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To downscale on an island takes upscale creativity as represented by this home-away-from-home on the beautiful island of Bali that offers a lock-up-and-go lifestyle while incorporating traditional and modern architectural design: The Lumbung Hut takes it’s architectural inspiration from the traditional Sasak rice barns. Traditionally a wooden stilted structure, adapting it to entertain an open living and upstairs bedroom within the skilfully crafted curved roof, saw the addition of a few more support walls, added spare room and pool, to stimulate its metamorphosis into a modern day villa.
STORY BY Dewald Haynes PHOTO BY Bagus Tri Laksono
Rice barns in Indonesia (known as a lumbung) are built on four poles, usually standing between 1½ meters and 2 meters up from ground level. The upper storage area often has a distinct omega shape created by bending flexible framing of split bamboo or betel nut trees to support the roof. The roof is generally covered with alang-alang grass and the sides are made of woven, split bamboo (called pagar). The pole support structure beneath the raised, enclosed rice barn is open with no walls. A floor or platform is constructed of wood and bamboo about 1/2 meters above the ground. This lower platform provides a convenient, shady place for people to sit and relax. In many traditional villages this lower sitting area is a meeting place for village residents where both business activities and social interaction commonly occur.