INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS RESORT
Resort is a place to spent holiday for relaxation and recreation so that, one can give dynamism
to their leisure time. Oxfords dictionary defines resort as place that is frequented for holidays or
recreation or for a particular purpose. One can go and swim in resort, can have lunch, can go
just to pass time, plan an overnight stay and lit campfire, artist can complete 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 centre, as a meeting centre, as a banquette, as a
restaurant, as a health club and various other functions. A resort could be day serving and
nightserving, and it provides the cuisine service.According to the new definition, A resort is a fullservice lodging facility that provides access to or offers a range of amenities and recreation
facilities to emphasize a leisure experience.Resorts serve as the primary provider of the guests
experience, often provide services for business and meetings, and are characteristically located
in vacation-oriented settings.If we go through the history of resort, it dates back to
Roman era where Therme serves multifunctional recreation activity and most
popular among this is Baiae. There may be numerous form of resort like,

Sports Resort
Adventure Resort
Nature Resort
Eco Resort
Agro- Resort
Health Resort

Resort can be classified into several categories and have guidelines to rate them,
but accordingto service provided by them, it could be day resort with recreational
facilities like, spa, sports,sauna, health and cuisine facilities with several restaurant,
bars, and various other amenities.Other resort is that which provides lodging
facilities with all necessary service requirements.There is a guideline stated by
Centre for Resort and Hospitality Business for resorts having lodging facility. This
sort of resort shall

Provide one signature amenity or anchor attributeProvide five secondary recreation/leisure/entertainment experiencesProvide one full-service food & beverage outletBed-base must include short-term or overnight lodgingMinimum of 25 rooms or other accommodations (exception to minimum for
properties with two signature amenity/anchor attributes)Emphasize a leisure or retreat-environment experience

The definition of few terms states above,

Signature amenities 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-inclusiveness,spa/health/wellness, marina, tennis, and Water
Park. For property-generated 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 resort should provide
in addition to lodging and cuisine facility. The minimum number of amenity is five,
below this number; it is no more resort. Among various facilities like Health,
Gymnasium, Sports, Library, Museum, Swimming pool, Educational, Dude ranch,
Casino, Discotheque etc, it should have minimum of five.
A mixture of various amenities, majestic hospitality, fantastic built structures and
creative landscapes will create illustrative resort.
Tourists are the people who travel for recreational, leisure or business purpose.
According to world tourism organization, 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 other purposes. Nepal has short history of receiving
formal tourist and it has not been more than half a century. There are three major
purpose of tourism:
For pleasure: Pleasure means to enjoy, relax, and have satisfaction from the leisure
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 category.
But we should note that, these tourists also requires proper accommodation,
cuisine, and facilities along with pleasing hospitality. This may include the
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 around.
3. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT
This is a thesis proposal on designing the Recreational Tourist Resort, for the partial
fulfillment of Bachelors Degree of Architecture. This covers design problems related
to resort and tourist space, from program formulation, site selection, case studies,
literature reviews, research, and design. The project will try to incorporate all the
necessary facilities and amenities .With a change of time, the meaning of resort has
changed and now it has been a commercial form of making money.The resort 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 with the demand of
visitors and standards to meet their demands..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. Besides this, it will have services like Parking, Receptions, Plazas,Tourist
Information Centre, and recreational spaces like Swimming Pool, Mini Golf
Course,Lawn Tennis, Natural as well as artificial landscapes and Space for Artists,
Writers etc.If we see the present scenario, we cannot find all these activities in
single resort, thus, it is important to know the management of all these activities
and also we cannot take this sort of resort more far from urban fringe as target
group is urban dwellers too.The resort will attempt to integrate the socio-cultural
aspect of society with contemporary spatial demand of resort and create harmony
between them, together harmonizing it with site, and surrounding to fit it in
context.One most important thing is that the resort will be focusing 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
technologies and sustainability in built form. Building sector contributes
30%-40% 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 aside design of resort, which are research on related
topics, case studies, literature review on space, planning etc. Hence, it is
a challenging topic to work in spatial planning to incorporate the
formulated programs, Landscape planning,and along with sustainability in
design.
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this proposal is to design Re-creative getaway Resort and

Provide a recreational environment for the resort through varieties of facilities

and function
Provide hospitality and promote tourism, ultimately Promote local economy
The establishment of tourist resort will create the economic opportunities to
site neighborhood. Also the local economy will boost due to establishment of
multifunctional recreational getaway resort
Create an interactive ground for locals and visitors so that there may be
interchange of ideas and cultural 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 climatic and energy consumption issues raised by present day

architecture through eco-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
design
Study about
Study about
Study about
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the materials and technology regarding the sustainability in

energy efficient design
passive solar architecture
low cost sustainable building materials
spatial organization and area of resort programs

6. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

The resort with recreational facilities has 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 in weekend, due to their location in core urban area. They intend to go some
distance far from city so that they can enjoy the environment and freshness there.
Hence, resort tourism can provide best solution to internal tourism.
Resort can also be a place for convection and conference, and that depends on the
quality of space they provide so that the convection, conference or seminar
becomes more interesting and fascinating. The proposed resort will attempt to
provide seminar space.The resort will be a place to gain knowledge regarding the
green design, as it will apply integrated energy system.The limitations of the project
are,It will not focus more on social survey, research as this is an academic project,
and this doesnot 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 cover all the details related to green
design incorporated, though research will be made and required level of detailing
will be done to meet the architectural requirement.Detailed environment
assessment will not be done due to limitation of knowledge in this field and it is not
our primary focus, as the project is virtual. However, some impact will be analyzed.
7. METHODOLOGY
Though it is an academic requirement, it will be based on ground reality.The
following methodologies will be adopted in two phases to come up with the final
design

Research phase

Literature Review
Case study

This is preparatory phase for thesis project in which data, facts, spatial needs and
requirements are studied focusing on the approved topic. We will study the present
functioning and organization of spaces through case studies. All the findings
gathered in this phase will be applied in our design phase.
Design phase

Site selection and analysis

Program formulation and zoning
Conceptual design
Design development and
Preparation of architectural drawings, 3D views, model, report for final
presentation

PROPOSED CASE STUDY, PROGRAM STUDY AND LITERATURE REVIEW

It is very essential to know about functioning and spatial management of resort
before commencing the design work, hence several cases on related topic will be
studied.

Swimming pool of different hotels and resorts

Others will be studied as per necessity.

Following will be studied in literature review part

Time Saver Standard for Buildings

An Architects Handbook- Edited by Quinten Pickard (RIBA)Architects Data- Ernst and Peter Neufert
Day lightening - Derek Phillips
Resort Definations and Terminilogies
Resort Design; Planning, Architecture and Interior , Book by Mc-Graw Hill
Byelaws and Building codes will be studied from books issued by NBC of India
Other necessary literatures will be studied as per requirements.For both case
study and literature, internet is beneficial, so it will be maximum used
PROJECT OUTPUT
General output
Employment generation and increase in the life standards of the local people
Positive increment in the local economy
Establishment of getaway resort with ample facilities

Design output

Research in related topic to simplify the problems related to resort design

Iconic resort with multi facilities in well organized manner
Planning and designing resort with all indoor and out door amenities
Use of green technologies and environment sustainable design
Use of different design concept to acquire final built structure with proper
interior and exterior complying with surrounding
Final product as complete architectural drawings, 3Ds, model, report and
other supporting materials

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Selection Criteria: The site lies very near to the traditional settlement of Bhaktapur,
animportant historical and cultural city. It is near to the core urban and easily
accessible to both internal visitor as well as external visitor. There is abundant

agricultural land, which is in verge of transformation from its traditional 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 heritage site and Araniko
Highway, which is one of the major tourist routes, carries great potential on tourism
development.
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SWOT ANALYSIS OF SITE

Strength
Renounced Location
Easy Access
Sub-Urban, Heritage fringe
Good Views towards North
Free from Urban Congestion

Weakness

Haphazard Development and unplanned residential development

Minimum Road Frontage
No municipal Sewerage System
No proper land management, infrastructural facilities

Opportunity

Iconic resort, unique identity across the region

Fewer Contours and good vegetation around
Lack of Proper amenities and facilities in other resorts

Threat

Political Imbalance and low tourist arrival

Vandals and anti-social activities
Change in government policies
Market Inflation