Mohegan Sun building 1,200-room, 34-story luxury hotel.The translation for the Native American word "wigwam wigwam (wĭg`wäm), dwelling found among the Algonquian of the Eastern woodlands area of the United States. The wigwam was usually conical, arborlike, or domed. Some were small, accommodating a single family; others were large communal dwellings. " is "come in the house" or "welcome." With that inspiration, some of the top designers in the country are transforming Mohegan Sun The Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino located in the village of Uncasville in the town of Montville, Connecticut, U.S., is the world's second largest casino. It is located on 240 acres (0 km) along the banks of Thames River. into a welcoming place, with a 1,200-room, 34-story luxury hotel tower, meeting facilities, a spa, an indoor pool, a solarium, and a fitness center. The new hotel, which will open in Spring 2002, will be the place where Mohegan Sun guests will discover the comforts and pleasures of reinvigorating and rejuvenating their minds, bodies, and spirits. Other elements of the project, including a new casino, a concert and sports arena, and 40 shops and restaurants will open this fall. In creating Mohegan Sun's hotel, the designers -- the Rockwell Group, Kohn Pedersen Fox Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (also known by the acronym KPF)is a leading international architectural design firm located in New York City providing urban design and master planning for public authorities and private companies. Associates, and Hirsch Bedner Associates -- reached back to the origins of Mohegan culture and the natural history of Connecticut Connecticut began as three distinct settlements, referred to at the time as 'Colonies' or 'Plantations'. These ventures gradually were finally combined under a single royal charter in 1662. . The western bank of the Thames River was once rich with enormous amounts of quartz crystal A slice of quartz ground to a prescribed thickness that vibrates at a steady frequency when stimulated by electricity. The tiny crystal, about 1/20th by 1/5th of an inch, creates the computer's heartbeat. Without the quartz crystal, there would be no computers as we know them today! , the dazzling stone used by the Mohegans to fashion arrowheads and ceremonial objects honoring the good spirits. Near the hotel site, preserved in the earth's strata, an ancient wigwam site contalned large quantities of smoky quartz smoky quartz Common, coarse-grained variety of quartz that ranges in colour from nearly black through smoky brown. No distinct boundary exists between smoky and colourless quartz. Its abundance causes it to be worth considerably less than either amethyst or citrine. . It was discoveries like this, plus the time-honored stories of the Mohegans, that guided the hotel's designers. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates designed the hotel's exterior. David Rockwell and his firm, Rockwell Group, can take credit for the hotel' s highly imaginative interiors, as well as the new Casino of the Sky and the 130,000 SF Shops at Mohegan Sun retail center. Throughout the project, Rockwell has blended traditional Mohegan lore with modern design concepts. Hirsch Bedner Associates created the concepts and design for the hotel's guest rooms, suites, corridors, and elevator lobbies, as well as the complex's new spa and |
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