Bangkok studio Department of Architecture have installed rippling fabric fins hanging from the ceiling of this hotel lobby in Pattaya, Thailand. Located on the 17th floor of a tower over the beach, the Hilton Pattaya Hotel lobby was designed to draw visitors from a central elevator towards the windows and sea view beyond. Air conditioning causes the fabric sheets to sway and ripple across the ceiling.

The design of this space is centered on a fabric installation inspired by rippling lighting reflection on ocean surface looking from divers’ eyes. Guests stepping out from the elevators will be allured by wavy movement above and will drift forward toward sea view. Layers of fabric sway with air-con supplies giving an illusion of breeze appearing as a familiar outdoor feel to be out of an unfamiliar indoor context. The space is bathed with natural light during the day. At night, certain translucent fabric strips are lit up from above presenting a sophisticate & dramatic rippling-water effect and casting a warm glow throughout the interior. This articulation of hundreds of curved fabric lines, helped by a mirror wall and a long strip of wooden wall with cave-like alcoves, creates an illusion of endlessly long but cozy indoor bar space. via

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