NYC HOTEL CHELSEA
NYC HOTEL CHELSEA
HOTEL CHELSEA NYC
Parsons final semester project
The Hotel Chelsea was once infamously home to many celebrities, from Leonard Bernstein to Andy Warhol, from Patti Smith to Janis Joplin. It was most of the time, a murky place to be. There were deaths from overdose and rat and roach infestations aplenty. But during its heyday, it was also home to many artistic collaborations, songs and stories…
Hotel Chelsea exterior
Hotel Chelsea Balconies
Patti Smith and Sam Shepard, 1971 | David Gahr/Getty Images
Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick
Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, 1954
Janis Joplin | Getty Images
Leonard Cohen
Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious
If it were possible to completely rethink the Hotel Chelsea, would you even? Can you erase the memories of a place that has them completely ingrained into its’ walls? Or do you honor them while also giving the place a new life?
GOALS
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CHECK-IN AREA: Keep it loungey; the HOTEL CHELSEA was a home
LOUNGE/BAR area featuring projections of previous HOTE CHELSEA residents with their music playing over speakers
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RESTAURANT AREA for easy meetings and collaboration over meals
HOTEL ROOMS AND HALLWAYS: Reverse use: meetings take place looking out onto streets with beautiful lighting; Rooms look into hotel to keep sense of community and source for inspriation
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VARIOUS ROOM TYPES:
Smaller rooms with balconies that open into indoor court for sense of community
Suites decorated with wallpaper and featuring space to create music and art
LOBBY featuring wallpaper with birds and a large horse statue. Many inhabitants of the Hotel Chelsea owned various types animals.
LOBBY
LOUNGE
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT
MEETING SPACES
BALCONY W/ VIEW OF ROOMS
INTERNAL BALCONY
HOTEL SUITE