Club Houses

Southcape Golf Clubhouse

This is a club house for a boutique hotel and spa, as well as 130 privately owned luxury sea-view villas that also services a luxurious 18 hole golf course. The curved forms embrace the landscape where the roof also relates to the structure led by the unique free plan module and the surfaces are seamless, continuous and complete.

The roof is made of concrete curving canopies and in plan, it takes X-shape and the edges of the canopies create dynamic views from the inside. In contrast with the transparency, the opaque concrete facade maintains the privacy of club members using spa facilities while the clerestory is used to bring in light within them.

Riverside Clubhouse

The architect considered its surroundings filled with extended horizon, sky, water, island in river, and reed all existing in tranquil and pure atmosphere and therefore, a lot of glass was used in this building to allow these elements inside.

The design took Mies' Farnsworth as precedence in that the new form took similar actions such as stretch, loop and fold which resulted in smaller building depth with better views with inner courtyard to provide privacy and accessible roof to serve as extension of landscape. Also following the surrounding landscape, the building zigzags and flows sometimes touching the ground and sometimes not while inside there are different levels and angles.

The materials used were low iron glass, white aluminum panels, travertine floor, precast concrete panel and translucent glass partitions to continue the pure and simple environment of its surroundings.

MIWA - Gift Wrapping Club

MIWA is a members only club in the Saint-Germain-des-Pres district of Paris. The architect designed the wood lined interior and this Japanese gift wrapping club specializes in a type of decorative and ceremonial gift wrapping called origata - an art form of elaborately folding paper to wrap presents. This art form originated around the 14th Century in Japan. Complex folding techniques without the need for glue or tape is practiced here. Furthermore, the paper is bound by lenghts of red and white twine which represents Yin and Yang, opposite but balancing forces.

When entering this private club, only a pale timber door is embellished with a logo to mark the club's existence with no window or other obvious signage. The architect was a carpenter before and used his woodworking experience to design the interior such as the wood clad wrapping chamber with timber bench. Inside a dimly lit lobby with black wooden walls, there is a 300 year old Cypress slab that functions as a reception desk. Fragments of dark grey slate from Ogata were used to cover the floor of the space.

Yacht Clubhouse

This building is composed of an angular box stacked on top of a rectilinear box to mimic the dramatic profiles of class yachts. The exposed reinforced concrete surfaces slope back to capture more of the views and the sun before transitioning into a timber ceiling that offers a warm contrast.

Dark aluminum frames frame large glazing surfaces and vertical louver screens are used for sun shading. In the interiors, a simple concrete and wood palette is used to compliment the building's exterior.

The Couch

This new tennis club serves 1100 members and counting serves as the hug of the club's activities. This building functions as both a viewing platform and a club overlooking the water. The club is for the public and public is welcomed 365 days a year.

The construction of the club is concrete with FSC-certified wood clad with the outside fully sealed with an EPDM polymer hotspray in the same color and texture as the clay courts. The thermal mass characteristics embedded in the materials themselves as concrete and wood are used in order to achieve energy efficiency.

Amburan Beach Club

The architects were asked to improve and expand the existing facilities at this Beach Club. Influenced by Brazilian beach culture and the free flowing buildings, the architects implemented a visual language of homogeneous white surfaces that reflect sunlight and fluid curves that unite the different areas as well as incorporating stepped terraces around the central pool.

The sweeping reinforced concrete roof that curves around the edges of the site creates a physical connection between facilities with different programs underneath and is supported by 560 composite pillars.