Remember the Good Old Days, when I used to go on road trips (and plane trips) and post photos of the doors I saw along the way? Well, I’m so excited to be able to get back out a bit, and I spent this past weekend in Guanajuato, Mexico for an amazing wedding along with the pre- and post-wedding festivities. If you are ever in Guanajuato, the Hotel Villa Maria Cristina is fantastic!
This was the entrance door to my hotel room:
Nice, right? There are just a couple of problems…the light that shines through the vision lights, despite the curtains, and the lack of privacy:
The solution was to add an inner set of partial-height doors that could be used to cover the lights:
This picture was taken looking up from the underside of the inner doors:
For any architects who are reading this and thinking that this could be a great application, I don’t recommend it. The inner doors were always sitting in a partially-closed position, so every time I entered the room, the lever hit the inner door. A plastic bumper was added to the inner door to try to prevent that contact, but when the lever was turned it didn’t hit the plastic bumper:
The windows had a similar situation but they were less problematic:
And check out the beautiful elevator doors:
What do you think about the application described in this post? Are there any ways to improve it?
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Kind of tosses the code requirement for using an exit door from the room with only one unlocking motion!! They could have mounted a couple of lighter weight coverings to each door so they would be readily opened in the one unlocking motion and the use without special knowledge.
I don’t think we have that rule in Mexico. 🙂
– Lori
Totally awesome concept of doors. For creativity I give it a 10. For ADA accessibility (let’s pretend it was in the U.S.), I give it a 0. Between the narrow leaves, door knob, multiple ways of openings, etc, I can’t get past it. That said, if this was in the U.S. at a person’s home I don’t think I would be able to stop playing with it. I would be as fascinated as a 5 year old in a candy store. 🙂