A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali by Patisandhika Sidarta and Dan Mitchell will be the subject of the next Architecture Project Talk produced by Dezeen and Gaggenau. You can register via this link to join the webinar.
At 1:00pm London time on 4 December 2022, architect Sidarta and designer Mitchell will deliver a presentation about a concrete house they designed collaboratively, which is nestled between rice fields on the Indonesian island of Bali.
A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali features exaggerated structural concrete slabs
The pair will discuss the building's idiosyncratic geometric form, designing with energy efficiency in mind for Bali's tropical climate and the influence of the late Californian architect Ray Kappe.
Completed in 2019, and featuring in Dezeen's top 10 houses of that year, A Tropical Home in Bali is a 512-square-metre concrete house with timber and concrete interiors accentuated by plants and trees. The exterior features overhanging concrete slabs, which lend the building its dramatic form while also protecting the interior from intense sunlight and overheating.
Large windows look on to the lush surrounding
At the heart of the house sits a double-height living room with floor-to-ceiling glazing that faces the building's lush surroundings.
The living area is surrounded by split levels ? a homage to modernist architect Ray Kappe, who incorporated this feature into his own Los Angeles home, Kappe Residence.
The living room is surrounded by split-level...