Architecture · Bali · Lombok
Designed to be built.
Built to be operated.
Owned for decades.
Studio Vana — the architecture studio of Nirvana Islands Group — leads design across residential, hospitality, and mixed-use projects in Bali, Lombok, and frontier Indonesia. Every drawing carries downstream cost and schedule implications. We resolve those questions during design, not after.
01 · Philosophy
Architecture is delivery.
We design buildings to be built, operated, and maintained over decades — not photographed once. Four principles run through every project the studio touches.
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Designed for build
Every drawing carries downstream cost and schedule implications. We resolve buildability during design, not at construction. The studio works alongside engineering and contracting from day one — buildable answers arrive together with the design.
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Operations-aware
Maintenance regimes, FF&E lifecycle, cleaning routes, staff flows. We design the asset that gets operated for decades — not the one that photographs well empty.
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Climate-native
Tropical humidity, salt air, monsoon rain. Specifications written for Bali and Lombok's actual conditions — not imported templates that fail in three years.
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Owner economics
Capital cost, programme, operating margin. Designs that balance architectural ambition against the spreadsheet — and stay coherent when both are squeezed.
02 · Process
Ten steps.
One disciplined sequence.
From first conversation to construction administration — every project moves through the same disciplined sequence. Phases compress on programme. Steps don't.
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Briefing
Site, scope, owner objectives, occupancy assumptions, programme. We extract the brief that often isn't fully on paper yet.
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Feasibility
Buildability assessment, cost envelope, planning constraints, supply-chain reality. Go/no-go decisions before design hours start to scale.
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Massing
Volume studies and site analysis — hand-drawn at this stage. Fast iteration on form before drawings get expensive.
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Conceptual Design
Architectural language, primary materials, key spatial moves. Defines the project's posture before it becomes a buildable set.
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Architectural Design
Plans, sections, elevations resolved at scale. The design that gets handed to engineering and BOQ.
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Structural Engineering
Loads, seismic, foundation strategy, primary structural members. Coordinated with architecture from day one — not bolted on after.
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MEP
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing. Duct routes, electrical panel locations, water + waste runs. Resolved before construction documentation, not during.
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Bill of Quantity
Detailed BOQ tied directly to drawings and specifications. The contract baseline against which all variation is tracked transparently.
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Construction Documentation
Full technical drawing set — permit-ready and build-ready. Dimensioned, specified, coordinated across disciplines.
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Construction Administration
Studio stays engaged through the build. Clarifications, RFIs, site visits, design intent enforced from groundbreak to handover.
03 · Skills
End-to-end design capability.
The studio carries every stage of design in-house — no third-party hand-offs, no broken drawing sets, no surprise scope at construction.
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Masterplanning
Site strategy, zoning, plot layout, infrastructure planning — the structure beneath every drawing that follows.
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Architectural design
Residential, hospitality, and mixed-use. Designed for buildability, climate, and operating life.
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Interior architecture
Full interior design including FF&E specification — coordinated against the construction programme, not bolted on after.
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Landscape architecture
Site-integrated landscape design. Planting, drainage, hardscape, and the long-term maintenance reality.
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Engineering coordination
Structural, MEP, and civil engineering integrated from day one — so buildable answers arrive together with the design.
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Construction documentation
Full technical drawing sets ready for permitting and build — not concept renders that hand off broken.
Start
Got a brief, a site, or an early feasibility question?
Tell us what you're building. We'll come back within one business day with the right team, an indicative timeline, and clear next steps.