Mimpi Loca Apart Hotel

Mimpi Loca is a mixed-use project in Bali that merges two typologies within a single architectural framework: a multi-unit apartment building and a contemporary boutique hotel, expanded by a public cultural and social program. The project blurs conventional distinctions between living and staying, private and shared, offering a hybrid model that responds to new patterns of long-term owning and short-term inhabitation.

The building is organized around apartment-type units with dual orientation, opening toward opposite sides of the site. This layout ensures natural ventilation, daylight, and visual depth, while allowing a high degree of flexibility. Units can be merged or reconfigured over time, enabling different residential scenarios — from compact hotel studios to extended apartments with additional bedrooms or terraces. The architecture is conceived as an adaptable system rather than a fixed plan.

Hospitality functions are woven throughout the structure. At ground level, a layered public zone combines a restaurant, coworking spaces, cultural venues, and a library dedicated to Balinese culture. Deeper within the building, a shaded, cave-like pool and spa form a secluded retreat, oriented toward the surrounding landscape and rice fields. These spaces offer guests a sensory experience rooted in calm, ritual, and withdrawal from the street.

Local identity is embedded through materiality, color, and textile logic. The architectural composition draws on Balinese traditions of weaving and layering: spaces unfold like interlaced threads, where movement, light, and texture are inseparable. Raw concrete is paired with timber, ceramics, and textiles, while patterned surfaces, stained glass, and woven motifs introduce color as a spatial element rather than decoration. References to traditional fabrics and weaving rhythms inform both interiors and circulation, reinforcing the idea of architecture as a continuous, crafted surface.