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170: Rocalux | Miyako Hybrid Hotel
45m 21s |
In this episode, Cherise is joined by Alejandro Guerrero, Design Director and Principal at Gensler in Dallas, Texas. They discuss the Miyako Hybrid Hotel in Plano, Texas.
Nestled within a grove of trees and oriented toward a pond, the Miyako Hybrid Hotel in Plano positions itself as both refuge and social anchor within a rapidly evolving corporate landscape. Its proximity to Toyota North American Headquarters and the commercial district of Legacy West informs a program that caters equally to international business travelers and the surrounding community, offering a layered hospitality experience rooted in cultural exchange. Rising 13 stories high, the exterior is clad in a glass and metal unitized curtain wall, featuring Rocalux, an opaque glazing that imitates stone.
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Nestled within a grove of trees and oriented toward a pond, the Miyako Hybrid Hotel in Plano positions itself as both refuge and social anchor within a rapidly evolving corporate landscape. Its proximity to Toyota North American Headquarters and the commercial district of Legacy West informs a program that caters equally to international business travelers and the surrounding community, offering a layered hospitality experience rooted in cultural exchange. Rising 13 stories high, the exterior is clad in a glass and metal unitized curtain wall, featuring Rocalux, an opaque glazing that imitates stone.
Click here for the extended length interview on YouTube
Alejandro Guerrero, Design Director and Principal, Gensler
As a Principal and Design Director in Genslerâs Dallas office, Alejandro provides practice area expertise to residential, hotel, office, and mixed-use projects.
He has worked on award winning projects across Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America, and has developed an expertise in developments that integrate buildings and public space.
Conceived through a rigorous and highly collaborative process, Alejandro's work integrates and enhances public space, improves communities, and achieves timeless solutions that are inspired in tradition and driven by contemporary culture.
Project Name and Location: Miyako Hybrid Hotel, Plano Texas
Located within a tree-filled park and facing a pond that offers spectacular views, Miyako Hybrid Hotel will be located next to Toyota's North American Headquarters and near Legacy West. The hotel delivers an authentic guest and entertainment experience for locals, visiting Japanese corporate professionals, and business travelers to dozens of nearby Fortune 1000 companies' headquarters. Crowning the 13-story, 217-key hotel sits the highest public rooftop bar outside of downtown Dallas, a destination like in no other North Texas hotel.
For Kintetsu, the "hybrid" brand means each hotel is uniquely designed and draws inspiration from its location, making no two Miyako Hybrid Hotels identical. The developer relied on a world class design team lead by Gensler and Looney and Associates as the interior designer. The projected luxury destination will be befitting the Plano locale with an artfully curated series of indoor and outdoor amenities and meeting venues.
An aesthetic blend of modern Japanese design sensibility with the vernacular language of Texas architecture influences the building's overall concept, façade, interior spaces, and landscaped areas. An urban resort appeal and a strong connection with nature define the arrival experience, with an emphasis in defining clear sightlines through the lobby and other public spaces toward the verdantly landscaped Japanese garden and pool area beyond.
A series of curated interior spaces offer guests luxurious guestrooms, sophisticated meeting spaces, and exceptional event venues. A gallery that displays a collection of Japanese art and artifacts leads the way into a business hub and meeting center that include a reconfigurable ballroom and flexible meeting rooms with access to an outdoor terrace, an event garden and a pedestrian path that surrounds the lake.
The lobby bar and specialty restaurant's sweeping curves overlook the lake while a series of different indoor and outdoor dining seating choices make for memorable experiences. To complete the elevated amenities, a street-front tea house and bakery serve as a grab-and-go destination for the surrounding campus, guests, and visitors.
Miyako's architectural concept is inspired by a traditional Japanese lantern. An ever-changing lighting feature will animate its facade in the evenings and the glow on the top of the building will highlight its presence in the North Texas Landscape.
Project Design Team
- Owner: Kintetsu Enterprises Company of America
- Architect (Core & Shell): Gensler
- Interior Designer: Looney & Associates
- Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
- Mechanical Engineer: Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Landscape Architect: SWA Group
- Landscape: Kimley-Horn and Associates
