A ray-shaped bamboo cover sits above the Overwater Restaurant, which structure studio Atelier Nomadic added to a Maldivian lagoon.
The Japanese restaurant is erected on an current jetty that extends from the shore and has a bamboo construction with tree-like columns to assist its undulating roof.
Taking inspiration from the encircling water, Atelier Nomadic designed its form to resemble the form of the pink whip, a species of stingray discovered within the lagoon.
“The Maldives is thought for its spectacular underwater life,” the studio's artistic director Olav Bruin advised Dezeen.
“We got down to carry this underwater theme to the floor in an architectural type with out being too literal,” he continued.
“For the principle form, we discovered inspiration in pink whiprays grazing within the lagoon, because it was a handy form to cowl the outside eating area.”
Accessed from past the lengthy stretch of promenade, the restaurant's entrance is about below the decrease and thinner portion of the roof, which is supposed to symbolize the tail of a stingray.
A grid of tree-like columns, that are manufactured from three angled lengths of bamboo, is organized beneath the construction and extends from the doorway to the top of the jetty.
“This method allowed us to create an natural type of straight bamboo poles that present stability to the construction in all instructions,” defined Bruin.
“Coincidentally, it wasn't till after the construction was constructed that we realized that the inside area feels a bit just like the mouth of a large manta ray, with its rhythm of gills filtering plankton from the seawater.”
The undulating bamboo construction of the roof sits atop the columns, peaking on a spine-like ridge. It’s clad on the outside with picket shingles, which the studio hopes will resemble aged fish scales.
“Wooden shingles age gracefully and tackle a silver-gray patina over time,” Bruin stated. “Along with the layered sample, the roof will resemble the scales of a fish.”
Situated on both facet of a walkway the place the jetty widens are two bamboo-clad volumes, painted black, that maintain the kitchen and loos.
The bar, lined in the identical black bamboo, is throughout the 2 blocks. It marks the transition to a big open-plan eating space full of furnishings that matches the colour of the bamboo construction.
Past the lined eating area, the jetty steps all the way down to a extra relaxed, open seating space furnished with sofas and curved armchairs.
On the finish of the pier is a split-level swimming pool, whereas white nets used as overwater lounging areas wrap across the outer edges of the restaurant.
Different oceanfront tasks within the Maldives embrace a proposal for a garden-filled resort by Shigeru Ban and a fancy of picket villas that sit on a man-made island.
In a current interview with Dezeen, Atelier One engineer Chris Matthews stated that bamboo has the potential to be as dominant in development as concrete and metal.
Pictures is by Joe Chua Agdeppa.
Challenge credit:
Architect: The Nomadic Workshop
Consumer: Banyan tree
Design Crew: Olav Bruin, with Louis Thompson, Habiba Mukhta
Contractor: Bali honey