The Pearl Lounge
BAHRAIN
The Pearl Lounge was created as an intimate platform for Bahraini hospitality to shine. We applied traditional concepts of Arabic hospitality to a series of spaces built around hospitality gestures, like the café, the bar, and the a la carte restaurants. It is a promenade of indulgences where each space has its own mood, its own speed, and its own offerings for guests. There are quiet places, loud places, formal dining rooms, and spaces to just hang around and work while having a drink. We deconstructed the typical open plan found in many lounges into discrete rooms, each containing unique guest offerings.
The concept is a promenade of indulgences.
By taking cues from our hotel and high-end residential design experience, we translated the impact of intimate spaces to the travel lounge setting. Because the scale of these spaces is more familiar and intimate, it becomes easier to host a guest, and to tell a story. A signature gesture used throughout the Lounge is the portal, or large framed opening. This element defines both the end of one space and the entry to another. When scaled correctly, it helps the lounge feel both intimate and grand at the same time.
The Pearl Lounge would not present itself as one sprawling space, but as a series of unique environments focused on customer service and choice.
A fine balance emerges between personal and shared space.
We put an emphasis on understanding how one lives and ultimately uses a space. In the Pearl Lounge, a fine balance emerges between personal and shared space. A guest wants to feel as if they are sitting in the best seat in the house no matter which seat in the lounge they choose to settle.
