Kudadoo Design: Visually Appealing and Sustainable


Maldives
PUBLISHED January 05, 2019

Selecting New York-based architectural firm Yuji Yamazaki Architecture PLLC to design Kudadoo Maldives Private Island. Yuji has gone above and beyond by breaking away from common resort design and has conceived Kudadoo as a cohesive representation of the place, with each building and each design detail taking inspiration from the Maldives unique characteristics. His outstanding work on Hurawalhi public spaces is a successful project. 

"All resorts in the Maldives are accessed by boats or seaplanes. It is unique to this country that you first discover everything from the sea or sky, which gives the visitors a stunning impression of the entirety of architecture on the private island, says Yuji. One such example is the residences; 15 villas on the water connected by a ring is, as he describes it, a microcosm of the Maldives geography, an atoll.

Kudadoos most iconic feature and the islands hub is the Retreat. The social centre of any stay, it provides a communal space for all to enjoy; it houses a restaurant, a bar, a wine cellar, an infinity pool, a gymnasium, a steam room, a sauna and a Himalayan salt chamber, a boutique, a spa and meeting facilities. The views from the upper level are out of this world; This is perhaps the highest vantage point in the Maldives built over the sea! Standing on the upper deck in the middle of the Indian Ocean, looking afar to the horizon, there is no other feeling comparable to this. Think of the Im flying scene in the Titanic, notes Yuji. The Retreat is a truly impressive, 21-meter high building.

The Retreats graceful gently sloped roof grates the bright Equatorial sunlight into a comfortable dappled glow underneath and, even more significantly, it generates electricity. It has been determined that the solar panels on this 2,000-square meter roof generate sufficient power to serve 50 guests and 100 staff occupying the private island at any time. Kudadoo truly showcases what the future of sustainable resorts in tropical climates looks like.

Although the solar system generates a surplus of electricity, all residences are designed to minimise energy consumption.


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