Alexis Dornier

House O

House O
© Tommaso Riva

HOUSE O

Alexis Dornier

ARCHITECT
Alexis Dornier

MANUFACTURERS
Toto, Modena

PHOTOGRAPHS
Tommaso Riva

AREA
370.0 m2

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Ubud, Indonesia

CATEGORY
Houses

House O
© Tommaso Riva
House O
© Tommaso Riva

Text description provided by architect.

This 3 bedroom home for a musician-composer, holds a 150 m2 loft space as it's 2nd floor, overlooking its lush, surrounding of green rice paddies and coconut trees.

The minimal shell of the house amplifies the panoramic experience of its surrounding landscape.

House O
© Tommaso Riva
House O
© Tommaso Riva
House O
© Tommaso Riva

The design emerged from a desire to translate the construct of a single sound wave into an overarching architectural gesture that will define the interior and exterior spatial qualities of the house.

Through an iterative process of manipulating the curve of single a line, both in plan and elevation, begins to articulate a multi-planar space in which the ground plane and roof scape are directly intertwined.

'As feeling like being inside of an instrument' most inside surfaces are rendered as wood patterned surfaces.

House O
© Tommaso Riva
House O
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House O
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The ceiling drops down in equal manner to improve acoustics and to indicate the entrance as a gesture.

This element adds to the sculpted, interior experience of the space that is free of structural excess.

House O
© Tommaso Riva
House O
© Tommaso Riva

Throughout several months of the year, House O operates as a ‘Artist-in-residence’ initiative, hosting selected artists from across the world for short periods of artistic retreat.

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House O
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Alexis Dornier
T +62 812 41881599
Alexis Dornier
Jl. Penestanan Kelod No.1, Sayan, Kecamatan Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali 80571, Indonesia