The Wild Coast Tented Lodge near the Yala National Park in the south of Sri Lanka is a series of dwellings designed to mimic rocky outcrops scattered across the local landscape.
Hospitality studio Nomadic Resorts worked with interior designer Bo Reudler Studio to create the 36-tent safari camp, which sits on the Indian Ocean surrounded by woodland.
Photo is by Nomadic Resorts
The camp's waterfront bar, restaurant and library are enclosed within two dome-shaped structures clad in reclaimed teak shingles, which were designed to imitate the local landscape.
"At the site you can find massive boulders along the coastline," explained Olav Bruin, creative director at Nomadic Resorts.
"So when we started sketching and brainstorming the same evening after our visit, we felt that the best approach would be to design buildings that would become part of the natural surroundings, so we shaped them like a cluster of intersecting boulders."
"At a more detailed level it was important to us that the buildings would weather gracefully so we used reclaimed teak shakes with a rough surface," he told Dezeen.
"These will turn grey over time with different tones, which will make the buildings look even more like the surrounding rock surfaces."
The entire development, which has been longlisted in this year's Dezeen Awards, was designed to integrate with the site, with no fence enclosing the park, sustainable materials used for the main structures and furni...