Villa Tantangan is a single family residence located in Nyanyi Beach, a private and secluded beach on the west coast of Bali. It has been recently completed by Word of Mouth.

Description
Constructed on 6500sqm of land overlooking the Indian Ocean to the west and a natural river system to the north, the villa also boasts views across to the local beach temple and to volcanoes in the distance. Given such a spectacular location, the challenge for Bali-based design firm Word of Mouth was to create architecture that truly connected with its surroundings.The design followed the concept of creating a ?Landscaped Architecture?, whereby the boundaries between the natural and built environments become blurred. This became an important mechanism in establishing not only connections between the natural and built environments, but also between these environments and the building?s inhabitants.The design utilises a layout whereby the buildings are formed around the central courtyard, creating intimate internal spaces between the buildings, and more open spaces towards the perimeter. The buildings are situated on different levels of the land and are treated like giant planter boxes, each with a roof landscaped by either natural vegetation or ponds. In doing so the architecture not only sits sensitively on the land, but actually becomes part of it. The planter boxes also provide cooling effects to the spaces below and assist with rainwater collection.Because o...