#hillside-architecture

#hillside-architecture

Steep hillsides usually spell trouble for architects, but Alexis Dornier saw opportunity where others might see obstacles. His Villa Boë sits on one of the most challenging plots in Lombok's Tampah Hills development, where the ground drops away at angles that would make most builders nervous. Instead of fighting the slope, Dornier built with it, creating a house that climbs the hillside like it was always meant to be there.

Villa Boë, designed by Alexis Dornier, occupies a steep hillside plot in the Tampah Hills development on Lombok, Indonesia. Its position at one of the highest points of the site required a vertical approach to program and form, resulting in a house that merges into the terrain while retaining a strong architectural presence. The project unfolds as a sequence of stacked volumes that follow the contours of the slope.