Alexis Dornier

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel 

Alexis Dornier

ARCHITECTS
Alexis Dornier

YEAR
2019

PHOTOGRAPHS
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CATEGORY
Hotels

LOCATION
Kecamatan Ubud, Indonesia

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Text description provided by architect.

Lift is a small experimental treetop boutique hotel located in a suburb of Ubud and Bali.

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Our architecture studio is in close proximity to it, and the beginnings of the project were a testing ground for ideas on how to lift structures off the ground, to have a less invasive footprint and impact, more cost effective and faster to build.

Many developments here on this island use high quantities of concrete, and the experience is often times the same.

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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We wanted to challenge that and create light architecture while suggesting a surreal mix of industrial impermanent structures embedded into a tropical forest.

Each of the structures has a different organization, material and appearance.

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Somewhere stuck in the past and the future, it seeks to bridge different aspects of Bali into a memorable experience, and creates a backdrop for pictures to take or keep in mind.

The park like setting holds a small sauna, a little pool, bar, benches and small recreational areas. This plus the yoga deck way above ground provides enough reason to stay there for a couple of days. We are planning on extending the hotel further down to the river.

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Our aim was to create spaces where people could retrieve to, detached and off the ground., unpretentious and reduced to a minimum.

We wanted to evoke a sense of impermanence and allow for other experimental structures to fill in the blanks in the future.

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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We are now collaborating with other architects on experimenting with new shapes, materials and organizational ideas – all surrounding the idea of off-the-ground structures.

Taking advantage of the height on aspects like passive cooling, passive shading through adjacent trees, being away from mosquito shrub and simply enjoying another vantage point was only a few of the design drivers shaping this place.

We welcome Studios to chip in their ideas in form of a small competition that we will launch soon. For further information pls visit Instagram.com/lift_bali

Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
First floor plan
Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
First floor plan
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Second floor plan
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Third floor plan
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Roof plan
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Roof plan
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Floor plan
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East Elevation
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
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Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel
North elevation

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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