Architecture studio Enter Projects Asia has created a design installation for the Spice & Barley gastro lounge in Bangkok using rattan sculptures and gold hues to fuse Thai tradition with modern design.
Enter Projects Asia, which is based in Phuket, Thailand, used 3D-modelling to create large sculptures that weave through the 300 square-metres space at the Riverside resort.
These were made from rattan, a type of climbing plant with a flexible woody stem, and reach 30 metres from the floor to the ceiling.
Top image: the shape of the sculptures reference nearby high rises. Above: rattan columns reach the ceiling
They were informed by the use of the space ? Spice and Barley serves gastro food but also specialises in craft beers imported from Belgium. "We used 3D special effects software ? Maya and Rhino ? to simulate bubbles, foam and liquids to 'suggest' the foaming of beer and arrived at 'fluid geometric shapes'," Enter Projects Asia director Patrick Keane told Dezeen.
"Then we fabricated special aluminium frames as supports with marine technology software."
The gold hues of the columns reference traditional Thai temples
The sculptures were painted gold in a nod to Thailand's gilded temples, and also fill a practical function as they hide the beer pipes, air conditioning and other related services.
Spice and Barley's location also played a role in the design of the rattan columns, which mimic nearby skyscrapers.
Rattan sculptures decorate the interi...