Hotel Taharaa, Papeete, Tahiti (hotel) - Locating Tiki

NN No No Tiki Centralite Jackson, Calif. Joined: Mar 25, 2013 Posts: 19	NN No No Posted posted on Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:06 PM A little more.... Tiki Toli, 8ft Tiki, and bigbrotiki....thank you all for your encouraging remarks. I will try to keep the creative juices flowing as best I can. A few things you should know about me so you can understand better where I am coming from, is the fact that I am a detail oriented, organized technical person. Friends call me "Mr. Clean." I never met the standards of my super demanding parents, so for years, I thought of myself as an "low potential, low achiever." That self impression began to change about the time I was included as the last and youngest addition to "the team" I was like a mouse in the corner trying to sop up all the knowledge I could from this high powered group of professionals. George Whisenand took me under his wing and together we explored the design potentials for the integration of the landscape with the structure. I will tell you a few of the most interesting ones, but first I must digress. I would like to clarify a few things: Inter Continental Hotels did not ever own Tahara'a. They were brought on board as a "Hotel Managing Partner" so to speak. Also,in a few posts,the entrance structure was innocently referred to as an "A" frame. It is more correctly considered architecturaly a hyperbolic parabola and the French in Tahiti called it a Porte Cochere. The massive size was intended to provide the visitor with a "WOW" factor first impression. The Tiki's size was right in scale and an integral part of that "WOW" concept.

A little more....
Tiki Toli, 8ft Tiki, and bigbrotiki....thank you all for your encouraging remarks. I will try to keep the creative juices flowing as best I can.

A few things you should know about me so you can understand better where I am coming from, is the fact that I am a detail oriented, organized technical person. Friends call me "Mr. Clean." I never met the standards of my super demanding parents, so for years, I thought of myself as an "low potential, low achiever." That self impression began to change about the time I was included as the last and youngest addition to "the team" I was like a mouse in the corner trying to sop up all the knowledge I could from this high powered group of professionals. George Whisenand took me under his wing and together we explored the design potentials for the integration of the landscape with the structure. I will tell you a few of the most interesting ones, but first I must digress. I would like to clarify a few things: Inter Continental Hotels did not ever own Tahara'a. They were brought on board as a "Hotel Managing Partner" so to speak. Also,in a few posts,the entrance structure was innocently referred to as an "A" frame. It is more correctly considered architecturaly a hyperbolic parabola and the French in Tahiti called it a Porte Cochere. The massive size was intended to provide the visitor with a "WOW" factor first impression. The Tiki's size was right in scale and an integral part of that "WOW" concept.

Post #691401 by No No on Sun, Aug 25, 2013 4:06 PM