Factors That Affect 5 Star Resort Landscape Maintenance in Phuket

Abstract

          The 5-star resort landscape often has beautiful landscape elements, both softscape, and hardscape. To maintain the beauty of the elements, the maintenance is necessary. Many key factors are related to the maintenance of the 5-star resort in Phuket. This research focuses on collecting data, finding the causes and related factors by gathering the results of the literature review and surveying the study area. Then the study area and the interview of the landscape designer, the landscape manager, and the staff were analyzed. Rosewood Phuket has been operated since 2017. It is the 5-star resort with 71 villas. The landscape design emphasizes on nature conservation. It awarded the LEED in Gold Level Certification and the Excellent Hotel Design Award of Thailand Association of Landscape Architects in 2020. The results of collecting the data and analyzing the interview found that the key factors affected the landscape maintenance of Rosewood Phuket are the natural factors and the design factors such as plain and hilly topography. The design of the landscape considered many aspects. For example, the perspective and the level of slopes for planning and positioning all buildings. The selection of local softscape material and the reduction of lawn areas help to reduce energy and water usage in the maintenance. The selection of hardscape material that was recycled from the construction. Water management used for supplying water in the project. Having the waste water treatment aims to use in landscape maintenance.