Yanbu Wellness Resort
An aerial master plan precedent for a coastal wellness resort featuring staggered white clusters and cantilevered overwater pavilions by Baca Architects.
- What we like about this project
- Triangular overwater structures project sharply from the main pier like folded sails.
Materials
- white-stucco
- timber
- glass
- solar-panels
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- coastal-master-plan
- overwater-villas
- curved-pavilion
- island-resort
Style tags
- contemporary
- tropical
- coastal
- master-plan
Visual tags
- master-plan
- coastal
- waterfront
- resort
- island-architecture
- Geometry
- An organic coastal island master plan organized around a central curved pavilion, linear clusters of white villas with blue-tiled or solar roofs, and extended jetties supporting triangular overwater structures.
- Facade system
- Low-rise white masonry walls with large window openings facing the water.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight framed construction over concrete foundations and pile-supported overwater piers.
- Spatial scale
- Macro master plan scale, showing an entire island resort with multi-building clusters and overwater structures.
- Lighting
- Soft, low-angle daylight casting gentle shadows across the island and highlighting the surrounding shallow turquoise water.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and exclusive tropical resort atmosphere surrounded by pristine water.
- Environmental context
- Isolated coastal island surrounded by open sea, shallow reefs, and sandy beaches with scattered palm trees.
- Spatial experience
- The layout progresses from dry land arrival zones across curving pathways to low-rise coastal settlement clusters and out onto floating terminal pavilions surrounded by open water.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating modules of white villa roofs rhythmically punctuate the island shoreline.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical resort master planning
- Program
- Wellness resort and hospitality retreat
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- white-stucco, timber, glass, solar-panels, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- coastal-master-plan, overwater-villas, curved-pavilion, island-resort
- Style tags
- contemporary, tropical, coastal, master-plan
- Visual tags
- master-plan, coastal, waterfront, resort, island-architecture
- Geometry
- An organic coastal island master plan organized around a central curved pavilion, linear clusters of white villas with blue-tiled or solar roofs, and extended jetties supporting triangular overwater structures.
- Facade system
- Low-rise white masonry walls with large window openings facing the water.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight framed construction over concrete foundations and pile-supported overwater piers.
- Spatial scale
- Macro master plan scale, showing an entire island resort with multi-building clusters and overwater structures.
- Lighting
- Soft, low-angle daylight casting gentle shadows across the island and highlighting the surrounding shallow turquoise water.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and exclusive tropical resort atmosphere surrounded by pristine water.
- Environmental context
- Isolated coastal island surrounded by open sea, shallow reefs, and sandy beaches with scattered palm trees.
- Spatial experience
- The layout progresses from dry land arrival zones across curving pathways to low-rise coastal settlement clusters and out onto floating terminal pavilions surrounded by open water.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating modules of white villa roofs rhythmically punctuate the island shoreline.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical resort master planning
- Program
- Wellness resort and hospitality retreat
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture