The Standard

Covid-19 affected various industries since 2020. One industry that has suffered immensely is the field of hospitality design as hotels, bars, and restaurants were forced to shut down for months. The Standard will provide a new luxury hotel experience with an emphasis on the rooftop and outdoor spaces in an effort to create a safe space for students and visitors. The Standard Hotel sits in a primary location downtown near the UCLA campus. Two levels of the hotel’s guest rooms on the 10th and 11th floor will be converted to house students in a temporary dormitory setting. A rooftop on the 12th floor will act as a third place where guests can come together for social and community activities. Design will focus on biomimicry of a selected form as a starting point, combining parametric design to rethink and reuse the spaces for better accommodation for human social and living spaces after COVID.