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NOOR CAFE SHARJAH
Deli at the Butterfly pavilion

Light-flooded oasis for visitors to Noor Island

Noor Café is part of the transmedia landscape park on Noor Island. The mostly white interior creates a touch of freshness and promises relief from the heat outside. An interesting contrast forms the brightly coloured floor, which is printed with ornamental patterns reflecting the building’s façade design.

The interior of the 150 m² Noor Island Café refreshes the senses, with visitors surrounded by perceived and genuine coolness. A sculpture of light and space made from lengths of light, white fabric floats directly above the central seating area with its 35 seats. This pointedly textile environment sets the lounge apart from the hard surfaces of the glass Butterfly House. Organically shaped custom-built furniture, plants and five translucent partitions mark out an island of repose, with folding screens reminiscent of petals creating intimacy.

Coated in liquid glass (a special ultra-transparent resin) and sealed, the colorful ornaments on the floor are particularly striking, as is the elaborate seating and its counterparts, oiled and printed wooden tables, whose graphic designs combine different elements of the island, butterflies and flowers, transforming them into a virtual lace blanket.

At night, the lounge looks like a starry sky, projections from the ceiling lamp cast caustics and engender the play of light on the ceiling, walls and floors, reflexes penetrate from inside to outside, escaping through the golden roof into the landscaped garden.

TypeCafé
Service phases (HOAI)SP 1 to SP 5
LocationSharjah City, U.A.E.
Year2015
StatusCompleted
GFA510 m²
ClientShurooq, Sharjah Invest & Development Authority, U.A.E
Roof constructionSeele middle east, Dubai, U.A.E.
Pavilion constructionWaagner Biro Gulf L.L.C., Dubai, U.A.E.
Interior worksCandido Hermida, Spain
Media technology, lightingHB-Laserkomponenten GmbH, Germany
PlantingGreenworks, Dubai, U.A.E.
PhotographyTorsten Seidel, Sascha Jahnke, Stephan Lauhoff, Joaquín Busch, Björn Asmussen, Christian Bauer

Related projects

BUTTERFLY PAVILION – Biophilic Architecture in Urban Dubai

BUTTERFLY AVIARY – Integrated ecosystem - rainforest biotope for butterflies as an impressive visitor experience on Noor Island

NOOR ISLAND PROJECT – Green densification through an inner-city oasis

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