POOVAR ISLAND RESORT, KERELA

Poovar Island Resort is a venture of Floatels

India Pvt. Floatels India Pvt was formed in the
year 1999 by Mr. Kabeer Khader an NRI based
in Dubai and Mr. M.R. Narayanan, a technocrat
industrialist. Mr. Kabeer Khader, a chartered
Accountant by profession has been successfully
running business activities for the last 25 years
in the Middle East involved in the area of
Surface Preparation Equipment and materials for
Refinery, Shipping and chemical Location of Poovar Island Resort

factories. Mr. Narayanan is an Electronics Engineer by profession and has promoted

several industries in the electronics, Software and Environmental pollution control
areas, which are operating well under professional management.

LOCATION: Pozhiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala

AREA: 25 acres

CONSTRUCTED BY: Floatels India Pvt. Ltd.

Poovar Island Resort

Poovar Island Resort has 86 cottages offering a range of accommodation options. 56
rooms can be used as triples. The bathrooms of the well-appointed beach hotel in
Kerala come equipped with Jacuzzis, bathtubs or rain showers. 48 rooms come with
a hammock in the balcony. 86 rooms – 44 Superior Land Cottages, 18 Ayurveda
Village Cottages, 08 Premier Deluxe Rooms, 12 Floating Cottages & 04 Deluxe
Floating Cottages.

Floating Cottages:

• The resort was completed in the year 1999 and the floating structures were
added in the year 2000.
• Floating cottages are private
accommodations with all the facilities of
a home. The bedroom is glass paneled
along with the private deck that offers
magnificent views of the backwaters
and the beach.
• The privacy is the best part along with
the traditional décor that is quite elegant. Interior of the cottage

• The amenities offered are satellite T.V with premium channels, clock and
radio, hairdryer and ironing board (on request), mini bar, direct dial telephone,
digital safe and tea/coffee maker.
• The attached bathroom comes with a bath cubicle and a wide range of
toiletries.

Construction and materials used:

• The material used are all available locally from the

market.
• The cottages are docked on a 1m deep hard chine hull.
The cottage is built in traditional Kerala architecture and it
is made up of Malaysian teak wood as wood can be
easily dismantled and is lighter than a concrete structure.
Hull shaped base
 • The material used for the hull are laminated cement using fiber steel1-layer
weld mesh, 2-layers of expanded metal, 8mm stainless steel rod is used to
make the case of the hull and then a coat of cement is sprayed on it and
again a layer of weld mesh is used along with cement coating to finish it.
• Hollow bulk-heads hold the slab above it and also is the frame work for the
hull base.
• The hull is covered with a base and plinth is made on it and bolted with
stainless steel bolts and the rest of the superstructure is made on it.
• The floor area is under 500 sq. ft.

Hull shaped base

Services:
• The services are taken through the void inside the hull.
• Manholes are given on the floor for inspection of the
services.
• Septic tanks are placed inside the hull and each septic
tank is connected to an automatic pump that pumps the
waste to a collections tank on land.
• A 1⁄2 inch flexible PVC hose are used to pump the waste.
• Waterlines are connected through 1⁄4-inch flexible PVC
tube to the floating cottage. Service inside the hull

• The electricity supply is made through submersible cables.

View of Poovar Island Resort

Amphibious 1000 Qatar Resorts:
Location:
Protected marine area on the
coast of Qatar

Project cost: US$500 million

semi-submerged resort

Architect: Designed by the

Italian architectural firm GZDG
(Giancarlo Zema Design
D VISUALIZATIONS Group).

The Italian architecture company Giancarlo Zema Design Group is based in Rome
and specializes in designing semi submerged structures, houseboats and yachts.

Philosophy: Amphibious 1000 is semi-submerged resort project, the resort will be

divided into two sections

• Land
• Sea
Its featuring
• Residential buildings
• Offices
• Central Marine Park
• Floating waterways
• Underwater marine galleries
• That all form a semi-circle around a central tower that will host a
panoramic restaurant
•
 Different Perspective Views

Project includes:
The resort would be like a large aquatic creature that stretches right into the
sea with the sea section featuring semi submerged hotels resembling
anchored super yachts. Each of these hotels will have 75 luxury suites
positioned around the perimeter of the building with access to private terraces
and underwater passageways with views of the central marine park that
connect the hotel rooms.

The main lobby of the resort will be focused around an interactive sea life
museum featuring water exhibitions galleries, large aquariums and a glass
passageway leading to the underwater observatory. Guests could travel
around the resort in electric vehicles or could jump on board of one of the 20
meter aluminum yachts with hydrogen engines and underwater viewing
globes.

Different Perspective Views

Jelly fish suites:

Amphibious 1000 will also feature 80 floating suites called “Jelly-fish” with
underwater viewing decks looking upon an artificial reef bed.
Jelly fish architecture:
A relaxation room will sit at the very top of the suite at 5.6 meters above sea
levels and at 3.5 meters above sea levels the sleeping quarters and
bathrooms will be.

At 1.4 meters the area is for daytime use with a kitchen and bathroom and
heading below deck and semi submerged at 0.8 above sea level the guest
rooms and bathrooms will be.

At 3 meters below sea level guests could enjoy their own private aquarium
lounge.

Jelly Fish Suites Views

Extra features:
It features a land-based entry way that connects to a large hub out in the sea,
with thin, sweeping rings extending outward from the hub. The inner rings
host small floating houses complete with underwater viewing bubbles in the
lower levels of the buildings. Visitors to the resort will jet around on
environmentally friendly yachts and electric vehicles. They really do need to
make the resort as green as possible, because any extra greenhouse gas that
they pump into the atmosphere is just going to accelerate the hotel’s
inevitable, watery fate.