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MMH Design Guideline
“Home away from Home”
Introduction
MMH Lounge, located in the Statler Hall, is an exclusive space dedicated to the students in Master of Management of Hospitality program. In this design guideline, we established the emotion characters of the new lounge to be home, relaxing, belonging, and warm, control and connected. All the design need to follow the base emotion characters of the new space. A list of detailed functionality and respective physical requirements are also detailed in this guidelines, such as study, eat, rest, presentation etc. Building on the required functions, the new MMH lounge will be relocated at the back of the existing one and the space will be double to 850 Sqft.

Emotion Character
Keywords: home, relaxing, belonging, control, connected, vibrant, neat, trendy, warm
The base of emotion character generation lies on the analysis of target users, who are the MMH students. As graduate students who are in such an intense program, MMHers spend majority of their time at school even on weekends. The base line of emotion we want to high light is the feeling of home, where the concept of “home away from home” comes from. Derived from the base emotion, we can set other emotions that we want to express through design process.
Relaxing:
The feeling of home is relaxing and stress free, so the design of MMH Lounge should be able to convey the emotion of relaxing. Most of MMHers take on six to seven courses each semester which impose a great pressure on them. The pressure also comes from job hunting, networking and other aspects, which also stress them out. For MMHers, they want sunlight rather than artificial lighting which depresses them. They also want to have a bright colour to light up the mood. They want the cosy furniture that take them mind off the school work for 15 minutes. They prefer a casual rather than a classroom setting.
Belonging:
Sense of belonging comes from the need recognition of the Millennials, which most of MMHers are. For Millennials, “trendy”, “neat” and “modern” are key words they are looking for in a design. Furniture lightly coloured, wall paper with vibrant colour and applications with simple design are all they want. The design should convey the traits of this generation.
Warm:
Another emotion character of MMH Lounge should be warm feeling which is related to the weather of Ithaca. Winter in Ithaca lasts for four to six months, which can be depressing and negative. A warm feeling conveyed from the design will help MMHers reduce stress and be positive.
Control:
The feeling of control is another emotion that should be inspired through our design. In our design, control can be translated to be “autonomy” and “convenient”. Being in control helps MMHers reduce their stress and frustration. In a design, aspects like extra number of power point, flexible meeting space and large white board will facilitate the emotion expression.
Connected:
Feeling connected within the class is another important part for all the MMHers. Being in one-year program can be lonely sometime, so the design needs to be able to help MMHers socialize and connect with each other. Also, MMH program is heavy on the group collaboration work. A balanced group dynamic requires as many conversational opportunities as possible and the design should support it.

Multifunctional support
MMH Lounge supports around 48 students every year. As we discussed previously, “home away from home” is the concept we desire which means the space need to support multifunction and to be segmented. The activities identified in the MMH Lounge are study, group work (presentation practice), rest (nap), eat, small function, assignment collection. The lounge should be segmented into 3 major function areas which are study area, group area and living area. The followings are the physical requirements supporting each function.
In order to support study, the MMH Lounge (study area) should: * Be partially blocked from socializing area. * Be close to the printers and computer. * Be as far away from the door as possible to ensure a quiet study zone. * Have excess number of power points near the area for laptops. * Have good lighting system for reading.
In order to support group work (presentation practice), the MMH Lounge (group area) should: * Have flexible furniture near the screen and projector. * Be able to support the screen and projector as well as conference call machine. * Have enough space for the group member (up to six) to move around. * Be free from sightline impairment by internal structure such as columns. * Have strong blinds to black out the nature light (presentation purpose). * Have enough (wall) space for white board installation.
In order to support lunch and dinner time, the MMH Lounge (living area) should: * Be able to accommodate 10 people to eat at same time. * Be close to fridges and microwaves and trash can. * Have floor that easy to clean. * Be close to water drain and water source, as well as the ventilation system. * Be close to the door.
In order to support MMHers to rest between classes, the MMH Lounge (living area) should: * Be free from sightline from the door. * Have controllable lighting which can be dimmed. * Be away from the air-con vents. * Close to the air-con control panel. * Be close to window with view.
In order to support MMHers to have small function, the MMH Lounge should: * Minimal columns in the space. * Be able to support multimedia equipment, such as TV, speakers. * Have two doors to easy manage the crowd flow. * Have flexible furniture. * Have the floor (carpet) to sustain heavy usage.
In order to support MMHers to collect assignment, the MMH Lounge should: * Have the assignment box close to the door.
Location
Depending various functionality requirements, the MMH Lounge should be located at the back of the existing one. Firstly, the area is close to most of the classrooms. MMHers can have ample time between class preparations in the lounge (such as binding, printing) for the class and going the classroom. Secondly, there are windows in new location, supporting our space emotion character generation. A series of window can increase the nature light in the room, creating positive psychological effects, such as warm feelings. Thirdly, the area has limited student activity since the area is off the main corridor. The MMHers can have a relative quiet and private space. Moreover, the Mac’s Cafe, the prime food court that MMHers get food from, is located two floor below the lounge and it will save a lot of time for MMHers to get lunch. Last but not least, the area is relatively far from the Statler Banquet storage area, which will create a less disturbing environment. The banquet service tends to make a lot of noise during weekends.
Space estimation
In order to support all the functions we mentioned early, we have to double the space of the existing lounge. The existing lounge is 425 Sqft (39.5 m2), which means the new space should be 850 (79 m2) Sqft. The new space will take up 3-4 existing offices since the bay size on the other side of the hall is smaller than the bay size of current lounge.

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