The lounge is situated on the ground floor, with a barbecue spot and a garden. On the top floor there is a belvedere point over the Green village and the Ayung river valley. The structure has a very powerful presence because of it’s repetitive pattern, in contrast to the smooth surface of the floors, with only a few soft pastel color spots being placed in the shape of the furniture. Sharma Springs acts like a beautifully functioning organism, with every detail being studied and placed in order to have total harmony. Our story is a captivating one that began in a community of design innovators in Bali. We create fully functional structures, furniture, and gardens that are handcrafted by Balinese artisans and utilize local and natural materials. The plumbing and the other metal features are also custom-built. IBUKU is an international team that designs spaces in which people can connect with nature in groundbreaking ways.
The interior furniture is especially designed for each room. In a world where sustainability and green are becoming a new trend, and where people spend fortunes testing and developing new materials to respond to this need, a Bali based team of designers and builders, IBUKU, are telling a story about bamboo. It also helps emphasize the human-nature relationship, by creating a feeling of a total immersion into the forest. The house is built around a central staircase, and it has four bedrooms, a children’s playroom, and a library, which are enclosed with glass walls, for air-conditioning. Bamboo is as strong as concrete and offers as much resistance to weight as steel.
It grows rapidly: With very little care, a bamboo shoot can become a structural column in only three years, while softwoods take 10 to 20 years. The main access is made through a tunnel, directly into the living room area, on the fourth floor. Ibuku mainly uses the species Dendrocalamus Asper, known as Petung in Indonesia. The outer shell is reminiscent of a traditional Bali house, with layered leaf stories – it is traditional and modern in the same time.