Project by Archigardener founder Jonathan Choe
(completed as Architectural Designer for project completed at WOHA Architects)
Status: Detailed design completed, unbuilt on-hold (2013-2014)
Image by WOHA Architects
This design forms the cultural & commercial heart for a new planned resort on Bintan Island in Indonesia. The resort was conceived to sit sensitively within a forested hilly peninsula, with 52 hotel villas. The museum complex is comprised of a museum gallery, art gallery, spa, boutiques and fine dining establishments which form a community village at the top of the forest ridge.
The building touches the ground lightly by following the natural slope of the site, minimising heavy construction works and conserving as many trees as possible. The gallery spaces are formed from open-sided concrete boxes, allowing display of art with the backdrop of forest and sea views. Walls made from natural stone collected on site form the enclosure of the building, and colourful pavilions host commercial spaces which appear as a village in the forest.
