Mauritius Office Retreat

An Island Workspace blending together a relaxed contemporary style with material references and styles of the local vernacular of Mauritius. We have completely renovated two existing buildings to create tranquil office working areas and meeting rooms with informal working and meeting space.

Mauritius has a particularly unique vernacular heritage which reflects the traditional design, colours and decoration of Oriental, African and Western styles, ranging from the last vestiges of colonial Creole architecture to windswept seaside campements. The seaside campements have walls made of ravenala palm leaves and vetier and sugar cane thatched roofs. Corrugated metal roofs have become more common than timber or thatch, which we have on this pair of buildings which had exposed insulation internally. We have added thatch screening to the roof internally to reference the campement style.

The project is split over two existing buildings which are stone faced with corrugated metal roofs. The building are reconfigured internally so that one building houses meeting rooms and office desk space, with a kitchenette. The second building has one open relaxed working space using timber slat space dividers and furniture to create meeting rooms and client spaces with display screens, a larger kitchen and tea point allows for overspill to the outdoors where there is an existing pergola.