Thesis Book - MyWeb at WIT

PROGRAM
The programmatic function for this thesis is very important in that the program should not solve this thesis for me. For example,
if the program was a circus, that would be unexpected and surreal in itself. This thesis needs a program that is concrete so that
the experience itself can be surreal. The program would need the element of visitors arriving only a few times a year, so that their
experience is new. Additionally, the program would have opportunities for more circulation between spaces. The programmatic
needs would not require light or windows, due to the site being underground. In considering these criteria, the programmatic function
of this thesis is a Hostel. A hostel follows all of these criteria; the visitors would be new to this designed space, they would circulate
between their rooms to the common areas, and the hostel would actually work better without light since the main purpose
would be sleeping. The visitors of the hostel would be open to new experiences and would be the perfect users of this space.
HOSTEL [SERVES ABOUT 60 VISITORS]
FUNCTION SIZE IN SF QTY. TOTAL SF
Reception Area 20 x 12 = 240 SF 1 240 SF
Management Office 12 x 16 = 192 SF 1 152 SF
Kitchen 20 x 20 = 400 SF 2 800 SF
Common Area 20 x 20 = 400 SF 2 800 SF
Storage + Supplies 20 x 20 = 400 SF 1 400 SF
1 Bedroom 18 x 10 = 180 SF 6 1,080 SF
2 Bedroom 18 x 12 = 216 SF 6 1,296 SF
3 Bedroom 18 x 15 = 270 SF 6 1,620 SF
4 Bedroom 20 x 20 = 400 SF 6 2,400 SF
Communal Bathrooms 20 x 20 = 400 SF 4 1,600 SF
NET SQ. FT. = 10, 548
GROSS SQ FT. = 13, 712
SITE TO FIT SQ. FT = 15, 768
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