Thai architecture studio Enter Projects Asia has used rattan to enclose a series of studios for yoga brand Vikasa at its headquarters in Bangkok.
Enter Projects Asia used rattan ? a type of climbing plant with a flexible woody stem ? as the main material to break up a 450-square-metre space in a triangular-shaped block in downtown Bangkok into a series of yoga studios.
The studio is shortlisted for leisure and wellness interior of the year at Dezeen Awards 2020.
Rattan was used to enclose private yoga studios
Supported on a frame of Thai timber, the material was used to partition two public yoga studios and fully enclose two smaller, private studios.
The architecture studio wrapped the spaces in the natural material to create "an urban oasis in the chaos of Bangkok ? a retreat from the grind".
Rattan was chosen as it can be found on the island of Koh Samui of the east coast of the country, where yoga brand Vikasa had a retreat.
"All elements of the project were made from natural, local materials to be a hub or a portal for their existing location, which is based on a hillside in Koh Samui: Thai hardwood, local black slate, bamboo and most notably, rattan," said Enter Projects Asia design director Patrick Keane.
"The result is a space of captivating calmness, cloaked in quiet contentment ? an oasis of tranquillity amongst the chaos of Bangkok," he told Dezeen.
The studio's reception has a rattan desk and light feature
Along with the pods,...