BALI TRIP - SARINBUANA ECO LODGE

Marc van Loo & Pak Ot & Nicolas Hunkeler

After meeting Pak Ot on Wednesday evening we got introduced to Florence Cattin, who designs "constructed wetlands". She joined us for the visit at Sarinbuana Eco Lodge, a nice little hide-away in the mountainous West of Ubud. If you would like to know more about constructed wetlands and how Marc would like to implement Florence's technologies in Loola Resort read the paragraph below. 

The owners of the Sarinbuana Eco Lodge, Norm and Linda, have designed all the houses in their premises themselves. They have also experimented with bamboo and invented a new bamboo-shingle roof which is not only appealing to the eye but also is less problematic than many
other roof structures. 

This blog is arranged in four topics:

1. Constructed Wetlands

2. The Houses

3. Living and Furniture
4. Roof, Drainage and Base Details

If you would like to find out more about the Sarinbuana Eco Lodge click the following link:

http://www.baliecolodge.com

1. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

Florence Cattin, who was introduced above, is a recognized expert for sustainable waste water treatment. Apart from different solutions for the treatment of waste water she also explained various possibilities on how to cut down on water consumption by using new toilet technologies such as the "Urin Dry Diversion Toilet" (UDDT) which doesn't use any water and  the "Urin Diversion Toilet" (UDT) which uses only 15% of the water amount current toilets consume. Marc is considering to introduce the UDDT system in Loola as it also has an educational value beside the reduction of water usage. If you want to find out more about the "constructed wetlands" Florence is offering visit:

http://www.wastewatergardens.com

2. THE HOUSES

Norm's "Office-Hut" with bamboo shingles roof

Norm in front of the Yoga-Pavillion



Base of the Yoga-Pavillion

newly built Bamboo-House with the above mentioned bamboo shingles 

newly built Bamboo-House

Bedroom with nice view down to Kuta

Bedroom and Staircase

Living area next to the bed 

2. LIVING AND FURNITURE

sitting area with pillows

 

bamboo cupboard next to the veranda

Living room next to bedroom at the "Treehouse"

Wooden chairs at the living room

cosy chair on the veranda

Living Room of the bamboo house

more pictures of the bamboo house

3. DETAILS

Norm also made us familiar with three important points that have to be taken into account when working with bamboo to increase its lifespan and avoid termites from eating it:

- Bamboo to be harvested at the end of the wet season

- Bamboo to be treated with boric acid

- Bamboo to be treated with smoke from time to time

bathroom details

base details: 
the water ring is keeping the bugs from 
climbing the concrete-base but has to be 
treated so it does not get mosquito-breeding

drainage details

railing at the "Treehouse"

Bamboo shingles

Bamboo shingles from below

close-up of the bamboo shingles

roof from below

roof detail at the bamboo house

close-up of the bamboo shingles

SOME IMPRESSIONS FROM THE TRIP

Pak Ot, Marc, Florence and myself at The Pond, Ubud, discussing Waste Water Systems

Norm and Florence at the "Treehouse"

Marc at the Bamboo House

BALI TRIP - GREEN VILLAGE

Marc van Loo & Nicolas Hunkeler

The visit to Bali offered us not only the opportunity to find out more about environmental friendly energy production solutions as offered by Pieter de Vries (http://www.containedenergy.com) but we also got the chance to have a closer look into a place called Green Village. A Village which is known for its spectacular tropical designs.

Below you can see some pictures of one of the Villas at the site as well as an impression of the Green School which is situated nearby. 

The blog is arranged in three topics:

1. The House

2. Details

3. The School

If you would like to find out more about the Green Village or the Green School click the following links:

http://greenvillagebali.com

http://www.greenschool.org

The green school is a powerhouse in terms of marketing, with hollywood celebrities and Richard Branson and the like chipping in in a big way. We met for a 3 hour visit with their PR chief, and there is a natural partnership here where green school would export its global brand to Loola to offer academic weeks at LooLa. Such a cooperation would potentially enhance both organizations (Loola is very strong in in character education, but we are not offering academic education, which is what Green school tries to do). The cooperation could hence lead to increased sales, which is good for the villa owners :-) Other than that, the architecture of the associated green village is superb, and it embodies tropical living, even though we learned after the visit that nobody knows how long the bamboo is going to last ...

1. THE HOUSE

Living Room seen from above

Living Room and Entrance, the little TV room is a very clever spot inside the living room

Living Room

Living Room and Laundry Area

Dining area, kitchen in the background, all fully integrated within the living room

Kitchen, fully integrated into the living and dining room

Kitchen

Shelfing

Bedroom, small, but giving the impression of being large on account on balcony and the wide open windows

Bedroom

Cupboard

Children's bedroom and toilet

2. DETAILS

Sinks, Marc likes these because they will look good even if things get a bit dirty over time

Cooling devices: Ceiling fan and Air-Con under the mosquitonet

Socket and Lamp

Structure and Joint

Toilet Drainage

Structural Detail

Structural Detail

Wall Detail and Bridge across Ayung River

3. SCHOOL

The Heart of School and Class Rooms

Yoga Platform and Battery Storage. The yoga platform gives Marc the idea of what Minh's "floating house" could look like.

Atrium 

Courtyard at The Heart of School