Pyramid Deck and  Beach

Spilling out from the Pyramid, the riverfront deck and artificial beach together become Bastian Riviera’s main social threshold—where the restaurant, pool, and Chapora all meet in one immersive foreground. The deck is imagined as a broad timber-and-stone platform that sits just above the water, dissolving the boundary between built form and lagoon. Guests step out of the Pyramid and arrive onto this generous terrace, immediately catching framed views of palms, river, and sky.

The deck itself is articulated as a sequence of levels and pockets rather than a single flat surface. Low steps, platforms, and in-between landings allow people to sit, perch, or recline facing the water, turning circulation routes into places to pause. From its outer edge, the ground drops into a sculpted artificial beach—set slightly lower than the deck—so that sand, rock, and planting form a soft apron between the terrace and the lagoon. This section change makes the deck feel like a promenade and the beach like a relaxed, barefoot extension of the same space.

Furnishing is kept loose and resort-like across both levels. On the deck, café-style tables, loungers, and cabanas are arranged along the edge to watch the pool and river; on the beach below, sunbeds and umbrellas sit casually in the sand, oriented towards the waterline. Guests can move from shaded dining on the terrace to toes-in-the-sand lounging in a few steps, without ever losing visual connection to the Pyramid or the pool. The two planes work together: one more architectural and defined, the other more tactile and playful.

As the day shifts into evening, lighting transforms the deck-and-beach ensemble into a layered nightscape. Warm grazing along the deck’s parapets and steps picks up the grain of timber and stone, while softer, lower fixtures wash the sand and rock edges without overwhelming the darkness. Reflections of palms, lanterns, star-lit water and the glowing Pyramid fold into the lagoon, so the entire composition appears to hover between sky and river.

Within the larger Riviera masterplan, this combined deck and artificial beach function as the resort’s living room—open, extroverted, and constantly in motion. It is where guests from the hotel, swim-up rooms, and beach club naturally converge before dispersing back into different experiences. By stacking a crafted terrace above a casual, barefoot beach, the design turns a simple edge condition into a complete riverfront landscape, tuned for everything from quiet sundowners to high-energy waterfront events.