Loft Hotel in Canggu

LOFT HOTEL IN CANGGU, BALI (2O23)

SET AMONG PRIVATE ESTATES, RICE PADDIES, AND TALL LUSH TREES IN CANGGU, THE CLIENT COMMISSIONED A HIP, STYLISH ACCOMMODATION TAILORED FOR YOUNG FAMILIES SEEKING MEDIUM-TO-LONG STAYS. THE CORNER SITE, ACCESSED FROM A NARROW LOCAL ROAD, IS SOMEWHAT CONSTRAINED AT ITS EDGE YET BECOMES MORE SECLUDED AND INWARD-FACING TOWARD ITS CORE.THE PROGRAM WAS RESOLVED AS A COMPACT HOTEL WITH SIX LOFT-STYLE SUITES, ANCHORED AT GROUND LEVEL BY A COZY OPEN-PLAN PUBLIC AREA WITH A SWIMMING POOL, AND A SHARED ROOFTOP TERRACE ABOVE.

THE WEIGHT OF STILLNESS

EACH SUITE, ARRANGED OVER TWO STOREYS, IS DESIGNED AS CLOISTERED AND CONTEMPLATIVE. THEY INTERLOCK IN CROSS-SECTION ALONG A CENTRAL CORRIDOR, ACCESSED BY A GENTLY SLOPING RAMP THAT REVEALS THE ARCHITECTURE THROUGH CALIBRATED SEQUENCES OF MOVEMENT AND TIME. FROM THIS CORRIDOR, GUESTS ASCEND A STAIRWELL WRAPPED IN PERFORATED BRICK MASONRY, LEADING TO THE ROOFTOP TERRACE : A COMMUNAL PLATFORM ORIENTED AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND OPEN TO SERENE VIEWS OF THE TREE CANOPY BEYOND.

ARCHITECTURE AS COUNTER-SPACE TO SITE/NATURE

IF THE BUILDING IS CONCEIVED AS A BOULDER, ITS SPACES ARE THE CARVED VOIDS WITHIN : A SCULPTED SHELTER. CONCRETE PILOTIS AND GREY BRICKWORK FINISHES GIVE THE MASS A WEIGHTY, MONUMENTAL PRESENCE, WHILE INTERIOR AND COMMUNAL SPACES RELEASE INTO OPENNESS. PUBLIC AREAS, THE ROOFTOP TERRACE, AND THE SUITES THEMSELVES ARE DESIGNED AS EXPANSIVE NODES WITHIN THIS MASS, OFFERING CLIMACTIC MOMENTS OF LEISURE SET AGAINST THE TROPICAL BACKDROP OF CANGGU’S LANDSCAPE.