Study On Guest Room Design Of Boutique Motel In Taiwan

In Taiwan, motels have already become a particular cultural phenomenon that can be viewed as one of the symbols representing the country. These multi-purpose motels are known as the adult playgrounds. Not only do they offer metropolitan leisure activities, but also provide the thematic design rooms and various exotic spaces. Motels are suitable for diverse occasions, such as family get-togethers or reunions and parties with friends. Many motel owners bring the concept of boutique hotel on motel design, creating the boutique motels, which are luxury, in vogue, and of a romantic and high quality environmental atmosphere. These boutique motels bring a totally new experience for customers. This research aims at "experiencing a room and finding out the key design elements." The Chinese proverb says "reading ten thousand books is not as useful as travelling ten thousand miles" revealing that doing is always better than reading. Therefore, it is hoped that through on-site studies of boutique motels in person, and those sentimental design elements within can be discovered. Furthermore, this study will help us to understand why boutique motels in Taiwan are such a unique cultural phenomenon.This research will focus on the design of Taiwanese boutique motel guest rooms according to three major topics. The first is introducing the history and development of boutique motels to know the boutique motels design in present, and to anticipate the upcomings. The second is the main design styles of boutique motels. It will focus on comparing and analyzing design concepts, design methods, and design outcomes. The last is field research, which will be the author’s experiencing on boutique motels personally to collect the relevant data. Finally, the research will propose the key design elements of guest rooms, and bring up the suggestions on design composition. It is hoped that this research will give help to the motel owners, as well as the designers to improve the design of boutique motels.Through data collecting, field research, comparison and analysis, there are three conclusions:First, the mixture of various design styles is a special characteristic of boutique motels in Taiwan. The motel owners provide attractive guest room choices diversely with very affordable price, and the customers spend only1000NT dollars around for renting about2horu’s stay to enjoy the rooms like a millionaire. The higher CP value (cost-performance) is a welcome way to customers. Second, the development of multiple functions has influenced the layout and design of the room. In the past, the notion of reducing the amount of partitions in the room has changed into the ideal of making more partitions and separate rooms in present. Adding a KTV box is the newest popular trend, and the atmosphere of rooms designed in a romantic way has changed from for two lovers to for parties full of entertainment and fun. Third, the suggestions made for refining the metropolitan style boutique motels which providing the economical guest room mainly, is the improvements in the sanitary conditions of bathroom facilities and their safely maintenance. Besides, the room layouts should be planned in a innovative way after fulfilling the basic functional needs and supplying adaptable spatial usage. Vacation-style boutique motels need to be refined, specialized, and customized; pursue to offer a guest room design that is unique; and create the top class vacation villa for the high-end customers.