TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
PULCHOWK CAMPUS
A THESIS PROPOSAL ON DEISGNING
RECREATIONAL TOURIST RESORT
FOR PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OF BACHELORS DEGREE IN
ARCHITECTURE
SUBMITTED TO:
PROF. DR. SUDARSHAN RAJ TIWARI
THESIS COORDINATOR
SUBMITTED BY:
BISHWODEV BHATTARAI
064/B.ARCH./208
DATE: DECEMBER 16, 2011

Thesis Proposal on Designing Recreational Tourist Resort

TABLE OF CONTENT 1. BACKGROUND 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 WHAT IS RESORT 2.2 RESORT SCE
NARION IN NEPAL 3. INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT 4. JUSTIFICATION OBJECTIVE SCOPE AND
LIMITATIONS METHODOLOGY PROPOSED CASE STUDY,PROGRAM STUDY AND LITERATURE REVIEW
9. PROJECT OUTPUT 10. SITE ANALYSIS AND LOCATION INFORMATION 10.1 SWOT ANALYSIS
OF SITE 11. PROGRAM FORMULATION AND AREA ANALYSIS 12. CONCLUSION A. REFERENCES 5
. 6. 7. 8.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to pay my deep respect to my professor Dr. Sudarsha
n Raj Tiwari for his valuable guidance and advice. It would have been a hard tas
k for me to choose my thesis topic without his suggestion and I am pleased to ha
ve him as our thesis coordinator. I would also like to acknowledge seniors and f
riends for their worthy suggestions and advice. At last, I would like to thank a
ll of them who directly or indirectly helped during preparation of this thesis p
roposal.
Bishwodev Bhattarai 064/B.Arch/208
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1.0 BACKGROUND Nepal comprises only 0.1% of the land area in a global scale but
is endowed with disproportionately rich diversity of flora and fauna; heart seiz
ing scenic beauty; diverse culture; ethnic etiquettes. Nepals diverse and magnifi
cent environment along with the countrys hospitable and pleasant people has made
her one of the major tourist destinations for world around. The diverse geology,
climate, and biodiversity with in a short N-S length and variation in culture,
tradition, built forms, and socio-economic pattern is a uniqueness of Nepal. One
can experience scorching heat to freezing cold within 4-5 day trek, with a grea
t natural and cultural variance, which is almost hard to get anywhere in any oth
er part of the world as the climate here varies from Tropical to Arctic. Globali
zation has narrowed the boundaries between countries and peoples curiosity is dra
gging them here and there creating new from of social language, Tourism. Touring
is a historic concept but it has not been half a century, it developed as indus
try and gained its pace to highly advanced state. Now, if we stare on present tr
end, tourism has been an essential part of local as well national economy. Count
ries like Switzerland, Thailand, Maldives, China, South Africa etc well known fo
r tourism industry whose national economy rely in it. Dubai has forecasted 2030
A.D (1)to be the time when its all oil resources exhaust. Thus, it has planned t
o make it worlds prominent tourist destination by 2015 and creating architectural
oasis with tones and tones of money on constructing marvelous, iconic buildings
like Burz Dubai, Burzal-Arab, Palm Island so that people all around fly there t
o enjoy the charm of modern architecture. Thailand is well known for mall touris
m, where foreigner goes for shopping, tourist goes Switzerland for ski, Africa f
or wild safari and so on. Nepal has also huge potential in this sector, as touri
sm is one of the major sources of foreign exchange earner for the country and ac
counts for more than 17.11 % (2) of the total GDP. The potential Culture and Nat
ure tourism, which needs no extra infrastructural investment like in sports tour
ism and the trend of tourism in Nepal is also what I have mentioned here. There
are two forms of economic growth caused by tourism, one is local which is due to
internal tourism, and other is national due to international tourism. The curre
nt trend of internal tourism is so charming that few places like, Malekhu in Dha
ding, Ghale Gaun in Lamjung, Chisapani in Kathmandu are blooming due to internal
tourism. But, at the same time if there is a point to upgrade the national econ
omy, it has to be focused on international tourism where people around the world
travel miles and spent thousands of dollars to feel the scenic and cultural bea
uty abroad. Planner and economist have realized that economy of Nepal can be flo
urished through tourism and with this fact, we are celebrating tourism year targ
eting to receive 1 million tourists by the end of 2011. The number is high in te
rms of accommodation that is available in current situation, hence, it can be un
derstood that to meet this target in 2011 or some years later, it is very necess
ary to create sufficient space with proper facilities. There are very less numbe
r of resorts as compared to hotels and lodges and so, resort tourism is not so f
lourished in Nepal. Resort can provide versatile functions and amenities and we
are not being able to have masterpiece resort to advocate all the demands, thoug
h some attempts made so far are insufficient.
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2.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1 WHAT IS RESORT Resort is a place to spent holiday for relax
ation and recreation so that, one can give dynamism to their leisure time. Oxfor
ds dictionary defines resort as place that is frequented for holidays or recreati
on or for a particular purpose. One can go and swim in resort, can have lunch, c
an go just to pass time, plan an overnight stay and lit campfire, artist can com
plete their portrait, novelist can finish novel, a poet can create his poem and
tourist can have charming stay there. A resort can function as a conference cent
re, as a meeting centre, as a banquette, as a restaurant, as a health club and v
arious other functions. A resort could be day serving and night serving, and it
provides the cuisine service. According to the new definition, A resort is a full
-service lodging facility that provides access to or offers a range of amenities
and recreation facilities to emphasize a leisure experience. Resorts serve as t
he primary provider of the guests experience, often provide services for business
and meetings, and are characteristically located in vacation-oriented settings (
3). If we go through the history of resort, it dates back to Roman era where The
rme serves multifunctional recreation activity and most popular among this is Ba
iae(4). There may be numerous form of resort like, - Sports Resort - Adventure R
esort - Nature Resort - Eco Resort - Agro- Resort - Health Resort However, the p
urpose is same, that they all serve people and among them majority is foreign to
urist. Resort being discussed here is self-contained one, and another form of re
sort could be resort town where facilities are dispersed with in a small town or
area. So, if we go through the structural formation of resort then there are tw
o types of resort; 1. Self contained of integrated resort A modern form of resor
t where one can have all the resort facilities within a boundary. All the functi
ons are incorporated but the scope of resort may vary as we have discussed above
, like a resort focusing on sports may not concern in health facilities, like wi
se wildlife safari resort may not pays attention to mountaineering. But, it is t
rue that resort is self contained units, where it is possible to have as much fa
cilities as a dweller needs. There are very few amount of self-contained resort
in Nepal, thus, this project will focus on designing full self-contained resort.
2. Resort town: It is often understood as a traditional form of resort but this
type carries essence of resort where functions and facilities are scattered in
a small town, which focuses on tourism as its primary occupation. For example, G
hale Gaun, Ghandruk etc are resort town. A resort town may be self developed lik
e Helambu in Sindhupalchowk, Namche in Solukhumbu or may be planned which is not
found in Nepal. Resort can be classified into several categories and have guide
lines to rate them, but according to service provided by them, it could be day r
esort with recreational facilities like, spa, sports, sauna, health and cuisine
facilities with several restaurant, bars, and various other amenities.
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Other resort is that which provides lodging facilities with all necessary servic
e requirements. There is a guideline stated by Centre for Resort and Hospitality
Business(5) for resorts having lodging facility. This sort of resort shall, Pro
vide one signature amenity or anchor attribute Provide five secondary recreation
/leisure/entertainment experiences Provide one full-service food & beverage outl
et Bed-base must include short-term or overnight lodging Minimum of 25 rooms or
other accommodations (exception to minimum for properties with two signature ame
nity/anchor attributes) Emphasize a leisure or retreat-environment experience
The definition of few terms states above, Signature Amenities: Signature ameniti
es are amenities, attractions, and geographically significant attributes that a
resort requires to provide in order to be considered as a resort. These include,
for example: golf, ski/mountain, beach/ocean, lakeside, casino/gaming, all-incl
usiveness, spa/health/wellness, marina, tennis, and Water Park. For property-gen
erated or fabricated amenities, they need to be considered full-service to be a
signature amenity. Anchor Attribute: It is minimum number of amenities that a re
sort should provide in addition to lodging and cuisine facility. The minimum num
ber of amenity is five, below this number; it is no more resort. Among various f
acilities like Health, Gymnasium, Sports, Library, Museum, Swimming pool, Educat
ional, Dude ranch, Casino, Discotheque etc, it should have minimum of five. A mi
xture of various amenities, majestic hospitality, fantastic built structures and
creative landscapes will create illustrative resort. 2.2 RESORT SCENARIO IN NEP
AL After Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa conquered the Everest peak
in 1953, mountain tourism rose aloft, and its pace has not slowed yet until tod
ay. Formal tourism developed in Nepal since two of these climbers dig the victor
y flag in the top of Everest, thus, early 50s is the era of tourism development i
n Nepal. The inflow if international visitors pointed the necessity of accommoda
tion and other utilities facilitating them and so, the development of hotels and
resorts started and if we look upon the current numbers, there are all together
257(6). Tourist hotels and resort with rated standard. Hotels and resort for di
fferent purpose and the target group is also different but at the same time, the
y perform similar functions to some extent. Both are the units of tourism sector
and primary service client is tourist. Tourists are the people who travel for r
ecreational, leisure or business purpose. According to world tourism organizatio
n, tourist are the people who travels to and stay in places outside their usual
environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and oth
er purposes. Nepal has short history of receiving formal tourist and it has not
been more than half a century. There is three major purpose of tourism,
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For pleasure: Pleasure means to enjoy, relax, and have satisfaction from the lei
sure time that is acquired through spending the money. People coming for holiday
, trekking, mountaineering, rafting, and adventure are form of pleasure tourism.
For business: People coming for pure official or business work falls in this ca
tegory. But we should note that, these tourists also requires proper accommodati
on, cuisine, and facilities along with pleasing hospitality. This may include th
e diplomatic visits. For mix purpose: Some tourist may come for private business
or official work, and extend their stay to visit some of the important places a
round.
Let us see the chart below showing the purpose of visit
Trekking & Business Mountaineering 255889 118780 29454 55.2 25.6 6.4 2001 187022
100828 18528 51.8 27.9 5.1 2002 110143 59279 16690 40 21.5 6.2 2003 97904 65721
19387 29 19.4 5.7 2004 167262 69442 13948 43.4 18 3.6 2005 160259 61488 21992 4
2.7 16.4 5.90 2006 145802 66931 21066 38.0 17.4 5.5 2007 217815 101320 24487 41.
4 19.2 4.6 2008* 152950 100055 23039 30.6 20.0 4.6 Source: M inistry of Culture,
Touris m and Civ il Aviation Note: Figures in bold represent percentage share i
n total * Estimated Year (December) 2000 Pleasure Official 20832 4.5 18727 5.2 1
7783.00 6.50 21967 6.50 17088 4.40 16859 4.50 18063 4.7 21670 4.1 45091 9.0 Pilg
rimage 15801 3.4 13816 3.8 12366 4.5 21395 6.3 45664 11.9 47621 12.7 59298 15.4
52594 10.0 43044 8.6 Meeting & Seminar 5599 1.2 0 0 0 0 8019 1.5 6938 1.4 Others
17291 3.7 22316 6.2 58907 21.3 111758 33.1 71893 18.7 67179 17.8 72766 19.0 100
800 19.2 129160 25.8 Total 463646 100 161237 100 275468 100 338132 100 385297 10
0 375398 100 383926 100 526705 100 500277 100
Above chart shows that, major tourist come for pleasure, thus, resort could be a
best possible arena to provide pleasing facilities and space for them.
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3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT This is a thesis proposal on designing the Recrea
tional Tourist Resort, for the partial fulfillment of Bachelors Degree of Archit
ecture. This covers design problems related to resort and tourist space, from pr
ogram formulation, site selection, case studies, literature reviews, research, a
nd design. The project will try to incorporate all the necessary facilities and
amenities and will be the largest resort in the country. With a change of time,
the meaning of resort has changed and now it has been a commercial form of makin
g money. Resort, proposed here, is also a commercial tourist resort, which provi
des hospitality to both internal as well as external tourism as it cannot depend
wholly on foreigners, as there is seasonal variance in incoming tourists. The r
esort will be located in urban fringe, not very far from the core city so as it
could serve urban people well and be their holiday destination. The good resort
is that which plunge people, gives feelings of intimacy, and never urge them to
move away from its boundary. Thus, spaces has to be planned so that it comply wi
th the demand of both national and international visitors and standards to meet
their demands. It is hard task to incorporate both forms in a same resort as the
re is disambiguation in social and economic pattern but that can be solved by cl
assifying the group of users. This resort will perform multifunction, as it will
have restaurants, Conference halls, Lodging suites, Individual Cottages, Heath
Club, Curio Shop, Ethnographic Museum, Small Library, performance space etc. Bes
ides this, it will have services like Parking, Receptions, Plazas, Tourist Infor
mation Centre, and recreational spaces like Swimming Pool, Mini Golf Course, Law
n Tennis, Natural as well as artificial landscapes and Space for Artists, Writer
s etc. If we see the present scenario, we cannot find all these activities in si
ngle resort, thus, it is important to know the management of all these activitie
s and also we cannot take this sort of resort more far form urban fringe as targ
et group is urban dwellers too. The resort will attempt to integrate the socio-c
ultural aspect of Nepalese society with contemporary spatial demand of resort an
d create harmony between them, together harmonizing it with site, and surroundin
g to fit it in context. One most important thing is that the resort will be focu
sing more on its services which are provided through proper design of spaces and
at the same time, it will be concerning on the sustainability in architecture,
of which the world is thirsty. The tremendous rise of energy demand has created
uncertain future seeking a new form of design concept based on passive solar tec
hnologies and sustainability in built form. Building sector contributes 30%-40%
(7). of total global energy consumption, which is increasing in rapid pace which
need to be reduced and it is our duty to create efficient design, though we are
designing a virtual project. Thus, there is a multiple task to be performed asi
de design of resort, which are research on related topics, case studies, literat
ure review on space, planning etc. Hence, it is a challenging topic to work in s
patial planning to incorporate the formulated programs, Landscape planning, and
along with sustainability in design.
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4. JUSTIFICATION In present context, tourism in Nepal holds a great potential to
establish itself as a significant means of economy. This sector has a great pot
entiality to generate foreign revenue, which can bring about immediate socio-eco
nomic benefit from small investments. A well-synchronized and planned resort, wh
ich caters the modern amenities as per the requirement of the visitors, is a pre
sent need. We can find many resorts here and only few of which are fulfilling th
ese needs. In addition, most of the resorts are oriented to limited service focu
sing only foreigners and paying very little attention to urban haves. The multif
unctional resorts are still absent in Nepal and this proposed resort will be one
of the iconic resort with all resort facilities which will ultimately promote r
esort tourism. The fact that, Nepal is still deficient of required hotel rooms c
omparing to tourists inflow, it is said that, the present number of hotel can on
ly hold up to half a million visitors in a year. The tourist estimated to visit
in tourism year 2011 is far more that the holding capacity of available accommod
ation. Thus, if we are really upon the promotion of tourism, we may receive more
than 1 million visitors a year, if not this year then probably the next, so the
re is still need of huge numbers of hotels, resorts, lodges, home stays etc. Vie
wing the present scenario of the world, the issue of eco-sensitive and sustainab
le architecture must be raised by the architects and we as a architect can alter
the landscape and built form for which we need to understand and be responsible
for its far-reaching consequences. The future is hard to predict but some thing
s are certain. There will be rise in urban population in developing economies an
d an increase in levels of income. This project will pay its attention towards t
he global energy crisis and climate change though it is a worthless effort to gi
ve impact in global scale, but it will certainly create an example and impact lo
cally as there is saying, think locally, impact globally. This proposed resort c
ould be the masterpiece of all resort that are functioning today and will approa
ch to give it global identification. The most important part is socio-economic i
mpact. The society has changed a lot from traditional to modern and still in the
stage of metamorphosis, from modern to post modern and Sanskritization through
global interchange has not kept Nepalese society untouched. The economic influen
ce of tourism in Nepal is noteworthy as is has established itself as a prominent
foreign exchange earner. Before 1960s Pokhara was accessible only by foot, but n
ow the economy has boosted and people around the country are being pulled there(
8).. Thus, tourism plays an important to upgrade local as well as national econo
my so resort proposed is commercially acceptable. The creation of unique resort
in a built form will be the landmark of valley and even of Nepal so that, it bec
omes place to visit. Resort tourism is well flourished in Maldives, and people g
o there just dwell around the resort area. Likewise, this proposed resort will b
e leisure resort with recreational activities, which could provide space for bot
h internal and external tourist.
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5. OBJECTIVES The main objective of this proposal is to design Re-creative Touri
st Resort for the partial fulfillment of Bachelor Degree of Architecture. Specif
ically the objectives are to, Provide a recreational environment for the resort
through varieties of facilities and functions. Provide hospitality for both dome
stic and foreigner tourists and promote tourism ultimately Promote local as well
as national economy through the promotion of both internal and external tourism
. The establishment of tourist resort will create the economic opportunities to
site neighborhood. Also the local and national economy will boost due to establi
shment of multifunctional recreational tourist resort. Create an interactive gro
und for locals and visitors so that there may be interchange of ideas and cultur
al demonstration. Provide a space for official meetings and seminars in natural
surroundings. Make analytical study of the functional requirements of resort and
implement efficient design to carry out the functions smoothly. Respond to clim
atic and energy consumption issues raised by present day architecture through ec
o-sensitive design.
In addition, there are various objective related to achieving proper functioning
built forms, that can be achieved through literature reviews and research. Thus
, the objectives are to, - Study about the materials and technology regarding th
e sustainability in design - Study about energy efficient design - Study about p
assive solar architecture - Study about low cost sustainable building materials
- Study about spatial organization and areal need of resort programs The ultimat
e objective is to attain unique resort design with all the knowledge and skills
that is learned throughout four years of learning. The final design should be fr
ee from all the design problems and should be outstanding from all the prevalent
resort in Nepal.
6. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: The scopes of the projects are, The resort with recrea
tional facilities posses wide range of scope. If we analyze the present trend of
internal resort tourism and need of leisure place, then it is acceptable to have
multifunctional resort, which not only focus on overnight stay but also concern
in day services too. For internal visitors, there is no trend of going hotels i
n weekend, due to their location on core urban area. They intend to go some dist
ance far from city so that they can enjoy the environment and freshness there. H
ence, resort tourism can provide best solution to internal tourism.
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For external tourism, it will function as a luxurious resort which provides all
the facilities within its boundary so as to make their stay pleasing and exotic.
It will help to promote resort tourism in Nepal and encourage foreigner to come
here once just to stay in this very resort. Ultimately, it will enhance tourism
sector of country. Resort can also be a place for convection and conference, an
d that depends on the quality of space they provide so that the convection, conf
erence or seminar becomes more interesting and fascinating. The proposed resort
will attempt to provide seminar space to meet international standard. The resort
will be a place to gain knowledge regarding the green design, as it will apply
integrated energy system. The limitations of the projects are, It will not focus
more on social survey, research as this is an academic project, and this does n
ot fall under the primary constraint. The project is concerned in built form so;
there will be limited research and study on feasibility of project and detailed
site suitability will not be analyzed. The project will not focus on structural
analysis of built structures of resorts, although structural consultation will
be made and it will not be sufficient. The project will not covers all the detai
ls related to green design incorporated, though research will be made and requir
ed level of detailing will be done to meet the architectural requirement. Detail
ed environment assessment will nit be done due to limitation of knowledge in thi
s field and it is not our primary focus, as the project is virtual. However, som
e impact will be analyzed.
7. METHODOLOGY The project will be oriented to meet the requirements for the com
pletion of Bachelors Degree in Architecture. Though it is an academic requiremen
t, it will be based on ground reality. The following methodologies will be adopt
ed in two phases to come up with the final design. Research phase - Literature R
eview - Case study This is preparatory phase for thesis project in which data, f
acts, spatial needs and requirements are studied focusing on the approved topic.
We will study the present functioning and organization of spaces through case s
tudies. All the findings gathered in this phase will be applied in our design ph
ase. Design phase - Site selection and analysis - Program formulation and zoning
- Conceptual design - Design development
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Analysis and evaluation of output design Preparation of architectural drawings,
3D views, model, report for final presentation
This phase will orient itself on creating proper design of thesis topic selected
where the combination of all knowledge gathered form research phase would be ap
plied. This could be better understood from the charts below,
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8. PROPOSED CASE STUDY, PROGRAM STUDY AND LITERATURE REVIEW, It is very essentia
l to know about functioning and spatial management of resort before commencing t
he design work, hence several cases on related topic will be studied. There are
numerous resorts in Nepal, but none of them are likely to meet all the requireme
nts of the resort proposed here. Thus, several resort will be studied and beside
s this, related program will be studied separately. Following case study will be
performed, National Context - Godavari Village Resort- Godavari - Hattiban Reso
rt-Hattiban - Dhulikhel Mountain Resort- Dhulikhel - Fishtail Lodge- Pokhara - G
okarna Forest Resort- Gokarna International Context - Leela Resort- Goa, India Kiching Horse mountain Resort- Canada - Vista Mar Golf and Beach Resort- Pasifi
c Coast, Republic of Panama Following program will be studied - Mini Golf Course
of Soltee Crown Plaza at Tilganga - Swimming pool of different hotels and resor
ts - Study of integrated energy system in Zero Energy House - IOE, Pulchowk. - E
thnographic museum of Nepal Tourism Board - Exhibition Road. - Others will be st
udied as per necessity. Following will be studied in literature review part, - T
ime Saver Standard for Buildings - An Architects Handbook- Edited by Quinten Pic
kard (RIBA) - Architects Data- Ernst and Peter Neufert - The Ecology of Building
Materials- Bjrn Berge - Architecture: Comfort and Energy, Editors- C. Gallo, M.
Sala, A.A.M. Sayigh - Day lightening - Derek Phillips - Sustainable Design; Ecol
ogy,Architecture,and Planning - Daniel E. Williams, FAIA - Resort Definations an
d Terminilogies, (www.caribbeanhotelassociation.com/.../Research-UofMemphis.pdf)
- Resort Design; Planning, Architecture and Interior Book by Mc-Graw Hill. - Da
ta related to Wind, Solar PV cells, and other green technologies will be collect
ed from Center for Energy Studies ( CES), Pulchowk Campus and Alternative Energy
Promotion Centre, Khumaltar - Tourism related data will be collected form minis
try of Tourism and Nepal Tourism Board. - Byelaws and Building codes will be stu
died from books issued by Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Department of Urban De
velopment and Building Construction. - Other necessary literatures will be studi
ed as per requirements. For both case study and literature, internet is benefici
al, so it will be maximum used.
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9. PROJECT OUTPUT General output - Positive impact on tourism Entrepreneurs - Em
ployment generation and increase in the life standards of the local people - Pos
itive increment in the local as well as national economy - Establishment of a to
urist resort with ample facilities - Sense of awareness towards sustainability i
n design - Exposure of the site to the national level for provision of better in
frastructures Design output - Research in related topic to simplify the problems
related to resort design - Iconic resort with multi facilities in well organize
d manner - Planning and designing resort with all indoor and out door amenities
- Use of green technologies and environment sustainable design - Use of differen
t design concept to acquire final built structure with proper interior and exter
ior complying with surrounding - Final product as complete architectural drawing
s, 3Ds, model, report and other supporting materials.
10. SITE ANALYSIS AND LOCATION INFORMATION
Araniko Hignway
Club Bagmati
Proposed Site
Location

: Bhaktapur District, Sipadol VDC, Ward no-2 Latitude: 273946.24 N to 273936N Longitu
852554.93 E to 852557.09E
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AP
Area Topography Access Water Supply Electricity Telecommunication Sanitary
: 34129.48 Sqm, 67-3-0-0 : Slight Contoured form east to west, the total level d
ifference is 32 : It is 12 Km east of Kathmandu, About 10 min ride from Koteshwor
. : No provision of water supply : 3- Phased grid from Nepal Electricity Authori
ty is present : Provision of Land line Point form Nepal Telecom : No provision
Climatic Data from Wikipedia.org (Based on 2005 Records) - Maximum Average Tempe
rature : 18C in Jan, 28.3 in June - Minimum Average Temperature : 1.2C in Jan, 20 in
July - Annual Relative Humidity : 75% - Average Sunshine Hours/Day :7 - Annual
Average Precipitation : 7.5 mm in Nov, 359.6 in July ( Annual Precipitation of 1
124 mm. - Average Annual Wind Velocity : 5 m/s in earth surface, 14m/s 50 m abov
e ground(9).
Selection Criteria: The site lies very near to the traditional settlement of Bha
ktapur, an important historical and cultural city. It is near to the core urban
and easily accessible to both internal visitor as well as external visitor. Ther
e is abundant agricultural land, which is in verge of transformation from its tr
aditional form to building plots. Thus, resort development will help to maintain
the landscape of the site and create greenery. The site being near to world her
itage site and Araniko Highway, which is one of the major tourist routes, carrie
s great potential on tourism development.
10.1 SWOT ANALYSIS OF SITE Strength Renounced Location Easy Access Sub-Urban, He
ritage fringe Good Views towards North Green Hills around Free from Urban Conges
tion Weakness Haphazard Development and unplanned residential development Minimu
m Road Frontage No municipal Sewerage System No proper land management, infrastr
uctural facilities Opportunity Iconic resort, unique identity all over the count
ry and world Fewer Contours and no vegetation around No resort development in si
te surroundings
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Lack of Proper amenities and facilities available in other resorts Internal as w
ell as external tourist as its target group Threat Political Imbalance and low t
ourist arrival Vandals and anti-social activities Change in government policies
Market Inflation
12. PROGRAM FORMULATION AND AREA ANALYSIS
Area in Sqm 15 35 110 135 70 10 10 10 10 4.5 4.5 15 30 30 20 15 15 15 15 45 15 5
0 4.5 10 10 Nos. of Unit 1 1 Total Area
S.N 1 a b c d e f g h i j k m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Program Multi Function Block ( Mother Unit) Reception Counter Lobby/ Waiting Lou
nge General Restaurant Central Kitchen for Restaurant Dry Store Chilled Store Wa
ste Disposal area Dish Wash Area Kitchen Staff Toilet Visitors Toilet Office Spa
ce Waiting and Reception Chair Person's Room General Manager Room Deputy Manager
s Room HR Manager Room House Keeping Manager Engineering Department Legal Depart
ment Administrative Staff room Accounting Staff Room Meeting / Presentation Hall
Rest room Utility room/ Store Room Store Keeper
Capacity
Remark
4 Person 15 person 50 person 100 person
15 35 110 135 70 15 15 10 10 4.5 18 15 30 30 40 15 15 15 15 45 15 50 9 10 10 16
1 Person 4 person 5 person 1 Person 1 Person 1 person 1 Person 1 Person 1 Person
1 Person 6 Person 2 person 15 person 2 person 1 Person
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

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l m n 3 a b c d e f g h i j k k 4 a b 5 a b c d e Secondary Main Service Block
Reception Counter Operation managers Room Lobby/ Waiting Restaurant Kitchen with
accessory spaces General Bar Cocktail Bar Discotheque DJ control Room Rest room
for restaurant Rest Room for Discotheque Buffer Room For Discotheque Rest room
for Staff Utility room/ Store Room Informative and Learning Block Lobby/ Waiting
Lounge Reception Counter Tourist Information Centre, Library Museum to reflect
the socio-cultural status of Nepal Control Office Toilet for Visitors and Staff
Conference Hall 2 Conference Hall 1 Toilet for Conference Hall User Curio Shop C
yber Caf Main Conference Hall Lobby/ Foyer Rest Rooms Recreational Block Squash h
all Gymnasium Aerobics Meditation Barber/ Parlor
2 Person 1 Person 15 person 50 person 20 Person 20 Person 100 Person 2 person 2
Person 10 Person 1 Person
8 15 35 70 50 20 20 150 20 4.5 4.5 10 4.5 15 35 4
1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 10 1 1 1 1 1
8 15 35 140 100 20 20 150 20 9 45 10 4.5 15 35 4
With Audio Visual Presentaion
10 Person 1 Person 20 Person 15 Person 20 Person 1 Person 2 person 100Person 50
person 10 Person 10 Person 250 Person 50 Person 12 Person 2 person 25 Person 10
Person 20 Person 2 person
30 60 100 10 4.5 150 75 4.5 20 20 400 40 4.5 60 75 40 30 25
1 1 1 1 4 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1
30 60
100 10 18 2 in each floor 150 75 45 including Urinals 20 20 400 40 54 including
Urinals 60 75 40 30 25 17

Thesis Proposal on Designing Recreational Tourist Resort f g h i j k 7 a b c 8 a

b c d e f g h 9 Coffee/ Tea shop Spa Sauna Snooker Locker room /Change Rest Roo
m Common Accommodation Unit Individual Accommodation Unit Group User Block Coupl
e/ Honeymoon Block Family Block Staff Accommodation and Back House Staff Kitchen
Staff Dining Wash Area Site Storage Accommodation Units Rest rooms Family Suite
for High level staff Generator and Battery Room Guard House Total Area 10 % Cir
culation Space 3 % Structural Envelope Ground Coverage Total Proposed Built- Up
Area 8 Person 1 Person 1 Person 4 Person 30 person 6 Person 20 Rooms Up to 8 Use
r 2+ 1 Child 4-5 User 15 User 15 User 20 10 10 18 30 4.5 40 1 1 1 4 1 4 20 20 10
10 72
For Swimming
30 pool user too
For Swimming
18 pool user too 800 1-2 user/room
with out
75 40 80 15 20 5 30 15 4.5 80 30 10
5 20 8 1 1 1 1 10 2 2 1 4
375 Kitchenette
with out
800 Kitchenette 640 With Kitchenette 15 20 5 30 150 9 160 30 40 5868 586.8 175 6
629
10 rooms 2 person 2 Family 4 Person
Note: All the programs and areal data are taken from general conception and brie
f study of Time Saver Standard. They are likely to change during design phase ac
cording to the requirements.
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13. CONCLUSION The project proposed here on designing Recreational Tourist Resor
t is an academic requirement, for the partial fulfillment of Bachelors Degree in
Architecture, which is purely oriented in design rather than social surveys and
research findings, so, this is not to provide new intervention and is only cont
inuation of culture. However, we can see intervention in design approach. The pr
oject will focus on research, literature reviews, and case studies, which will h
elp to gather informations and finally its application to designated project. Th
e final product of this project will be an iconic resort in the arena of tourism
industry, with all necessary architectural drawings, 3D views, Model, Report an
d other supporting materials and documents. The entire thesis project wills a ch
allenge and opportunity to accumulate bunches of information regarding the topic
. All those gathered tools and technique will be applied and project will harmon
ize socio-cultural aspect of community with form and function of resort The proj
ect will also focus on detailed site analysis and brief feasibility study, and t
end to solve the problems existing there. It will concentrate to create better p
hysical and socio-economic environment than what exist today.
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