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D|D&C | 1 Development Design & Construction issue 5 | November 2011 PROFILE BELON MACAU STUDIO AIKO ARCHITECTURE SIMULATION: DESERT VILLA
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Development Design & Construction
issue 5 | November 2011
PROFILE BELON MACAU
STUDIO AIKOARCHITECTURE SIMULATION: DESERT VILLA
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The Thai government has an-nounced its plan for helping the country recover from the fl oods that are s ll aff ec ng large parts of the country, including the capital, Bangkok. The plan is di-vided into three stages.
The fi rst stage is to begin imme-diately and involves a ending to urgent issues, such as distribut-ing relief aid to fl ood vic ms and providing medical treatment.
The second stage will begin as the waters start to recede and will aim to get everything back to normal as quickly as possible. The strategy in this stage will in-clude paying compensa on to fl ood vic ms.
The fi nal stage will involve de-veloping long term solu ons to Thailand’s water management problems, which have been exacerbated through climate
change. In addi on to the an-nual fl oods, the country has also experienced more severe droughts in recent years. To work on the solu ons to these problems, two commi ees will be established: the commi ee on strategies for reconstruc on and building of the country’s future, and the commi ee on strategies for water resources management.
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Thailand’s largest shopping centre developer is set to
add fl ood preven on measures into the structural design of its future malls. Having already incorporated earthquake re-sistance four years ago, Cen-tral Pa ana Plc has reacted to Thailand’s current fl ood crisis by announcing that underground
space in its future developments will only be used for parking. Over the last month, Central has had to close its malls at Pin Klao, Ram Intra, and Lat Phrao as the fl oods have spread across Bang-kok.
Thailand’s New Floating Markets
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Malaysia’s Iskandar In-vestment Bhd (IIB) and
Chinese real estate developer Zhuoda Real Estate Group have reached agreement to collabo-rate on mixed residen al and commercial projects in Medini Iskandar Malaysia in Johor. The agreement represents the fi rst real estate investment in Medini by a foreign fi rm and will also be the largest project ever under-taken in the area.
At a cost of 1.85 billion Malay-sian Ringits, the 3-phase project is due to start next year and is expected to take between 10 and 15 years to complete. The
fi rst 2 phases will be jointly developed by IIB and Qingdao Zhuoyuan Investment Hold-ings (Zhuoyuan), a subsidiary of Zhuoda. The fi nal phase will be handled en rely by Zhuoda.
Primavera Residences Nominated For Award
The 250-million peso Primav-era Residences at Pueblo de
Oro in Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines is in the running for an award at the pres gious South East Asia Property (SEAP) awards 2011. The project,
IIB Of Malaysia And China’s Zhuoda To Collaborate On Medini Project
As the Building and Construc- on Authority (BCA) of Sin-
gapore con nues its drive to have 3D building informa on modelling (BIM) widely adopted by the country’s building indus-try by 2015, Singapore’s govern-ment has provided a total of S$6 million in funding to promote the transi on in more than 100 local companies, almost a third of which are engineering con-
sultants. The BIM fund is to be used on training, consultancy, so ware and hardware costs, incen ves and awards to mo -vate the use of BIM by building professionals. Finally, the role of social media was highlighted as a way of encouraging the next genera on of building profes-sionals to get involved.
Singapore’s BIM Needs Private Sector Support which is the fi rst eco-friendly condominium development in Northern Mindanao, has been nominated for the Green De-velopment Award. Developer Primavera has also been nomi-nated as one of the best condo developers in the Philippines.
Now in its 6th year, the SEAP includes a total of 28 award categories, covering all aspects of real estate development and services in the South-East Asia region. The winners will be announced at a Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Fort Can-ning Hotel in Singapore on No-vember 30.
Big Plans For Westin In China
Having recently relocated its global headquarters
to Shanghai, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is set to open 3 new Wes n-branded proper es in China by April 2012. Located in Ningbo, Xian and Xiamen, the three new ho-tels will take the Wes n por o-lio to 16 in China. The company also has ambi ous plans to add up to another 100 proper es in China over the next few years.
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As with anything that infl ates quickly to an ar fi cial size,
China’s bulging real estate mar-ket has been likened by many to a bubble. And everyone knows that no bubble can keep grow-ing forever. But is China’s real estate market about to pop in a spectacular implosion, or is it more likely to defl ate slowly to a more natural size?
The rapid rise of real estate prices in China has seen many proper es in the country’s so-called er one ci es like Beijing and Shanghai become at least as expensive as similar real es-tate in tradi onally high-priced ci es such as New York, London
and Tokyo.
While developers and inves-tors reap the rewards of such growth, the country has been faced with ever-increasing prob-lems of infl a on and income inequality, causing the Chinese government to demand lower real estate prices. Whether in response to government pres-sure or just as a reac on to mar-ket forces, many developers are indeed lowering their prices.
The signs certainly indicate that the uncontrolled growth enjoyed by China’s real estate market over the last decade or so is coming to an end. Looking
at the country as a whole, home sales and real estate prices are on the decline, and more price cuts are expected in the com-ing months as the gap between supply and demand increases. However, while the volume of sales is falling across the coun-try, it is primarily in the er two and three ci es where develop-ers are lowering their prices. The cost of purchasing real es-tate in Shanghai and Beijing has con nued to rise—albeit at a slower pace. It may well be then that the Chinese real estate bubble is not ready to burst just yet, but it certainly has a few slow leaks.
The Future Of China’s Real Estate Market
Marrio Interna onal has passed a major milestone
with the signing of its latest ho-tel in China. The 345-room JW Marrio Hotel Shenyang is set to become the company’s 100th property in what is now its most important market outside the US. With 56 hotels already oper-a ng in China, the latest agree-
ment takes the company’s pipe-line total to 44.
Marrio plans to open one new hotel in China each month for the next 3 years. While the ma-jority of the Marrio proper es in China have so far been luxu-ry brands, such as JW Marrio and Ritz-Carlton, the company
Marriott’s Chinese Century actually operates a total of 20 brands in China. Having estab-lished itself in er one ci es, Marrio is also star ng to look towards opportuni es in er two and three ci es. However, while the company sees huge poten al in the Chinese mar-ket, it is also cas ng a wary eye on rising labour costs, which it sees as being its biggest chal-lenge over the next decade.
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World-class archi-tecture and inte-rior design fi rm dwp were com-
missioned to create the interiors for the new speciality feature restaurant of the Banyan Tree Macau. Prestigiously located on the top fl oor of the hotel, boasting enormous windows with views over the Macao skyline, Belon Oyster Bar & Grill is evocative of an under-water experience. Set over around 2000sqm, the restaurant is conceived to be generously spacious, indulgent for guests, and a premier dining des-tination.
Starting with the oyster shape, the design takes reference from a con-tinuation of underwater forms, move-ments and colours. Curvaceous oceanic shapes and details, inspired by aquatic forms of scallop tails, jellyfi sh, tenta-cles, waves and spiraling shells, envel-op the entirety, fl ooding the space with a visual underwater language.
The fl oorplan sits on the long slender
OPULENT OYSTER OASISDesigning the Belon Oyster Bar & Grill at the Banyan Tree Macau
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arm of the hotel wing. Working within this outline, the restaurant is laid out to create a procession, from an intimate entry landing, down and through a variance of low and high ceiling spaces along the spine, right to the end point of the private dining rooms. The top levels of the hotel presented numerous structural confi gura-tion issues and a very congested services arrangement. The very low ceiling height area between the entry and main dining spaces was a challenge to create suffi -cient space for necessary serv-ices, though also presented an opportunity to create a sense of drama for the arrival expe-rience. Services for the building and restaurant itself both jostle for space under the large beams, and the curving ceiling bulkheads create opportunities for addi-tional space for them to snake through. Being sandwiched be-tween the hotel and plant rooms, several ducts and risers needed to be added through the restau-rant space during the construc-
tion period, and were concealed within partitions and feature ele-ments. The tall windows needed additional structural support for safety, which was integrated into the housing of the window treat-ments.
From the entry landing onto a grand feature glass staircase, descending into the speciality res-taurant, guests pass a waterfall and custom kinetic artwork, via a long, low and elegant recep-tion, to arrive at the oyster bar. The glass stairs glows deep blue underfoot and beneath a blue translucent canopy, wrapping overhead like a curling ocean wave. The tall waterfall passes to the right from double height ceiling to the pool below. To the left, a glistening kinetic crystal suspended sculpture moves and sways in the imaginary current. A shallow water feature, as an extension of the waterfall, leads guests along the long, low and curving entry way, towards the bar and lounge, highlighting the
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sense of arrival.
The form of the bar and the spe-cialist oyster bar, coupled to-gether, emerge from the curving wall and create a meeting point, encouraging guests into the ad-jacent lounge. Still under the intimacy of the low height, the ceiling morphs into a spiralling array of illuminated coves, like a giant conch shell.
From the lounge bar, the proces-sion moves into the whale bone archway, where a central cor-ridor divides the main dining spaces. This leads into the dining rooms with double-height starlit ceilings. Formed as though the enclosing cage within an enor-mous whale, the bones curve and soar overhead. The focus of the dining spaces, framed at the end of the corridor ahead, is the curvaceous grill bar and fresh food display, with a lobster tank. Gently illuminated curved priva-cy screens encircle dining tables, as if a glowing shelter. Between the lower lounge seats and the higher dining tables, rows of clear slender columns trap bub-bles of air rising up to the ceil-ing surface. Overhead, curving bulkheads intertwine with an explosion of suspended crystals, reminiscent of a starlit ocean sky at night. In places, sinuous blown glass chandeliers of jellyfi sh shapes descend to meet the ta-ble tops.
At the head of the dining rooms, sculpted like a swirling scallop tail, the open grill bar serves di-rect to table. Paired with the visu-ally dramatic wine cellar behind, and together forming a circular shape, they sit at the centre of the restaurant like a nexus, and articulate the fl ow of the space into the cigar lounge and private
Project: Belon Oyster Bar & Grill, Banyan TreeLocation: Macau, ChinaArea: 1,994sqmScope: Interior Design & BuildLead Designer: Dale YeoCompletion: September 2011
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dining rooms beyond. These private areas are tall elegant spaces, with cavernously clad walls in full double-height dark timber. Divided only by heavy, lengthy drapery, the spaces open with a fl owing motion, and the organic wrap of the ceiling shapes and suspended crystals links them to-gether.
The material palette articulates sensory contrasts between soft and warm, and hard and cool. Inspired by an underwater environment, smooth sweeping surfaces are complimented with delicate, and at moments, sharp edges. The colour scheme is based on a soft colour bed of sandy beiges, coral pinks, and creamy shell tones, which is animated by plunging deep blues, startled by rich orange and turquoise, and highlighted with aque-ous light blues and greens.In the same vein, the interior materi-als and fi nishes play with contrasts, consisting of heavy natural stones, rich timbers, crystalline materials and coloured glass.
Warm materials are illuminated by translucent aqueous features and beaded panels. The fl ooring moves between the deep grey and green stone from the entry way, to the dark washed timbers in the dining area, and then to the soft creamy carpets of the lounges, punctuated with wavy aqua and salmon patterns. The walls shift from softly illuminated organic forms, to heavily timbered dark burl fi nishes, in the private dining rooms.
The windows treatments engage with delicate suspended LED light strand curtains, framed by glamorous heavy drapes. Custom-made curvilinear furniture pieces are upholstered in an oceanic tonal colour palette, leathers and soft fabrics. Sailing arms, wrapping edges, curl-ing and repeated oceanic shapes are reminiscent of manta rays, sea turtles and anemones. The upholstery is a variation of crisp white leath-er, plush coloured velvet cushions and formalised organic patterns.
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Web Watch
DESERT VILLAvideo a r c h i t e c t u r e s i m u l a t i o n
The Desert Villa merges the magical scenery of the desert with the modern architecture of a villa.
Film: http://www.studio-aiko.comArchitect: Winestein Vaadia ArchitectsYear: 2011
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