Desa Potato Head Favors Village Vibes Over Resort Exclusivity
Desa Potato Head, comprising a beach club and two hotels, has opened in Seminyak, Bali, just north of the tourist magnet of Kuta.
Desa Potato Head, comprising a beach club and two hotels, has opened in Seminyak, Bali ? a couple of kilometers north of the tourist magnet of Kuta.
Designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas’ firm, OMA, it is designed not only for guests but also for the local community, challenging the model of self-contained exclusivity typical of resorts in the region.
?At Desa Potato Head we?re not trying to change the industry, we want to create an entirely new model for it,” says Potato Head founder Ronald Akili.
“If we bring people together for good times, but offer them the unexpected, it will open their minds in new ways,” he continues. “OMA is known for building public spaces, like museums and institutions, and that was our idea for the Desa: to create a type of cultural institution that mixes public with private, guests with locals, and future thinking with time-honored craftsmanship.”
Inspired by the raised courtyards of Indonesia, OMA has lifted Potato Head Studios (one of three buildings, that contains the private guest rooms, a sunset bar, and an exhibition space, and, alongside Katamama and the Beach Club, forms the Desa Potato Head) on pilotis, creating an open cultural space below which leads to the beach and provides a flexible platform for festival celebrations, cultural events, and day-to-day le...
Desa Potato Head, comprising a beach club and two hotels, has opened in Seminyak, Bali ? a couple of kilometers north of the tourist magnet of Kuta.
Designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas’ firm, OMA, it is designed not only for guests but also for the local community, challenging the model of self-contained exclusivity typical of resorts in the region.
?At Desa Potato Head we?re not trying to change the industry, we want to create an entirely new model for it,” says Potato Head founder Ronald Akili.
“If we bring people together for good times, but offer them the unexpected, it will open their minds in new ways,” he continues. “OMA is known for building public spaces, like museums and institutions, and that was our idea for the Desa: to create a type of cultural institution that mixes public with private, guests with locals, and future thinking with time-honored craftsmanship.”
Inspired by the raised courtyards of Indonesia, OMA has lifted Potato Head Studios (one of three buildings, that contains the private guest rooms, a sunset bar, and an exhibition space, and, alongside Katamama and the Beach Club, forms the Desa Potato Head) on pilotis, creating an open cultural space below which leads to the beach and provides a flexible platform for festival celebrations, cultural events, and day-to-day le...
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