Design for tourism: an ICSID inter design report: (2d ICSID interdesign seminar ; Kilkenny, May 1972)

Cover page 1 design for tourism an ICSID inter design report 4 Copyright 5 Table of Contents 6 Organising the Seminar 8 A Systematic Approach to a Design Problem 10 Introduction 10 Analysis of the Task of the Seminar 10 Informative and Educative 10 What is Tourism? 11 Evaluation 11 Analysis 12 Group A Holiday Accommodation 15 The Brief 15 Group Results 15 The Impact of New Development 17 The "International" Type Hotel 17 Performance Criteria for Family-operated Hotel 18 FARMHOUSE ACCOMMODATION—A CASE STUDY 19 Lahardan Farmhouse, Crusheen,Co. Clare 19 The Condominium 25 Performance Criteria for Condominium 27 Rented Cottages 28 Cottage Cluster 28 Performance Criteria for Cottage Units 32 Performance Criteria for Villages with Cottage Potential Development 33 Group B Transport 34 The Brief 34 The Existing Situation 34 Group Results 35 Recommendations 36 Signs Required 36 Separation of the Lay-by from the Road 36 Forests 38 Water 38 In Rural Built-up Areas 38 In the Open Country 38 In Towns and Villages 38 Group C General Equipment 40 The Brief 40 Information 41 Signposting 41 General Equipment 41 ENNIS PILOT STUDY 43 Group D Colour and Materials 47 Children and Landscape 47 The Brief 47 Analysis of the Brief 47 Analysis of the General Landscape 48 Assumption 48 Behind the Landscape 48 Analysis of Landscape: Constants 48 New Building: Non-Constant 59 Integration with Natural Features 59 Natural Camouflaging: Screening 59 Castles and Mansions 59 Architectural Heritage 59 Mining in the Landscape 59 Litter in Fields 60 Tourist Children and Environmental Education 60 Educational Aids for Tourist Children: Some Suggestions 60 Hotel Facilities for Children 60 Airport Facilities 61 Consideration for Parents with Young Children 61 School Projects 62 List of Participants 63 Design for Tourism: An ICSID Interdesign Report contains the proposals and recommendations of professional designers in the areas of holiday accommodation, transport, general equipment, and color and materials to develop tourist areas. The book describes''pioneer new concepts in design''in tourism and its implications for the social and physical environment in Ireland and other countries interested in tourism. For holiday accommodation designs, the book describes an almost generic type of hotel buildings and the two design proposals that focus 1) on new buildings or conversion of existing ones and 2) on the equipment and furnishings. In the area of transport design, the book addresses the traffic problems, forest development, rural built-up areas, the open country, and inside towns and villages. The book also discusses the general equipment that go along with tourism. This includes facilities for garbage collection and disposal, rest rooms, refreshment stands, and directional signs. The town of Ennis is used as a case study where the recommendations under the classification of general equipment can be used. For color and materials, the book examines the nature of the Irish landscape and presents the findings into diagrams and graphic terms. The text then describes the visual quality of the landscape, particularly those areas that are not readily recognized or identified as pleasing. The book is useful for city planners, tourist officials, tour operators, students of environmental planning and design, and administrators of local or rural places who wish to develop their tourism potential.