The Muraka
Conrad Maldives
Rangali Island, Maldives

YYA has been commission to design The Muraka villa at Conrad Maldives, which consists of 700 sq.m. of overwater suite, and 100 sq.m. of underwater suite. The interior design of the underwater suite and entire overwater suite to be designed by YYA in association with local executive architect Ahmed Saleem. 
“It is certainly a design of a theater.” says Yuji Yamazaki, principal of YYA. "People don’t go to a theater to see the theater, they are there for the show. We had to make sure that the guests can have the underwater views from every vantage point of the room.” More than 75% of wall, ceiling surfaces are made of  clear acrylic. The glare and reflection on clear acrylic had to be minimized and views to the ocean had to be secured. “We also wanted to give a sense of confort. We looked at many interior design from private jet to classic Italian luxury cars, from which we learned about good details in confined spaces.”  Yuji noted. All walls in the bedroom are upholstered with dark brown leather and floor is covered with silk carpet to reduce the reverberation. This is a whole new level of luxury that the Maldives has started to offer. There is a great chance that you are the only person in the world sleeping under ocean on king size bed when you book this room.

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