thought is a form of action…a necessary precursor to beauty
Latest photos show the restaurant finally opening to the public, receiving guests for breakfast and dinner serving probably the best coffees in Malaysia. Here we see the planting adding character to the music infused ambiance of the very sophisticated dining rooms of the Heritage Boat Club.
Sketch of the duyong restaurant was prepared immediately upon receiving details of the site and the context took precedence almost without hesitation. The curvilinear shape of the partition and screens derive the inspiration from the boat building culture of the local villagers. Above everything else we wanted something that echoes the quiet but sophisticated traditions of wood carving and boat building still prevalent in this part of Malaysia.
Screen and Partition details of the Duyong restaurant [located in Terrenganu, East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia] show a wooden structure forming a dividing wall between active zones and private rooms.
“We were inspired by the local village fishermen’s boat building art, partly because of the way they work with the wood, and partly because of the extraordinary precision found inside the curved forms of the ribs. We wanted the restaurant to reconnect to something from the region, so that the design has elements belonging very much to the genius loci of the village, not something we could simply pluck from the air; we didn’t want anything to just suddenly come out of the woods…” huatlim.
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