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Arun Yacht Club interior refurbishment project — JuI09 by Muriel Chabernaud - In Line Interiors REASON OF INTENT “Work in harmony with sea, sand and sun” Bearing in mind the club wishes to attract new members and that the number of moorings is limited, we need to focus on attracting new non-sailing members and retaining them. Why would non-sailors want to be a member at Arun Yacht Club? “Arun Yacht club has one of the best spots on the coast between sea and river. The building benefits from large windows bringing light in and extending the view on a 180° spectrum”. Social members come for the location, the view, the bar and restaurant facilities. They wish to relax in a comfortable lounge and/or dine in an elegant yet relax setting. They don’t necessarily want to share the sailors’ conversation but like the nautical environment. The Lounge must be inviting and should cater for various groups of people so it is not intimidating for visitors.
The first impression when entering the club house is a feeling of bitty jobs and accumulated clutter. Once the space is newly re-defined, it should remain shipshape and respected.
The current refurbishment project should be at the start of a short medium and long term program. Although the main interest of the club is what is happening on water, the club needs to make plans of interior development so that the chosen scheme remains consistent months after months, years after years even if the progress is realized at a very low pace. The interior needs to be welcoming and welcoming back for all members. INTENT Facts at first observation of the Yacht Club interior: • Define • Be-clutter • Refresh Further consideration following members’ brief • The Yacht Club wishes to attract more members
Well-thought with the above, IN LINE INTERIORS developed the following: ENVIRONMENT • Introduce waterproof, water repellent washable, removable, anti-slippery materials. • Three colours are to be considered: blue for sea, beige for sand and yellow for sun and club flag. White must be added for freshness and space. DEFINE The large open space needs to be clearly defined in zones I. Lounge 2. Bar 3. Dining room 4. Juniors’ corner 5. Flow from wet back entrance 6. Flow from and to Galley 7. Racing meeting area 8. Information corner DE-CLUTTER • Walls to be cleared as much as possible of disparate framed magazine cuts and non-valuable “decorative” items. • Out of time curtains to be removed • Remove eclectic armchairs and “pub style” tables and chairs (keep bar stools). REFRESH • Replace the carpet • Dress the windows appropriately • Introduce new “yacht club style” range of furniture • Decorate walls • Use glass for transparency, cotton for nature and metal for crispness INTENT DEVELOPMENT LOUNGE The lounge space is delimited by the area of the carpet to be replaced. The new flooring is a woven vinyl which proprieties are anti slippery and water resistant (1). It is widely used in seaside international hotels and restaurants for its designs, durability and heavy duty use. The chosen colours and patterns (wide blue and beige stripes) will with no doubt stand as a statement feature. Three corners are created within this space: East, South and West
Two free standing tripod floor lamps (6) to be placed at each extremity of the lounge next to a tub chair. The east wall to be painted in crisp white and the south wall around the windows in dark blue. * The armchairs are indoor/outdoor armchairs; they can be used on the outside terrace. BAR The front and side panels at the bottom of the bar as well as pillar and top plinth are to be painted in navy blue with a yellow diamond shape in the middle of each panel as a connotation with the club flag (7). The bar stools to be painted in dark blue. DINING ROOM The tables are to be covered with water repellent mid-length beige table cloth ft be matched with water repellent chair covers (8). The water repellent dark blue table runners (8) bring an elegant note and link with the stripy new flooring (Tablecloths, runners and chair covers can be removed during the cadet weeks). The east wall around the main windows to be painted in crisp white as all the other surrounding wells but the tongue and groove part along the north wall that is to be painted in dark blue. Four quayside pendant lanterns (8) (cream) will replace the existing chandeliers. JUNIORS’ CORNER The Juniors’ corner needs to be more delimited so it feels it is a reserved corner. A board is blocking direct entrance from the back door. The Tag Cadet Week board can be fixed on the new partition. The south wall to be painted in yellow as an accent colour , the east and part of west walls in dark blue and the remaining walls in crisp white.
A boxed seat pad (waterproof beige fabric with waterproof blue piping (I0)) is to dress the boxed bench along the south window to add comfort. Three waterproof textile bean bags (blue and yellow) and two waterproof textile bean cubes (11) (blue and yellow) will identify the space. Two quayside wall lamps (12) to be fitted on each side of the east window in replacement of existing. FLOW FROM WET BACK ENTRANCE The entrance is partly blocked towards the Juniors’ corner to incite the flow of incomers to walk along the west well and have their feet wiped on a 4.30m long “Dirt Trapper” mat (13) (washable cotton mat). Walls are to be left cleared and racing board to be fixed on new partition. The walls are to be painted in crisp white. The door is to be painted in dark blue. FLOW FROM AND TO GALLEY The layout of the dining room should allow at all time a flowing circulation from and to the galley. RACING/OFFICIAL MEETING CORNER Four tables to be set together to make a “permanent” meeting table (14) and to allow the dining room tables to be dining tables at all time and reserve the dining room to diners only. On the occasional dinner parties the two spaces (meeting end dining room) to be laid out as one. Enough tablecloths, runners end chair covers are budgeted to cover the 14 tables and 60 chairs. Nine scatter cushions in assorted blue and yellow cotton end ticking (17) to be placed around the windows on box seats. The slide-on-rail partition door is to be removed and well at beck to be painted in white to leave a clean end clear space. INFORMATION CORNER The notice boards to be replaced by framed natural cork notice board (15) to be coordinated with the whole colour scheme newly introduced. WINDOW DRESSING Dummy fixed blinds made out of a traditional striped ticking (16) keeping with the colour palette will be dressing alI the windows around the club house. A chrome eyelet in the middle of each blind will link even more with the rigging. The blinds will be made of three different heights to simulate working blinds and will be fitted under the existing wooden pelmet. Blinds heights will alternate from window to window. The three top windows of the west well will be fitted with white blackout reef blinds (roll up blind) which will be stringed with long cords to be rolled down when doing projections on screen. REMARKS The existing heavy duty.anti-slippery flooring is in good condition and its replacement would be a too costly operation. The existing wooden flooring is well associated with the yachting environment and needs to remain. After having won the Club Trophy for the Round The Island Race in June 2008 end again this June 2009. Arun Yacht Club should not only be proud of it sailing results but be proud of its club house. |
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