Adaptive Reuse of Tid Tower Into a Five Star Business Hotel

Abstract

Albania belongs to the third world countries of this planet. Being a place in continuous development it has always been distinguished for its favorable geographical position, Mediterranean climate and hundreds of miles of perfect coastline. The capital of Albania, Tirana has captured international investor‟s attention by bringing in this way the expansion of tourism in terms of hotels and resorts. Business hotels are a whole new dimension for the city importance. Since there is a lack of these types of European standards, having a complete new innovative building would generate not only the importance of embracing European standards, but at the same time will grip new ideas of technology and several aspects of architecture and building design. This study is focused on the main standards of business hotels in terms of design, public spaces, room standards, acoustical, lighting, design for all, management and maintenance where a thorough analysis and different results have been conducted. Moreover recommendations are given in terms of above mentioned subjects. Results of the study have concluded that, by the help of some standards, business hotels can become a total new revolution in Albania in terms of business and tourism. This type of approach and different methods to generate solutions for building something by specific standards will lead to further examination on the development of building through standards and producing superiority hotels in every dimension possible.