Hostel architecture

VMA Design Studio has completed the Double B Hostel Project, transforming a land plot with narrow street entry in Bangkok's historic old town district into a 27-room boutique hostel that bridges traditional wood craftsmanship with contemporary organic forms. The design creates an unexpected spatial sequence that draws visitors from Bangkok's narrow streetscape into a light-filled internal courtyard, where handcrafted wooden facades curve overhead like flowing timber waves. The hostel stands in one of Bangkok’s old town communities where artisans have made Buddhist statues and religious artifacts for generations. The project connects visitors to the neighborhood’s living craft tradition and historic sites nearby. Like much o... More

The "Youth Hostel Gerlos" is located in the Austrian Alps in the village of Hochkrimml at an altitude of 1700 meters. Skiing is firmly anchored in Austrian society and is part of school teaching. This project aims to make school trips in an ecological environment more affordable. That is why the hotel was built from regional wood in solid wood construction, the hotel is heated by biomass district heating, electricity comes from photovoltaic, the journey is not made by individual transport but mainly by coach and the leftover wood from the transport of the cross-laminated timber walls was processed into furniture. Julian Höck The hotel has around 7500 m2 of usable square meters, around 450 beds and, for bad weather, around 2200 sq... More

Concept/Philosophy Stacked student housing is designed so as to move away from the typical dormitory or hostel typology, which in our opinion fosters a regimented form of social control by use of single loaded corridor organizations. The challenge was to break away from the notion of stacked student housing where there is no exchange between students, owing to the tight site constraints forcing dead vertical development as a common imagination.  Caption Program and Organization With an aim to respond to these,  a conscious design framework was introduced that facilitated opportunities for an active social and cultural life to flourish. This was done by integrating circulation and sequencing different collective programs wi... More

Bangalore being an educational hub, the organization “JITO”, Bangalore envisaged a modern approach hostel, for the girl students, in heart of city, with all necessary amenities, security and safety measures to provide comfortable living at affordable price. The hostel was proposed as a linear solid built mass as the hostel is located in densely populated, Central business district of Bangalore. The design team visualised to create a socially active and environmentally sustainable space. The design team planned for timeless, eco-friendly and sustainable architecture with brutalist style. Caption The key factor in the design process was to enhance student interaction, within the indoor spaces that percolates outward and inte... More