Hospitality – SPANTONE

Ocean-Side Cigar Lounge & Humidor — Dakar, Senegal

An intimate ocean-side cigar lounge and humidor in Dakar — a boutique hospitality project where patterned brick, a private pool, and careful climate control combine to create a singular sensory experience.

A cigar lounge makes particular demands on architecture: it requires precise humidity control, excellent natural ventilation, a sense of privacy and enclosure, and an atmosphere that rewards slow, unhurried occupation. This ocean-side lounge and humidor in Dakar, Senegal answers all of those demands with a design that is elegant, purposeful, and beautifully situated.

The building uses the same patterned brick facade system seen in the broader Dakar portfolio — a perforated masonry screen that filters ocean breezes while maintaining the internal humidity conditions essential for a quality humidor. The courtyard and pool extend outward from the main lounge volume, giving guests a private outdoor space that captures sea views and the Dakar coastal light without fully exposing them to the elements.

The ground floor site layout organises the program efficiently: the lounge and humidor occupy the primary volume, with service and storage tucked to the rear. Structural details document the stilt-to-floor beam connections and enlarged brick module assembly — the same robust system that ensures long-term performance in a coastal salt-air environment.

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Eco-Modular Retreat — Dakar, Senegal

A modular eco-retreat in Dakar, Senegal, where patterned brick facades and palm-lined courtyards create a series of private units that feel both contemporary and deeply rooted in their West African context.

The Eco-Modular Retreat in Dakar, Senegal is designed around a deceptively simple idea: that a retreat should feel like a community, not a compound. Multiple modular units are arranged around a shared central courtyard that contains a pool, mature palm plantings, and integrated rock fill areas — creating a landscaped heart to the development that every unit relates to and benefits from.

Each unit’s facade uses a patterned brick module that references traditional West African screens and lattice work, allowing light and air to move through while maintaining visual privacy. The brick pattern is not merely decorative — it is structural and functional, calibrated at the module level to achieve the right balance of openness and enclosure. Wood composite panels appear at deck surfaces, doors, and louvered elements, adding warmth to what might otherwise be a purely masonry composition.

The west elevation reads as a long, layered horizontal — a series of slightly staggered bays unified by a consistent roofline. A section through the pool and courtyard reveals the relationship between the units and the shared outdoor space, showing how the buildings frame, shelter, and overlook the communal area without dominating it.

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Beachside Bar & Pergola — Dakar, Senegal

A relaxed beachside bar and pergola on the coast of Dakar — a hospitality structure built for the open air, with a timber canopy, ocean views, and the kind of design that makes every visit feel unhurried.

Some buildings are about enclosure. This one is about the opposite. The beachside bar and pergola in Dakar, Senegal is designed to dissolve the boundary between shelter and open sky, using a timber pergola structure to provide shade without walls — letting the breeze, the light, and the proximity of the ocean do the rest of the work.

The overall site plan shows the bar set within a larger landscaped area, with outdoor seating zones arranged around a circular feature that anchors the space and draws people in. The bar itself is long and well-stocked, with a service bar running behind the counter and a service hatch system that allows the kitchen to supply the space efficiently without disrupting the flow of service.

The pergola construction is fully documented: posts rise from concrete pad footings, a beam-and-rafter system spans between them, and detailed joinery connections are shown at each intersection. Sliding menu panels, serving hatches, and blue-toned upholstered seating complete the picture — a well-resolved commercial hospitality design that would be as comfortable at opening as it is after a decade of use.