Villa Sagarika, Bali

This villa, built a few steps away from Perenan Beach in South West Bali, was the revisiting of a very old relationship between the architects and the clients after an award winning home in Noida off Delhi in the mid Nineties.

Designed to take maximum advantage of Bali’s very pleasant tropical climate where residential spaces are often unenclosed by walls to maximize prevailing breezes, and where lush tropical greenery can be grown even in very narrow relatively shaded spaces, the design attempts to utilize even the very narrow setbacks on all sides of this small 250sq.m plot to provide viable views for almost all the rooms, which are further designed as  open plan spaces amalgamating multiple functions with small water-bodies and planted areas, and have openable fenestrations on maximum sides to allow in breeze and light.

The design elements attempt to abstractly derive from traditional Balinese architecture. The main living room in the front derives from the bale kambang and is un-walled on the sides and flanked by the lap pool on the East and part of the North and small gardens on other sides enclosed by typically high peripheral walls for privacy with the upper volume shaded by a porous screen, while an open plan area in the rear combines a lounge, dining and the kitchen to provide a refuge in very inclement weather but has sliding doors all around. Upper floor bedrooms too are designed as open plan three or four side open spaces with the bathrooms also as a part of the flowing volume. Narrow planters along the windows and planted bath courts allow greenery a central role even in the upper floor interior spaces, while the terrace garden features a Jacuzzi sunk into a very Balinese lilypool, a small deck and views over rice fields.

The house is built with the rich palette of local materials Bali has to offer. The synchronous colours and textures are offset by Balinese art, handicraft and artefacts which augment the owners’ collection of Indian antiques and furniture to infuse this holiday home with flavour and character.

Project Architect : Gede Hendrayana, Denpasar, Bali

Interiors & Landscape : Millimatters Design, Kuta, Bali

Photographs: Millimatters Photography.