This villa is a wood and clay house in Ubud Bali, an ecobuilding constructed with recycled teakwood
Jalan Tirta Tawar
Gianyar
80571
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The house has slatted windows and doors for natural air-conditioning which make the rooms cool with natural breeze. All the rooms has ceiling fans and only the bedroom on 1st floor is equipped with Air Conditioning. Local people from the surrounding village is hired in building this house. The foreman is the 'klian' or head of the banjar (village community). And some of the builders are also traditional musicians who perform 'gamelan' (traditional balinese musical instrument) orchestra regularly at the village temple festivals. Balinese women from the village, had carried building materials to the site on their heads. On the 1st floor is a Japanese 'ENGAWA' sitting area with a view to a vegetable garden. The wall on this sitting area is constructed with clay, sand, lime, straw and bamboo which is a method used in building a traditional Japanese tea room. A mixture of clay, mud, and rice straw is kept for months until matured enough. Mixed with sand and lime, it is then applied to a bamboo skeleton to make the mud walls. It resulted in walls which has good insulation to avoid heat and humidity and make the rooms cool. The red brick wall on this house is also has mud plaster instead of cement plaster. All of the wood used is recycled teak wood from old wooden house in Java and recycled iron wood from old bridges in Kalimantan Island. Most of the wood is more than 100 years old. The application of this natural building materials and natural building methods has made this house not only beautiful and unique but also healthy and environmentaly friendly. The kitchen is fully equipped with gas stove, refrigerator, rice cooker, blender and utensils. The owner of the house loves to cook. The swimming pool is medium size designed with children's safety in mind. We have a full staff and provide you with a phone upon arrival so that you can contact them when you need them. We can arrange tours drivers or even grocery shop or cook for you upon request The Owner of the house or the staff will welcome you and provide you with a phone upon arrival so that you can contact them when you need them. We can arrange tours drivers upon request. The area is at the end of a Balinese village. It is one of traditional Ubud village which still keep their unique culture and architecture. Although there are many new villas and coffee shops, the old Bali atmosphere is not changed much, with ricefields, jungle, old temples and traditional balinese compounds still there to be seen. The jungle and gorge is the habitat of some of colourful balinese birds. Balinese white herons from the neighbouring Petulu village can be seen passing by too. Take a morning walk around the surrounding ricefield and enjoy the fresh air. At the afternoon, take a walk or rent a bike for dinner and shopping to the centre of Ubud.
