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A Quick Update From SHL Asia

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It has been almost four months since the first outbreak of covid19 in Indonesia. The government has announced health protocols which resulted for most offices working from home and quarantining in all the states throughout the country and so is Bali. Although things have gotten slowing down for many of us, but SHL Asia team is still on grinding as ever.

The team is working on some of the design-phase projects such as Sanna villa in Ubud, few of our projects in India and the new Adiwana Hotels project. While most of our on-going design phase projects still going, some of them need to put on hold until undetermined time. As much as it is hard to admit, we have to understand the situation. With this pandemic happening, tourism basically has been shut down and so have many hospitality projects. However, with every storm comes a rainbow. We got the chance to reevaluate our company and preparing a grand comeback once the condition is (new) normal.

Set that aside, our construction projects are going according to schedule but of course followed with bunch of adjustments on site. The team have been kept busy following up issues and coordinating with all parties involved. Some of the projects include our collaboration project with Nicolas Schoeybroek for a private villa in Tabanan, a project with Tierra Design Thailand for Andaz Bali Resort and a collaboration project with Yoka Sara Byrdhouse Beachclub in Sanur. We do conduct frequent site visit to these projects for supervision  purposes. All activity on site is done carefully following the health regulation due to the outbreak.

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Going back to SHL Asia studio, things have slowly gotten back to  (new) normal. Our small team has been working in office with strict health protocols such controlled hygiene practice, mask usage and physical distancing. While safety and health of our staff is our top priority, at the same time we are still committed in delivering a high quality products and services for clients. Yes, it is a hard time for all of us but that does not mean we give in to the situation. We are trying our best to keep things going and do our own part to make it better.

Cheers,

SHL Asia team

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Garden of Andaz

Andaz by Hyatt is an exquisite hotel and resort chain that is infused with local destination’s culture. Each hotel is unique on its own way, with locally inspired architecture that delivers authenticity. In Bali, Andaz is located in Sanur—a mature coastal village in the southern east of the island. It is our collaboration landscape project with Ketut Suratman of Rimba Bali and the masterplan from Tierra Design Bangkok. The Garden of Andaz is the manifesto of modernity and traditional. It synergizes with the architecture design, a tropical resort getaway installed with a touch of traditional Balinese element, such as thatches roof and red bricks.

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Andaz is a newly established resort in Sanur—unlike its neighbor, Hyatt Regency Bali that have set its foot there long way before Andaz. Coming from the same client and operator, Andaz has similar nuance like Hyatt that accentuate the feel of typical Balinese resort. However with Andaz, the design has more modern approach to the overall look. Although the building inspired by Balinese architecture, it is not as heavy and rich as Hyatt thus the landscape follows. The landscape is a combination of tropical Balinese and simplistic garden.

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Simplistic garden
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Hues of greens

Despite its location by the beach, the original site of Andaz was a dense wilderness full of mature old trees and dense greeneries. These old trees were preserved to keep the lush image for its landscape. The existing trees include Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa) and Indian Jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana.) To complement the landscape even more, various kind of tropical plants are inserted, such Giant Taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos) and White Frangipani (Plumeria alba) as well as plants that are commonly found in beach area, like Seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera) and Screwpine (Pandanus tectorius.) Garden of Andaz is kept minimalist using only few colors focusing on hues of different shade of greens. SHL Asia is collaborating with Rimba Bali Garden as the landscape contractor to provide high quality plants with outstanding landscape maintenance.

An old existing Sacred Fig tree (Ficus religiosa) is part of the landscape
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Beach plant Seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera) in front of bedrooms unit.

To complete the landscape, simple artworks are placed in various areas. For example, at the lobby, we installed a water feature placed in the middle of ankle deep pool to welcome the guest. Water feature are often found in resorts to give a calming and cooling sensation to guest which come from the water sound. The artworks draw attention without overshadow the surrounding, rather to blend in with rest of the landscape.

Currently the construction work is about 95% done and is expected to open by the third quarter of this year. To ensure the quality of the work we conduct weekly supervision on site along with Rimba Bali team. Aside from that, coordination with the principal architect from Tierra Design is frequently conducted together with our weekly supervision report to avoid any misunderstanding which often happens with long distance coordination.

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Supervising with landscape contractor, Rimba Bali team.
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Walking through Garden of Andaz

With all the challenges, we managed to produce a landscape design that complements the architecture really well. The whole ambience truly vibrates a modern Balinese resort, especially when guest experience the garden of Andaz.

Cheers,

SHL Asia Team