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pause on new decisions until international travel restrictions ease. Hospitality companies are keeping an eye on international travel trends and confi rming who will be coming back, and in what numbers, before they make new signifi cant capital decisions. Some contacts have concerns that they may not be able to sell all of their current guest room stock and may consider dividing up some of their space instead. For example, it is anticipated there could be up to a 50% drop in international business travel post-pandemic, which may result in longer stay products being required with some changes from hotel to branded residences.
We see that travellers are looking at diff erent types of
hotel off erings and at the longer stay market. T e 90-day residency rule may need to be relaxed in the future for London, and branded service apartments and residential blended models could be something that we see more of. T ere already seems to be an overlap between build-to-rent and other hospitality models, including later living and co-working. Due to the pandemic, I think there will be political motivation to promote more blended or mixed-use buildings with diff erent types of residential, hotel and offi ce space combined on the same site. T is could signifi cantly de-risk the development and off er more resilience and security than a single-use site.
New technology will also be important. T ings like circadian lighting that matches hormones and rhythms are already being used in later living projects and we are now seeing hoteliers also asking for this. T ere will be a lot of hoteliers upgrading lighting, meanwhile changes to interiors like the removal of fabric wallcoverings will be made to enable deeper cleans.
Coronavirus has accelerated changes for the industry and potentially sped us up 20 years into the future. We are seeing some luxury products overlapping with the lifestyle market and some business travellers moving to budget brands. T ere could be a boom in both the lifestyle and the budget markets to make cities more attractive for diff erent types of travel.
What role can architects and designers play in helping clients develop new ways of doing business in the years to come? RR: T e key for many great hotel stays will be what hotels can also off er in terms of outside space. Guests will want roof terraces, balconies, proximity to outside space and any facility where dining is available on an outside terrace. People generally do not want to sit in an enclosed room or a standard restaurant anymore, they want the full lifestyle off ering and localised experience.
Architects will play an important part of blending an urban resort design through the usual city off ering, but it may be more diffi cult for the London market, where space is tight and there are also signifi cant height restrictions. Operators are realising that they will need to have the same number of covers outside as they have inside. Generally, the type of operator matters as this will become crucial to the off ering. People naturally feel safer outside, and I think that’s what will happen all year round, no matter the weather. T ey will want some sort of sheltered covered space where they can relax and with this in mind, we will see roofs, courtyards and transitional spaces changing.
Please tell us about a recent project that has utilised new ideas, new technology or innovative creative thinking. RR: We have some current ground-breaking projects where we need to combine master planning skills, customer experience, brand expertise, operational planning, interior concepts, building codes research and carbon-positive design in one synchronised process. T is requires 3D Revit
This image The Four Seasons Los Angeles Private Residences, a residential complex adjacent to the five-star hotel
Above Mixed-use complexes combining residential and hotel spaces like this are becoming increasingly popular, as Ritchie explains
models to be shared following kick-off meetings with computational design analysis, to extrapolate optimised design solutions in a matter of weeks, not months. T e benefi ts to our clients and multi-discipline design teams are immense, as engineering and interiors can be coordinated in parallel with sustainable design solutions informing each. Providing this level of detail at early design stages allows us to see where these elements can have the greatest impact on our architectural concepts. Once animations and photo-real images are prepared at the completion of concept design, it is evident to all stakeholders involved how advanced the design work is and the advantages of a customised process that allows signifi cant technical coordination to be integrated at much earlier design stages than was customary before.
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