Form and Function

I am currently in NYC visiting for my sister's graduation (which has already happened earlier today). I'm not particularly fond of NYC for many reasons that I will not list because it will insult many egos--besides, it can take up an entire blog entry all by itself. Anyhow, we are staying at the Gershwin Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The location actually isn't too bad and the price is very expensive--but that was to be expected. This hotel is a very...unique hotel in that it is very artsy fartsy and eclectic I guess. It seems like every room is designed differently--different furnishings, different artwork, different walls, etc.

The first room was stayed in--room 1136, was like the hotel room from hell. It had a lot of room--actually one of the largest hotel rooms I've ever stayed in. However, it did not utilize the space properly--at all. As an architecture student that designed hotels at a firm for an entire summer, I was extremely appalled. There was a putrid smell upon opening the door, the floors weren't that great, the chairs/couches were terrible, the bathroom was bad, and there was no table or desk. Instead, there was a giant coffee table that stood a foot above the ground and stretched about 7 feet long getting in the way of everything. There were also a lot of electrical outlets--which was nice. The couches/chairs were one of the worst designs I have ever seen. Everyone in my family has stubbed their toes on the legs of the chairs at least once because they jut out way too much. Whoever designed this room definitely only thought about form and not function. The form wasn't even that great.

I will upload photos in a bit of this nightmare room. Actually, the photos I took kind of made the room look a lot nicer than it actually is, oh well.

We ended up switching to another room that was much, much better.