Mango Bay Resort – Reception Hall is the story of a tree kept untouched and become a part of the new building.

Mango Bay Resort is a well-known place on Phu Quoc Island. The resort attracts tourists with its eco-friendly concept — only 44 rooms/bungalows on a piece of land that spreads over 10 hectares. After a long time in operation, the resort needed to be renovated. We started with the Reception. The idea is to replace the old reception, which had become too tight and inappropriate for the resort. The most important requirement is to inherit the simple, rustic but cozy spirit of the whole resort. The client doesn’t aim for something extraordinary.

Connecting to the restaurant

The new Reception building incorporates a waiting hall, a reception space, a front office and other secondary spaces. As the reception sits next to the existing restaurant, the question is how to connect the two. We chose a simple flat roof on the Reception building so that, when looked at from afar, it reads as an extension of the thatched-roof restaurant.

With the same spirit, we kept an existing tree right in the middle of the reception spaces, as a component of the space.

An open hall under glass and timber

Because the Reception building is completely open, a glass roof on a wooden structure protects the inner spaces from heavy rain. On a beautiful sunny day, the shadows of the wooden structure supporting the glass roof cast on the white wall and the floor change every hour — helping protect the inner space from heat accumulated on the glass roof, and in another aspect, creating a perception of time.

Privacy without closing the space

The Front Office and the Reception Area are separated by wooden louvered pivot doors, which allow privacy for the office while remaining attached to the concept of an open space.

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