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Description:
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The proposed facility type is a lodge . A lodge facility is a public stmcture aimed at providing services to its guests . Lodges are vacation oriented hospitality facilities generally located in a natural context . Contents of the facility are a main public lodge , cabin units , employee dorms , and parking areas .
The site is located in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park , California . The east -west valley width varies in size up to one mile wide with walls over 1 ,000 feet in height . The site is on a meadow just outside the flood plain of the Merced River .
For this project all the existing stmctures on site will be removed for new lodge facilities . The aim of the project is to design a lodge based on human senses , site factors , environmental conservation , and local vernacular . |