Raffles Courtyard
Unique
- Built in the tropical setting of an open courtyard, Raffles Courtyard, a timeless structure with white arches flanked by tropical palms and native plants, keeps the feeling of 'Old Singapore' alive. A colonial cocktail bar, a traditional alfresco kitchen, table umbrellas and lively music make the courtyard a pleasant place for patrons to watch the passing parade of visitors.
By highlighting a colonial design, the ambience suits the hotel- which houses tourists from all over the world. With Singapore’s history embedded in the design, tourists would have a good dining experience while appreciating Singapore’s unique culture. Palms and native plants bring about a sense of exoticness, beautifying the place naturally with Mother Nature.
The end product is an outdoors restaurant enhanced visually with nature and its unique colonial Singapore based theme.
Colours
- The lighting in the plants gives a greenish glow, used for calming us down. The white exterior symbolises innocence and hope and the black umbrellas, used in moderation, are a picture of peace. Such a colour theme is useful and appropriate for creating a relaxing, soothing holiday feel to the place, essential for tourists who are looking for an escape from real life in an exotic place. A warm hue is also created by the lights glowing on the wooden, brown floors, making the diners feel at home. The interior furniture is white/silver, symbolising peace.
Lighting
- The lights used (floor lights, hidden in plants/creepers/ferns) brings out the glow of the plants and also exudes a ‘warm, welcoming’ aura, making the diners feel at ease.
- In the day, natural lighting is used as it is outdoors, creating an airy, natural ambience.
- At night, candle lights are used, placed on each table (metallic). The light would be reflected on the ‘shiny’ surface of the tables, resulting in a bright sheen. White lights are also given out by the surrounding buildings, and the place is not too brightly lit, perfect for a casual dinner out with a ‘retro’ experience (with a metallic sheen)
Texture
- The furniture is metallic, coated with white paint. This symbolises olden day Singapore, where such chairs are commonly used everywhere. The surroundings are concrete white, a little rough, creating an ‘olden days’ ambience without too much ‘high-technology’ materials such as glass, titanium etc.
Black Sheep Restaurant - Florida
Uniqueness
They have created a comfortable environment that offers a place to relax, meet up with friends and family, share news, and be entertained.
Color
The exterior is a contrast of red against black, which symbolizes and gives of feel of secrecy as well as warmth. The contrast intrigues the mind of the customers, and exudes a feel that completely fits in with their mission - to create a place to meet up with friends without worrying about eavesdropping, and relax in the warm ambience.
Lighting
The shape of the lighting is a sphere with many small bulbs along the thin pieces of metal as it curves into a sphere. The color of the light is orange-yellow, which exudes a welcoming and warm aura which would draw in customers.
Texture
The building is modern, with touches of traditional here and there in the restaurant, creating a good balance and contrast between the 2. The hard-back wooden chairs are black in color, while the plush seats are red. The colors fit in and add on to the ambience already created by the exterior, and the smooth interior further exudes and completes the feel of the restaurant. The bar, where drinks are served, is made from polished black wood, while the wine glasses are presented on the table top. This gives off a classy and high-class aura which would entice the upper-class people, who can afford to purchase the drinks sold at the bar. The entire restaurant oozes modern and high-class, and sticks to the purpose and mission of the company.
Sky Restaurant
This is a sky restaurant.
1. Illustrate with examples what would you see in the design of a building that you would consider it to be unique.
-Location: unconventional-SKY
WOW@Assumption Smashing
-The structure itself becomes an eye-seizing
-‘What’s that?! WOW’---->Never seen before, what is it? why is it there? Wow, it’s so unique!
-Value/meaning: Enjoyment value
-Meeting the requirements of the requirements
-Hanging in the sky makes people feel exhilarated and suit the targeted audience--in european countries who are relatively less conservative towards new and exciting experiences. e.g Turkey, England, Spain, US
-Their culture, personalities, i.e Explorers
*in this case, it MAKES the targeted audience want it (not necessarily needing it)
-It enhances the enjoyment level of DIFFERENT TARGETED AUDIENCES (age, hobbies, purposes of being at the palce), CULTURE of the countries, LOCATION chosen WITHIN THE COUNTRY, Ii.e ambience
e.g Holland-Golf Best-golf, greenery
seaside
London building
Wheels
-Application of Psychology: Chemistry when high up in the sky...
-Safety precaustions are implemented
-Other entertainments such as Piano...in the sky too.
-WOW factor
2. Illustrate with examples how does colors affect the look and feel of a building (exterior/interior)?
They vary according to different countries, locations within the country and the purpose of the event/
EXTERIOR
-No ‘outer coverings’ for the sky restaurant
-This feature brings out a feel of freedom and wildness, uniqueness
-Materials used: metal
-Color: gray
-in this case, since it’s a sky restraunt, the use of metal
-Another extraordinary factor: the ‘colorless’ feature enhances the value of the strucrture--WILDNESS and FREEDOM while the utensils and other things used in the sky restaurant are delicate as other ‘ground’ restaurants as well.
Correct? Always correct? Fixed?
INTERIOR
-white: cleanness
-glass: elegance
Lightings
~natural lighting
~At night: beautiful, colorful, becoming an attraction itself
~in the sky: a star? Wow
Types of lights available?
Texture
-touch and look
~Safe
~Secured
~Steady
Forest Spiral – Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany)
IN this building the colors look like wavesand make it look very soothing
The contrast of the colors is also very good and make it looks like waves. It gives it the very casual look which busy people like to see so that they can relax.
I am not abble to find out about the lights or texture
However from outside the texture looks smooth and nice which makes the color looks much nicer and smoother.
