Designed by TWS & Partners, The project is to design a villa located at the mountainside in Bandung, West Java. Sited far away from the city?s heavy traffic, Hanging Villa becomes a comfortable place to settle and stay. The building program is intended to gather the big family while giving each member their personal space by providing communal spaces and private spaces. This project has a special request of having an outdoor multifunction area which can be used to host various events. With its geometric shape, this can be defined as a modern and friendly form of a villa that responds to its surrounding nature.
Photography: Fernando Gomulya
The site takes benefit from the beautiful surrounding of a deep valley and has an advantage of its proximity to the forest conservatory, which provides a tranquil atmosphere of the mountainside. The building mass is originally taken from the idea of stacking boxes which are rotated through their corner axis, in order to create a different walking experience from a different angle of view. This strategy also allows the users to have a different orientation in a different room and have an almost 270-degree view of the surrounding valleys. This significant aspect has influenced the architect in the design process. Photography: Fernando Gomulya
The building has a vertical circulation tower starting from street/ garage level and leads to the second floor as a gathering area. On the second floor, people can start to enjoy the surrounding el...