THE EMBU WEDDING GROUNDS AND RESORT CENTRE.

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THE EMBU WEDDING GROUNDS AND RESORT CENTRE.
This proposal was divided into two phases over 6 acres of undulating landscape:
Phase one was divided into three parts:
·         Wedding grounds
·         Restaurant and Guest House
·         The children’s play area
The second phase of the project would include cottages, conference facilities and a three – star hotel. The second development would follow on the success of the first phase.
THE WEDDING GROUNDS:
The brief for the wedding grounds was to have a seating capacity of a thousand persons and provide a different option from the existing wedding grounds in the country. The podium dais was designed to meet deconstruction principles to allude to the attempt to ‘break away’ from the norm. The white would be our way to connect to the occasion – it is a wedding after all.
The seating area was done in a half circular formation to maximize on viewing angles and to minimize on the distance from the dais. The matrimonial walk breaks the siting space into two – two shall become one –ending into one altar.
THE RESTAURANT AND GUEST HOUSE:
The guest house is an existing incomplete project on site. The finishing shall be done to match the one on new structures.
The restaurant explored the concept of visual continuity to great detail using floor to ceiling openings to achieve it. All internal partitions were no higher than 900mm.This was informed by the need to see what was happening in the wedding grounds and to enable parents keep an eye on their children playing.
THE CHILDRENS’ PLAY AREA:
These were divided into three groups of activities:
·         Individual play
·         Group play
·         Intellectual play
This was to cater for either gender and to cater for the various personalities of children. The activities are however grouped to challenge the children to step out of their comfort zone while minimizing conflict.The parking space was designed to carry 100 cars with minimum use of the available space. this was achieved using 450 angle parking with a one way direction loop. Here are some of the illustrations.



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