Architect Alexis Dornier referenced idea sketches for a James Bond movie to create Villa Omah Prana, a doughnut-shaped home in Bali that offers every house views out over the encompassing forest.
Positioned within the highlands of Payangan, the 475-square-metre round house is organised round a raised brick planter at its coronary heart, whereas the perimeter is wrapped by a walkway shaded by the eaves of a giant wooden-shingle roof.
Dornier discovered an unlikely supply of inspiration for Villa Omah Prana’s kind within the idea artwork of the house station within the Seventies James Bond movie Moonraker.
“The undertaking follows one clear concept: a ring-shaped plan that locations all rooms alongside the perimeter, orienting them towards the encompassing panorama,” mentioned Alexis Dornier.
“Among the curvature and the environment reference early Ken Adam sketches for Moonraker – particularly the readability of a daring geometric transfer and the way in which house can really feel choreographed with out being theatrical,” he added.
“The geometry behaves virtually like ripples increasing from one second of affect – easy, readable, and constant.”
The ring-shaped plan of Villa Omah Prana has been stored one-room deep, with inside areas sandwiched between the villa’s perimeter walkway and a ring-shaped hall that surrounds the massive brick planter at its centre.
Bedrooms occupy extra sealed, air-conditioned areas that face outward, whereas the open-plan residing, eating and kitchen space leads out to each a curved pool and terrace on the house’s northeastern edge and to the interior courtyard.
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Dornier appeared to Bali’s wealthy custom of weaving for the villa’s partitions, the darkish brickwork of which has been laid in a herringbone sample and incorporates perforated sections that filter gentle from the courtyard into the bedrooms.
Above, the courtyard’s ceiling is clad in timber planks that observe the house’s round kind, sloping gently downwards in the direction of a central lightwell that permits pure gentle and rainfall into the planter.
In Villa Omah Prana’s residing house, a counter, eating desk and seating space have all been organised on radial axes, with furnishings and carpentry completed in pale timber.
“Brickwork laid in herringbone patterns, interlaced wall textures, and delicate geometric motifs reinterpret native craft in a recent means,” mentioned Dornier.
“These particulars add tactility and depth with out overwhelming the structure. The home invitations shut inspection; it’s wealthy intimately however stays calm and grounded,” he added.
Initially born in Germany, Dornier moved his studio to Bali in 2013. The studio has since accomplished many tasks within the space, together with a trio of stilted guesthouses within the rainforest that look out over the encompassing treetops.
Elsewhere in Bali, MORQ and Studio Wenden not too long ago accomplished the Additional Resort and Sheila Man remodeled her personal Bali house right into a design-led guesthouse.
The images is by KIE.
