Birdie's Lounge Golf Club Lounge by Mario J Lotti |
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| DESIGN NAME: Birdie's Lounge PRIMARY FUNCTION: Golf Club Lounge INSPIRATION: Golf, the links, the very green golf greens, big blue sky, Big beautiful views UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The space for the bar is a box with 3 glass walls and expansive views of the golf course. The project was to design a lounge for a golf club that could be designed and constructed in 6 weeks. It also had to be beautiful, functional as a lounge and appropriate for golf competition awards ceremonies. For a 3 sided glass box in the middle of a golf course, the best approach was to bring the greens, the sky and some notion of golf into the bar, by the colors of the furnishings and the reflections in the mosaic mirror back bar. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The program of bar, restaurant, lounge, awards ceremony room was a tight fit. Placing the bar at the opaque wall allowed the space to be re-arranged as required for different functions. The lounge is primarily for daytime and daylight use. The free form curved bar facilitates communication - more than 2 people sitting at the curved bar can comfortably see each other when talking. The angled back bar wall enhances the effect of the mosaic mirror reflecting the view of the golf course inside the bar. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: 6 weeks from request to provide design services until completed construction and open. Project is in Quang Nam, Vietnam. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: In designing the bar, I had to consider how it would be constructed within 6 weeks. To accomplish this, the carcass for the bar was constructed of Brick masonry while the stone materials were ordered. The yellow onyx cladding was critical to completing the bar on time. The attachment of the Yellow Onyx is by a single large ornamental bolt. The Onyx stone slabs overlap each other with every other panel behind the other sets of panels and overlapping slightly to allow for the carcass and other construction tolerances generously. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The space is approximately 400 square meters. TAGS: Golf, Golf Club, bar, lounge, links RESEARCH ABSTRACT: To design this bar, research on the existing facility design need to be studied to produce a design that would work well with the rest of the facility design. The immediate inspiration was the expansive views and colors of the golf greens and sky. CHALLENGE: Although the views are really striking from this location, planning in a space with 3 glass walls and traffic paths through the middle doesn't leave many options. The shape of the space had a stagnant feeling. To break this up, a curve was introduced in the bar. The kitchen and entry/exit paths crossed the middle of the space and created a dividing line. The curve in the bar enhanced the flow through the space and created a more natural appearing path. ADDED DATE: 2013-06-28 08:14:22 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Mario J Lotti, 2013. |
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NAME: Montgomerie Links Golf Club PROFILE: Mario is an architect with 30 years experience who will design anything. Works include interiors and buildings of all types, furniture design and construction, jewelry design, and sculpture. He also has an interest in alternative energy sources that take advantage of continuous dynamic phenomenon. His designs take into consideration dynamic physical and mental interaction that also draw on nature and human experience for inspiration - by the use of materials,colors, form and composition. Function, movement and experience are well integrated into works and may not be well understood from still photographs as a result. |
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Birdie's Lounge Golf Club Lounge by Mario J Lotti is Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category, 2013 - 2014.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Mario J Lotti. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Mario J Lotti. |
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