The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING

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The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Exterior Photography, Garden
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Text description provided by the architects. Situated on the northern coast of Bali, the Tiing has been designed as a ‘reward for the intrepid’. Understanding that this project would need a point of differentiation to pull people out of the well-worn tourist paths of southern Bali, the Tiing is a boutique resort embedded into its local and cultural context.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© Ben Hosking
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Site section
The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Exterior Photography
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Due to its remote location, the design deliberately leans on traditional materials and construction techniques, while providing a robust conceptual framework. Knowing that concrete is the preferred construction method of Bali and that bamboo is plentiful, a series of bamboo-formed concrete walls were erected on-site to create in-between and inside conditions, framing the mountains and the sea.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Exterior Photography, Concrete, Garden
© Ben Hosking

The materiality of this project aims to work within the local context, construction techniques, resources, and climate; a rugged regionalism. Concrete and bamboo are abundant, so it was best to work with these materials throughout. In a tropical climate, a clean finish would require much maintenance, here, the material will weather in, enhancing the character of the architecture and place. Importantly, this also became the finishing. Expressing the texture and form of the bamboo as a negative impression in the patina of the concrete becomes this project’s motif.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Interior Photography, Beam
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At each end, the walls become shear, referencing local Balinese gateways prevalent throughout the island. These gateways are highly decorated totems, shear-cut on the travel path to encourage the eye and the spirit to drift onwards.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Interior Photography, Living Room
© Ben Hosking
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Villa ground floor plan
The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Interior Photography, Chair
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Architecturally, these walls act as funnels, giving each room an equal and opposing view of the mountain and the ocean, meaning that guests are always situated in the truth of the site. We thought it vitally important to draw attention to this dual condition as part of a locating and grounding travel experience.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© Ben Hosking

Arriving at the Tiing is a process of 2.5hrs traversing winding roads through the lush Balinese landscape. We wanted something that would act as a distinct counterpoint to that all-consuming ‘green-ness’, so we created a red public bathing pool. It is partially hidden in the entry sequence but acts as an energizing arrival moment in high contrast to the lush green jungle. Further, we paid attention to the height of the site and the way the water bodies of the pool and the ocean would layer against the horizon. Again, the working strategy for this project is a reward for the intrepid’, and the central pool further serves to consolidate this.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Interior Photography, Chair, Windows
© Ben Hosking

Hidden centrally in the plan is the washing space. This is a rare moment of slick finish in an otherwise unadorned project. Each space has a light well, connecting the occupant back to the sky from the darkness of this isolated space. Protected, hidden, and central, this space becomes a welcome surprise, a place of refuge and delight. This is a place for unwinding reconnecting to the self and to nature.

The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING - Interior Photography, Living Room
© Ben Hosking

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Cite: "The Tiing Hotel / Nic Brunsdon + MANGUNING" 09 Jan 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/953836/the-tiing-hotel-nic-brunsdon-plus-manguning> ISSN 0719-8884

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