and the organic inner void, showing how parametric systems assemble into a levitating hotel volume.

Exploded axonometric of hotel layers, structure, and modules — Exploded assembly

Labeled sectional diagram of hotel program zones — Program section

Vertical exterior render of Hote[C] with modular upper facade — Exterior render

Cutaway sectional axonometric of the hotel tower — Sectional axonometric

Sectional axonometric highlighting central void and red structure — Internal void and structure

RENDERS & SECTIONS

ELEVATIONS & MASSING

SEATING & MODULES