In a centrally located area in the city of Richmond, the youth hostel that I propose provides young people and backpackers a suitable place to stay while enjoying their journey in the historical city of Richmond. The youth hostel offers inexpensive overnight lodging and other amenities they can use for themselves such as self-serve kitchens, laundtry rooms, etc. Something that is worth mentioning, the youth hostel's site is also close by the Richmond Visitor Center. It can offer travelers some travel information or souvenir venue. Furthermore, with the distinguished site, there is another characteristic. That is, the building was built in 1963 and it represents the International Building Style. The Jackson Ward community primariry consists of tra-ditional architecture style buildings, such as Italianate and Second Empire styles. The building for this project is the only modern structure. This makes it stand out and give the impression of an emotionless institution. Therefore, there is no doubt that the International Style building holds a place in this community. So, how can the community embrace this site? How do the characteristics of Jackson Ward integrate with my building? And how can the archi-tectural style of this building relate better and warm up to the residents? By transforming the residential design elements in Jackson Ward Area, my endeavor is not only to create a welcoming youth hostel inside the building but also to introduce Richmond's history and famous spots to travelers. While more people visit the youth hostel, more people will know about Jackson Ward, and the city of Richmond.

This thesis explores architecture's role as host and its relationship with guest through the research and design of a new youth hostel for Washington, D.C. The etymological duality of host is confronted in the project's structure, as well as its liminal spaces. This new hostel offers comfort, protection, affordable accommodation, learning opportunities, and moments of camaraderie to young guests of the nation's capital. / Master of Architecture

This is a youth hostel designed to provide maximum functional comfort and efficiency in a relatively confined space. Because of its narrow floor plan, the windows are made large to make the rooms seem bigger and frame the view to the outside by drawing the viewerâ s eye out from the dense interior creating expansion to the outside. The orientation of the structure allows natural light to fill almost the entire interior and invites the cityscape to become a part of the interior spaces. In addition to the balconies on the berthing floors, the core of the structure supplements the idea of expansiveness by extending up and out to the gathering area on the roof where everyone can congregate and enjoy the outside view of the City of Roanoke. In my travels and staying in youth hostels throughout Europe, a high level of security wasnâ t always provided so I wanted to create spaces that provide security and convenience for the traveler and the travelerâ s belongings. The design of the bed units provides security and easy access for stowing and securing personal effects in the compartments located within while larger luggage and other belongings can be secured in lockers found in the locker rooms on the shower floors. I wanted to provide an additional sense of security for those traveling alone so there are berthing and shower floors designated for women and berthing and shower floors designated for men with designated restrooms located on each berthing floor. / Master of Architecture

Submitted by Coordenação Hotelaria (hotelaria@vm.uff.br) on 2016-05-04T18:17:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TCC Raphaela Corrêa.pdf: 319187 bytes, checksum: bd9473093ee4b5d184b6875642c0ca11 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-12T13:57:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TCC Raphaela Corrêa.pdf: 319187 bytes, checksum: bd9473093ee4b5d184b6875642c0ca11 (MD5) / O turismo, com o tempo, vem tomando forças cada vez mais em uma vertente denominada Melhor Idade. Nessa vertente, a hospitalidade vem ganhando cada vez mais importância e se transforma em um fator decisivo para a escolha de um meio de hospedagem que servirá de lar temporário para os turistas enquanto estão longe de suas casas. Os turistas que fazem parte do segmento populacional denominado Melhor Idade vem optando por hospedagens mais simples e receptivas como Hostels, ou Albergues da Juventude, a Hotéis, não somente pela diferença de preço mas também por agregar outros fatores importantes. Esses meios de hospedagens estão prontos para receber essa nova demanda? A partir disso, o presente artigo propõe identificar e caracterizar o perfil dessa nova demanda, assim como suas necessidades e preferências, através de pesquisas de campo feitas com uma amostra desse segmento, de forma a saber como os meios de hospedagens estão se preparando para recebê-los. / The tourism comes, with time, is increasingly gaining strength in a shied named Best Age. In this shied, the hospitality is gaining each time more importance and turning itself in a decisive factor to the choice of a hosting place that will suit as a temporary home for tourists while they are away of their homes. The tourists that are part of this population shied called Best Age come choosing simpler receptive lodgings like Hostels, or Youth Hostel, than Hotels, for the difference of price but also for adding other important factors. Are these hosting places ready to receive this new demand? Therefore, the present article proposes to identify and profile of this new demand, as well as their needs and preferences, through field surveys made with a sample of this segment, in order to know how the hosting places are preparing to receive them.

This diploma thesis deals with development of industrial school in Volyně in the last one hundred years (1914-2014). Due to such long and rich history of this industrial school, being the second oldest functioning school of this kind, we covered the last one hundred years. Division into chapters follows the changes of school name where such change reflects certain social situation. In this work you can find development of school, its capacity problems which could be solved by looking for and subsequent finding a suitable place for construction and following building of school grounds, problems with accommodation and boarding of students. We keep track of changes related to changes of political situation, changes of study length, fields of study, students´ activities etc. Certain space is related to presentation of school to public (competitions, exhibitions, seminars). In this work you can also find some interesting facts which characterize given period. Sources for this thesis were taken from the archive materials of State district archive in Strakonice, annuals and annual reports of school and school chronicles. This work should contribute to covering history of education system in Volyně.