Rumah Lituhayu in Nyanyi

Completed 2024

Rumah Lituhayu is a villa compound sitting on a triangle-shaped land in Nyanyi Bali. A 5-minute scooter ride brings you to the famous black sandy beach of Nyanyi. Its requirements combined with the shape of the land make this project a challenge to design. The project will hold 4 villa units, each being a fully private 1 bedroom suite. In addition, the site’s topography gives us additional considerations to create a unique project while giving every villa the ultimate privacy.

For Rumah Lituhayu, we want to allow each unit to have amazing views of the gardens while maintaining complete privacy. To achieve this, we plan every unit to have different layers of levels. As the contours are considerably extreme, we want to use this characteristic to our advantage by stepping and stacking the villa units. By doing so, we will allow every villa to overlook the other while still being completely private.

We appreciate and value the use of earthy and local materials throughout our projects. Rumah Lituhayu is no exception and therefore we want to use as many local materials as possible. The materials that we use are grey paras walls, black stained ironwood, wooden ulin shingles, and bamboo. Holding the building, we use solid recycled ironwood beams stained in black. To reflect the black ambiance, we create a color palette of dark woods, dark khaki walls, bright rattan & bamboo, and grey stones. At the same time, the use of recycled ironwood and bamboo will allow for a more sustainable project.

The architecture of Rumah Lituhayu is inspired and influenced by Balinese and Japanese architecture. Using these inspirations allows us to create a more integrated feel between the surroundings and the architecture. One of the many architectural features in this project is the steeply pitched roofs. While being a great feature of traditional housing, it is also great for dispersing rain making the villas more leakproof. Combining this feature with the existing tall trees all over the site makes this a unique and timeless concept.

River side facade view of rumah lituhayu showing the extreme shape of the land and positioning of the stilted buildings
Side view of rumah lituhayu looking up the river stream showing villa 3 and 4 at the edge of the river
Side view of rumah lituhayu looking down the river stream showing villa 3 and 4 at the edge of the river
Aerial view of rumah lituhayu showing the staggered and terraced gabbled roof wooden pavilions
Close up view of a typical villa showing the gable roof, dark wood texture, and space continuity from the bedroom towards the balcony
View of the great room at rumah lituhayu with japanese influence in the interior aesthetics and large gable roof exposed structure
View of rumah lituhayu main house facade showing tall wooden pillars combined with swimming pool dan pool deck space
Arrival view to rumah lituhayu main building showing steps coming down and raised pavilion deck
External view of rumah lituhayu main building and villa 2 showing the stacking of pavilions and swimming pool with pool deck space
Living room view at the main building showing arm chairs and poufs together with large wooden window opening
Bedroom view of villa 3 showing low bedframe, traditional weaved ikat decoration, and access to balcony space
villa 3 balcony river view with arm chair and sofa
View of typical bedroom space at rumah lituhayu with low bed frame, access to balcony, and wooden windows and openings
View from bedroom looking towards the valley at villa 4
View of typical bathroom vanity counters at rumah lituhayu
View of typical outdoor bathtub space with built in terrazzo bathtub
Aerial view of rumah lituhayu villa 4 showing gable roof and connection with river
View of balcony at rumah lituhayu showing gable roof and dark wood textures