Three Blue Ducks

Iconic Australian hospitality group the Three Blue Ducks have opened their latest venue at Australia’s premier surf park Urbnsurf in Melbourne. Pattern Studio, who had also worked with Urbnsurf designing spaces throughout the precinct, were engaged by Three Blue Ducks to design their largest and most operationally complex restaurant to date. The studio were tasked with creating a destination venue that would lure Melbourne diners out of the city to the airport suburb of Tullamarine.

The 400-seater restaurant is situated poolside overlooking a sparkling two-hectare lagoon. Critical to the design was ensuring vistas across the water be framed carefully and remain unobstructed. The expansive outdoor dining area offers variety in seating styles accommodating a range of group sizes; from the solo parent watching their daughter’s surf lesson over morning coffee through to larger parties enjoying full dinner service. The al fresco dining areas are dotted with large planters providing a mix of shading from trees as well as herbs and edible plant varieties which service the restaurant.

Layers of colour and texture have been brought into the space via furniture and soft furnishings. Moroccan rugs and throw cushions are a nod to the North-African surf mecca, while vintage floor and table lamps bring a feeling of retro cool. Framed prints by renowned young surf photographers Woody Gooch and Nick Green adorn restaurant walls.

Photographs by Traianos Pakioufakis.