art of detailing

This is a detail of the ribbing pattern of our partition wall of the restaurant, echoing the curved shaped of Terengganu “sampans” or fisherman boats, made entirely by hand to Continue reading →

craftsmanship

We found these two ‘ancient’ devices used by the craftsmen for their boat building business, totally beautiful and immediately legible in terms of their functionality and sheer simplicity. They found Continue reading →

reflections

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, Continue reading →

ceiling geometry

The ceiling geometry echoes almost exactly the aesthetics of the keel of a boat, albeit with some geometrical reinterpretation, adding modernity. True to the older tradition of boat building, we Continue reading →

site works

Our on site presence was useful in demarcating the exacting shape and proportion to the fins [ribs] to be installed as partitions for the restaurant, it is easily decided once Continue reading →

sketches

These are the original sketches prepared for the restaurant, at the earliest inception phase of the assignment. We have anticipated borrowing the aesthetics of the boat-building tradition of the fishing Continue reading →

boat building

This photo shows Ms Zeidler’s on-site activity aligning the final touches to the ribs for the duyong restaurant. In sailboats, keels use the forward motion of the boat to generate Continue reading →

screens

Some images of the screens with individually crafted bowed arches, echoing the simple aesthetics of Terengganu’s boat building tradition. In plan, they form a visually continuous sweep of curves running Continue reading →

heritage bay club

The Terengganu Heritage Bay Club – Kelab Teluk Warisan Terengganu – was established in conjunction with the debut of the Monsoon Cup 2005. Through its various commitments to the world Continue reading →

masterplan

The masterplan development project in Pulau Duyong included building chalets at the Heritage Bay Club last year for the Monsoon Cup, an international yacht race. The Duyong Restaurant, by zlgdesign Continue reading →