\ ARCH AC . 808.2 T3 1969 no.22 JOliN BRASELTON 1969 a resort John E. Bras elton Architecture 422 January 20, 1969 M/s. Morris '~.. ~ .!)'\<~ ., PAGES: I INTRODUCTION 1 II NATURE AND SCOPE OF PROBLEM 5 III SITE LOCATION 8 IV CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY 14 v DEFINITION OF OWNER AND CLIENT 16 VI FINANCING 17 VII ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE RESORT 12 VIII SPACE REQUIREMENTS 23 IX GOLF. COURSE DESIGN · 27 X NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 38 XI CHARACTER 39 XII BIBLIOGRAPHY 40 AI ~~ 1\ ~ I C.. 1 · From the first of the Nfmanic tribes existence to now, man has needed a temporary shelter for himself while traveling distances which require temporary over-night stays along his path of travel. While early man carried his shelter with him, today it has evolved to a point where we tend to seek shelter on a rental basis. This has led to the development of the motels and hotels of today. A relatively new evolution of this traveling of man is the "resort motel". The resort aspect adds many new prospects to the development of the motel of today in that it need not be on the traveler 1s path and also offers lodging which tends to be of a longer tenure. The resort should offer a change of environment for the patron as it is the 11 11 place where he should be able to get away from it all • Above all, the resort motel must be a place of relaxation and recreation. In the resort we are speaking of recreation in an active sense . The growth of recreation in more recent years may be shown by the following: - 1 - Years Compound Growth Rate 1956 1961 1966 1967 1956 to 1966 1961 to 1966 Personal Disposable Income {in millions of dollars) 293 364 509 545 5. 7o/o 7. Oo/o Growth index 100 124 174 186 Recreation Expenditures {in millions of dollars) 15. 0 19.5 28.7 N.A. 6. 7o/o 8. 1% Growth index 100 130 192 N.A. Recreation as percent of 1 D~sposable Income 5 . lo/o 5.4o/o5.6o/oN.A. The reason recreation expenditures are increasing as a percent of disposable income can be explained by a number of pertinent sociological trends evident in the United States. The most obvious and the most frequently mentioned trends are those which are actually increasing the time available for leisure activities such as longer vacations, more holi- days, and a shorter work week. Another important' and frequently men- tioned sociological change is the growing proportion of the population that is in the active age group from 20 to 29 years of age. The age group population projections of the U.S. Department of Commerce indi- cate that this age group will increase 43. 2o/o from 1966 to 1975 versus 1. "Investments," July 1968, Edward E . Resse, N.Y., N . Y. P 3 -2- . 2 . an increase of 13. 7o/o for the total population. The full influence of these trends have not yet been fully realized, indicating significant future growth in the leisure time industry. Other less measurable trends that will accelerate the growth of leisure time activities are now becoming increasingly apparent. The first is a growing concern about health and physical fitness. This con- cern is creating an upsurge in the demand for sporting goods and exer- cise equipment. Second, the rapid development of lake front recreation facilities on a growing number of man-made lakes are providing. the neces- sary ' 'playgrounds". The facilities of these "playgrounds" include golf, tennis archery, skeet, boating and numberous other activities. Third, all states except Arizona and Hawaii are using dayligh~ savings time dur- ing the spring and summer months, allowing more time for outdoor re- creation during the week after working hours. Another interesting development in recent years has been the new wealth of the retired. Today the masses are retiring with higher social security and medicare benefits from the Federal Government, 2. IBID, P. 4 - 3 - a greater amount of personal insurance and annuities than ever before (witness the fantastic growth of insurance in force over the past 25 years), and finally the excellent benefits of the corporate pension and profit sharing plans that have been established, for the most ·part, during the la:st five or ten years. - 4 - The two ma:in drawing facilities of the resort will be a golf / /' course and water related recreation. The attraction of visitors of / 3 / each of these facilities is expected to be equal . ( The growth ·of the popularity of golf may be illustrated by the fact that in 1936 there were 16 golfers per 1000 population in the 4 \ United States; :in 196 7 there were 52. As to the future growth, the experts may only agree to the idea that the zenith is not yet in sight. The popularity of the water related facilities; quite simply, is never expected to decrease and probably will have a growth rate ;y'r~· in keeping with that of gold. The resort is to consist of other recreational facilities such as swimming pool(s), tennis courts, archery range, skeet range, horse back riding and other somewhat lesser scale sports and games. O ther spaces that will be provided shall include private living quarters, party 3 · Interview, 11r. Pierre Cassell, Lakeway Inn, Lakeway, Texas .4. National Golf Information Sheet, 1967, GC 1 - 5 - rooms~ bars, restaurants and other related facilities. · In addition to rental living quarters for temporary guests, there will be sites for permanent housing. The architectural manifestation of these private homes will be omitted from the thesis. The capacity of the motel will be 325. guests, provided for by 125 rooms . The size of the resort, including all facilities and homesites will require a site of approximately 1200 acres . The total cost is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 5 $4,000,000. The purpose of the resort from the client's point of view is to provide a fruitful and long lasting return on his invested dollar. The purpose for the patron is to provide a place conducive to his pleasure. The resort must offer opportunities for recreation 5 · IBID - 6 - as well as rest. These seemingly diametrical aspects must be blended architecturally so that the resort may offer these qualities to as many people as possible in as great a variety as possible. - 7 - The site will be located in Central Texas in the immediate vicinity of Austin, on the shore line of Lake Travis. The maximum distance from Austin should be no more than thirty miles. The terrain in this area is the typical East Texas rolling-hill country. The landscape is covered by cedar and oak trees with outcroppings of rocks. The size of the site has been determined thusly: Sites for 1500 homes at three homes per acre equals 500 acres. A figure used for circulation is 20 pe rcent of area developed for homes which equals 100 acres . As earlier explained the golf course shall require about 200 acres. - 8 - An arbitrary figure to include motel, boat docks, tennis courts, and polo field is 60 acres. A figure of 10 acres is allotted for the air strip and related facilities. Home sites - 500 acres Circulation around home sites - 100 acres Golf Course - 200 acres Motel, Polo Field, etc. 60 acres Air strip 20 acres 890 Add 20% for circulation 178 1068 A site close to Austin was chosen for two major two major reasons, the first being its geological location. The terrain is the typical heavy wooded rolling hill country of East Texas. This will - 9 - '('rovide for an interesting site for both the resort and the golf course. The location near the population center of the state also pro- vides for a sufficient number of prospective home owners and vaca­ tioners. This may be best illustrated hy the following map. 6 6 . Austin Chamber of Commerce Pamphlet, 1968, Austin, Texas P. 1 - 10 - ~I ;. i J 1967 POPULATION (l/1/67) RADIUS OF AUSTIN POPULATION 100 Mile 1,907,200 200 Mile 7' 206, 100 300 Mile 9, 446, 000 Entire State 10,895, 700 - 11 - The second major reason Austin was chosen is its mild and excellent climate. The climate of Austin is described as being humid and subtropical. The coldest month is above 32° F. while the warmest month is above 71. 6 ° F. The normal rainfall per year is 35. 18 inches. The Austin area will allow the resort to operate on a year around basis. This may be seen in the following table: 7 7. Goode's World Atlas, 12th Edition, World Climate Regions, Pgs. 8 & 9 - 12 - ,\l : :"i"l iC, . .. :.'.!i ~\;;1;::: . ;tA:. A t~ . ~~.:. T --------- !:' 'tJ ~ <! .., 2 ~ ~ :! 0 0 z :.< (b) (~ i '•iJ '•J .... ~) )Uj 2 . !rh 21 : 1 :W . I)J., >.9b ~ lj ,. .:n "~ l. ~ v The resort, while being an additional consumer for wholesale trade and various services of the economy, will boost the economy of A~stin by bringing in additional conventions and tourists to the com- munity. Last year in Austin the re were 284 conventions which brought 128,000 people to the city. The estimated value of these conventions was 8 13 million dollars ! This averages out to each conventioner adding slightly over $100.00 to Austin's economy. On a national average only 39% of this goes directly to the establishment lodging the conven- ~ion, the remaining large majority of 61% goes to the general cities 1 economy. This money is brought in from outside sources and added to the city's economy where ideally it will circulate and never return or turn over to an outside source.