
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
What started out originally as a Holiday Inn Resorts project which then evolved into a Citadines almost right on the doorstep of the famed Kuta Beach in the idyllic Isle Of Bali, was a project whereby we had the chance to weave our signature tune of ‘nature-meets-culture’ on a 190-odd room hotel.
Sun-shading devices on the facades are effortlessly evolved into rippling lines of an ocean waves, resonating with the surfers’ beach nearby. Overarching roofs - as required under the Bali Building Code & Development Guidelines - are draped with alang-alang thatches that will recall the world of beach huts on the roof top, resplendent with a lap pool and deck and rooftop bar for that magical hour of sunset. Columns that are treated visually as rows of bamboos adorn the road frontage, again a nod to nature, and in some subtle ways, to the stilts supporting houses commonly found on the neighboring Sumatran houses.
Location
Kuta Beach, Bali
Indonesia
Scope
Architecture
Client
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)