Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge by Mario J Lotti

Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge by Mario J Lotti is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2014 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

FerroInterior· 2014

Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge

by Mario J Lotti

Client: Montgomerie Links Golf Club

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge

O lounge para um clube de golfe foi projetado e construído em 6 semanas, a tempo para o dia da inauguração. Também tinha de ser bonito, funcional como salão e apropriado para cerimônias ocasionais de prêmios de competições de golfe e outros eventos menores. Para uma caixa de vidro de três lados no meio de um campo de golfe, essa abordagem traz os verdes, o céu e alguma noção de golfe para o bar, nas cores dos móveis e nos reflexos do campo na barra traseira do espelho de mosaico. As vistas de fora fazem parte do design de interiores e da experiência.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, Birdie's Lounge O Golf Club Lounge merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: 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.
Dimensions & Packaging: The space is approximately 400 square meters.
Tags: Golf, Golf Club, bar, lounge, links
Production 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.
Design 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.
Research: 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.
Inspiration: Golf, the links, the very green golf greens, big blue sky, Big beautiful views
Project Duration: 6 weeks from request to provide design services until completed construction and open. Project is in Quang Nam, Vietnam.
Operation Flow: 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.