Dancing hotel designed by Budipradono architects
Dancing Hotel was built on a site surrounded by commercial buildings and civic center. The 1000 square meter hotel stood right next to Arya Duta Hotel, which had been operating since the 90s. As one of the most strategic area in the city, undeniably the site would soon be surrounded by towering building complex. The challenge was to create a design adaptable to the ever-changing cityscape, relevant to both present and future urban lifestyle.
Juxtaposing with the single mass typology adopted by most of the buildings on Aceh Street, the Dancing hotel was divided into two masses. A small corridor was formed between the two tower blocks, allowing natural airflow through the building, reducing excessive usage of air-conditioning.
“Create a design adaptable to the ever-changing cityscape.”
Budipradono architects
This project is located in Bandung, Indonesia.
Bandung was known for its historical heritage. Since the colonial era, Bandung had been considered as one of the most important city in Indonesia, both politically and historically. An exodus of European architects, especially from the Netherland and Germany, came following the issue of Bandung replacing Batavia as the capital city of Dutch East Indies. The European architecture influence was implemented in numerous building design, transforming Bandung into an Indisch-styled city.
The dilemma in designing the Dancing Hotel was to choose between retaining the Indisch influence, or adapting to modern approaches such as regionalism or minimalism. The architect felt that there was an urgency to create a new style representing the current era while responding to its surrounding context with a critique toward urbanization. Subsequently, a new architectural identity was born.
West Java was well known for its traditional Jaipong dance. Its extravagant dance movement was then translated into building mass. In the end, dancing hotel became both a representation and reinterpretation of traditional art form, rather than architectural vocabulary.
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budipradono architects experiments with local material such as bamboo, ramp earth, stone etc. for real project or exhibitions and participated in several urban and architecture competitions in many different countries.
The scope of budipradono architects research constantly shifts and expands as each individual project has its own character and specificity and conditions. This strategy allows budipradono architects to participate in design at different scale-from product design, private residence, to cultural institutions, from installation work to large-scale urban infrastructure.
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