United-in-Diversity Campus / Willis Kusuma ArchitectsSave this picture! Mario Wibowo Photography StudioSchoolsBali, IndonesiaArchitects: Willis Kusuma ArchitectsAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:13100 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2022 PhotographsPhotographs:Mario Wibowo Photography Studio Lead Architects: Willis Kusuma More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Located in Kura-Kura Island, Bali, Indonesia, the Kura-Kura Bali Unity-in-Diversity (UID) Campus is a mixed-use facility encompassing an approximately 60 x 140 meter footprint that combines commercial, educational, office, and event programs. The building orients itself in the direction of the sacred Mount Agung, the highest point on Bali Island.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!In establishing a general logic on how the plan is defined, the building operates on two intersecting axes, the horizontal axis - giving the building its horizontal language - as well as a skewed axis, pointed at Mt. Agung cutting into it, which diagonally intersects the building's longitudinal form and orients its space.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The design builds on the 'Bale' vernacular, a traditional Balinese thatched hip-roof structure that is often interpreted as a multipurpose hall for people to gather under. Bale adopts its roofed form by symbolically pointing up to the mountains and to the skies. Willis Kusuma Architects has taken this traditional form, scaling it up into a superstructure to create one giant roof that shelters all its programs underneath it.Save this picture!It adopts a sensitive understanding of its tropical surroundings, embracing Balinese heritage as a reference point to create a modern facility. Inspiring its name, the Kura-Kura Bali Unity-in-Diversity Campus' range of programs is compartmentalized into distinct brick volumes, hoisted on steel columns that project up to the roof, creating communal open-air spaces---permeable by the weather's conditions---in and around the solid units.Save this picture!The ground floor hosts commercial functions and a mini museum. Co-working spaces and classrooms are hosted on the second and third floors, while private office spaces, a function hall, and media rooms are hosted on the third floor. Indoor and outdoor amphitheaters create informal gathering spaces. Closest under the massive roof are decks that provide seating areas, enjoying views of the island's surroundings. The interaction between the closed brick volumes and all the open-air internal spaces under one roof creates a unique spatial experience, engaging the building's users dynamically with visual and auditory connections.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officePublished on February 03, 2025Cite: "United-in-Diversity Campus / Willis Kusuma Architects" 03 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026180/united-in-diversity-campus-willis-kusuma-architects&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream