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A hotel no one asked for.

A speculative hotel for the Hudson Valley. Drawn less as a proposal than as a question.

The exercise

No client. No brief. No site. Just a hotel drawn to see what the valley might hold.

01 · The great room

A barn that learned to be a lobby

Heavy timber, a single hearth, and a room carrying the whole argument before a guest ever reaches a key.

02 · The bath house

Heat, water, and one shaft of light

Wellness reduced to its essentials. Stone, cedar, fire, and silence.

03 · The bar

Where the day loosens

Reclaimed wood and raw plaster, lit low. The room people intended to leave an hour ago.

04 · The room

Quiet, warm, unhurried

Guest rooms tuned for rest, in a palette borrowed from the landscape beyond the glass.

Local memory

What the valley remembers

Hudson River iceboats, the nineteenth-century answer to speed. A reminder that every place already contains stories worth drawing from.

Why draw it

You learn what a place might hold by imagining it first.

PlaceHudson Valley, New York
StatusSelf-initiated concept
Years2025–2026
MethodConcept study
ConnectedBrand · Behavior · Place
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