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Rannalhi Tourist Resort Complex Maldives

BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Name Of Project : Rannalhi Tourist Resort complex
Completion : 1996
Architect : Ashley De Vos Consultants and Mano Panniah Associate Structure Type :
Pitched Roof Building
Location : South Male Atoll Maldives India No Of Floor : 2
Area Of Site : 5 Acres
Structure Material : RCC
Function : Residential Tourist Beach Resort Type : Rural
Maldivian Village

L O C AT I O N M A P O F R E S O R T

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RANNALHI RESORT

• 35 Km From International Airport.
• By Speedboat 45 Minute.
• Visitors Are Provided Easy Access To The Major Monuments.

NOTE : EAST, WEST AND NORTH SIDE HAVE VIEW OF SEA & ONLY N
SOUTH SIDE HAVE VIEW OF CITY. WE

STAFF JETTY S

MAIN JETTY

Staff Jetty

Rooms Rooms
Water Bungalow Senior Executives
’ Quarters

Doctor

Restaurant

Amphitheatre
Reception
Diving School

Beach Bar Water Sports Shops
And spa
Centre

Rooms Cocktail Bar

Rooms

NArrival Jetty

Water Bungalows

SILENT FEATURE

▪ It has two entrance for
public & staff.

▪ Staff area is centrally
located to avoid the

disturbance.
▪ Staff & public movement
has been separated by

means of pedestal movement.

PRIVA PUB
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VISUAL & PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY TE

• The site is visible from the far
place it has visual connectivity
form the all the side.

• Around the private area greenery is
provided as barrier between private
or public area to maintain the

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PUBLIC

▪ Entrance
▪ Diving school
▪ Restaurant
▪ Amphitheater
▪ Water sport
▪ Shop
▪ Cocktail bar
▪ Ayurveda spa

SEMIPUBLIC
▪ Doctor
▪ Medical center
▪ Water bungalow
▪ Room

P R I VAT E

▪ Manager office
▪ Senior

executive room
▪ Kitchen
▪ Staff room
▪ Utility
▪ Store



1. Restaurant

2. Amphitheatre WATER DELICIOUS BEACH
3. Diving School BUNGALOW FOOD BAR
4. Cocktail Bar
5. Shop BUNGALOW IN SP COTTA
6. Water Sport WATER A GE

Center SPO AYURVEDA
7. Rooms RT SPA
8. Beach Bar
9. Spa DELUXE BANQUET

10.Water MEDICAL
Bungalows SHOP

11.Doctor
12.Ayurveda Spa
13.Medical Shop
14.Cyber Café
15.Massage

Center

AMPHITHE

• Terrace or Balcony • Breakfast service

• IDD phone facility with direct dialing • Special dinners on

• Flat Screen TV with Satellite channels the beach

• Mini Bar • Wake Boarding
• King Size or Twin Beds • Reflexology center
• Spacious bathroom with hot/cold • Beach football
• Aqua Aerobics
fresh water
• Entertainment Show
& shower cubicles
• Karaoke

• Private sun deck • Canoeing

• Glass floor in the room to view • Laundry/Valet Service
underwater marine life • Snorkeling
• Wind Surfing
• Personal safe • Fishing
• Tea/Coffee maker • Excursions
• Two bars • Table Tennis
• Coffee shop

• Boutique

• Gem and jewelry shop

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➢ North side is the cool but it is island resort there for it has sun shine during dry climate 8
hours.

➢ And it has maximum flow of the wind such as 8 month in SW/NE direction and in winter it
flow in SE/NW direction.

PLAN SECTION

E L E VAT I O N

❑ Design point of view it very good that restaurant has been designed close to the kitchen that
gives easy access to serve the customer.

❑ Having view of sea, amphitheater and diving school directly.
❑ It has capacity of 80 customer at a time.
❑ It has been designed completely Maldives villages style with thatch roof.
❑ The kitchen has all the arrangement is systemically.

TYPICAL FLOOR UNIT

SECTION

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR FRONT ELEVATION

Standard Room Room facilities
• Rannalhi two storied chalets offer comfort and • Terrace or Balcony
• IDD phone facility with direct dialing
space in your private living area, with full facilities. • Flat Screen TV with Satellite channels
• All the rooms having view of the sea. • Mini Bar
• King Size or Twin Beds
• Spacious bathroom with hot/cold

Fresh water & shower cubicle

TYPICAL LANDSCAPE AND VEGETATION

• Relatively flat
• Sandy & rocky with highly calcareous
• Coconut, Pandanus, Hibiscus tiliaceus,

Cordia subcordata, Hernandia

nymphaeifolia, Calophyllum inophyllum

and Terminalia catappa.
• Higly water table.

EVERAGE DAY OF SUN SHINE PER YEAR

• 2704.07 TO 2784.51 hours

MAIN TEMPERATURE 30°c SKY CONDITION
Annual temperature
26.3°c To 31.8°c • Very clear with some white Claude.
Summer Temperature 25.1°c To
Winter Temperature 1924.7mm 30°c
Rain Fall
2277.8mm

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

• Very High (73% to 85%)

WINDS

• Pleasant wind blow all the year it has climatic variation.

CONSTRUCTION & LAND DOOR/WINDOW
SCAPE MATERIAL GLASSING GLASS

Brick PLASTERED WALL PAVING BLOCKS
Sand TILES
Concrete TIMBER THATCH PAVING STONE
Rod
Wood BRICKS CARPET

Thatch
Pop
Stone
Timber
Glass
Steel
Tiles
Paving blocks
Marbles

DOOR WOOD MARBLE GRASS

AESTHETICS APPEARANCE

➢ The design concept was conceived as a rural Maldivian
village which is giving the traditional look and have superior
in design.

➢ Aesthetically it has good appearance.
➢ As per the context of Maldives the building has been

painted a special dark green to visually reduce the scale and
blend.
➢ All the building having huge glass window and thatch roof
which resist the heat.

DESIGN ANALYSIS

❑ the resort is constructed in completely Maldives traditional style.
❑ All the building having pitched roof and thatch has been applied to give Maldives

village looks.
❑ It has all the facilities to spend their leisure time.
❑ Each room having view of the sea.
❑ Staff area has been located centrally to avoid the public movements.

DETAIL OF CONSTRUCTION VIEW
SITE PLAN
• It is rcc framed structure which is constructed in GOOGLE MAP

Maldives traditional.
• It has sloping roof, on that has applied thatch to

give traditional look of Maldives.
• As a form of landscape & pedestal movement

paving block used.

SYNOPSIS OF SITE

▪ The site have two side entry north for staff/services

& east for guest entry.
▪ It has several uniqueness in the resort to attract the

tourist such as long path way which lead to the

resort and water bungalows and all.
▪ it has all the facilities to give the relaxations in

sense of services.

PLANNING ASPECT

✓ It has linear types of planning.
✓ Linear form of planning is batter to occupy the site

area.
✓ This types of form does not keep negative space.
✓ Huge glass windows has been provided to give

complete view of the nature.
✓ Balcony has been provided to enjoy the every

moment of the resort.

MALDIVIAN HISTORY
• History suggests that the Maldives Islands have been inhabited for more than 3,000 years, perhaps first settled by

travellers on the ancient Silk Route from the Indus Valley civilization.

EVENTS & FESTIVALS
• The Maldives follows the Muslim calendar and the most important festival is Ramadan which is strictly adhered to in the

Maldives. There are also a number of national days in the calendar but these do not usually affect the resorts.
• Male

Interesting places to visit includes the fish market and the local market at the northern waterfront. Watch ‘dhonis’

unload dried fish, fresh fruits and vegetables from the atolls. The new harbour is located in the south-west corner of

Male.

Friday Mosque
• Built in the 17C, the Huskuru Miskiiy or Friday Mosque served the population of Malé as their main mosque for almost

four centuries, until the Islamic Centre and Grand Friday Mosque took over the function in 1984. Built by Sultan Ibrahim

Iskandhar in 1656, the mosque is a masterpiece of coral curving and traditional workmanship.

The Islamic Centre
• As you approach Malé, you will see one of its famous architectural landmarks - the Islamic Centre with its golden dome.

Music & Dance

• Bodu Beru is the most popular form of music and dance in the country with a Bodu Beru troupe in almost every

inhabited island and is regularly played at functions and festivals.

MALDIVES ATTRACTIONS

Male contains many prominent mosques and MALDIVES-PRESIDENTIAL-PALACE TOMB-OF-MOHAMMAD-THAKURUFAANU
noteworthy museums, with the latter including
some art facts obtained by Thor Heyerdahl when MALDIVES-FISH-MARKET THE-PRETTY-CORNER-OF-MINICOY
he visited the islands.
The national museum in male is of particular merit, IN LINE-12-MALDIVES-RESORT-TAJ-EXOTICA MALDIVES-ATTRACTIONS-RASFARI
and it is situated on sultan’s park. An attraction in
itself.
The grand Friday mosque is the most significant
place of worship in the Maldives.
Many other mosques, churches and temples of
historic value are to be found in the Maldives.
The esjehi Art Gallery is a storehouse of artistic
treasures that is located within the most imposing
and venerable buildings.
Here the visitor will find diverse historical and
cultural treasures making a visit and enthralling
experience.
For a true taste of the local cultural experience,
make it a point to visit the Maldives fish market,
which in addition to fish offers fresh vegetables,
fruits and other produce.
The market is an ideal location to observe the
fishing activities of the islands, one of its mainstays
before the development of tourism.

Owing to great distance the island had to be SITE PLAN
totally self sufficient in basic amenities such as
water, power, recreational and storage A LONG BOARDED
facilities. WALKWAY
The arrival pavilion placed on a reef
•engaubelsetsstthoeview the village from a distance. VIEW THE VILLAGE FROM A
• A long boarded walkway leads to the
reception pavilion with the diving station and
accommodation for diving staff on the immediate
right in the sea, that’s very nice.

• The exterior of the public and residential
buildings are painted a special dark green color
to visually reduce the scale and blend it with
the vegetation.

• The village square serves as the forecourt
fdoinrintgh,ekitchen and store complex, recreation,
Shopping and animation areas.
Four roomed blocks, each with a separate
access and
visually concealed.
The staff accommodation, power generation and
desalinization plant, staff facilities ad
recreational areas are located in the central
part of the island so that the central part can
be used as multifunctional area.

VIEW FROM THE SITE