Imagine the public spaces of the hotel— most clearly the lobby, gym, and restaurant areas— as a type of stage; a series of strictly bounded spaces through which various bodies enter and exit, and where some of them perform. The lobby is the largest by area but also the most sparse. There are pale, polished stone floors, dark timber walls with false inset frames spaced along their length at regular intervals, and a ceiling almost three stories high from which hang four small and tasteful e...
