{"id":477850,"date":"2025-12-29T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/477850\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:53:15","slug":"alexis-dornier-references-moonraker-concept-art-for-villa-omah-prana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/477850\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis Dornier references Moonraker concept art for Villa Omah Prana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architect Alexis Dornier<\/a> referenced concept sketches for a James Bond film to create Villa Omah Prana, a doughnut-shaped house<\/a> in Bali<\/a> that gives each space views out over the surrounding forest.<\/p>\n

Located in the highlands of Payangan, the 475-square-metre circular home is organised around a raised brick planter at its heart, while the perimeter is wrapped by a walkway shaded by the eaves of a large wooden-shingle roof.<\/p>\n

Dornier<\/a> found an unlikely source of inspiration for Villa Omah Prana’s form in the concept art of the space station in the 1970s James Bond film Moonraker.<\/p>\n

\"Ring-shapedAlexis Dornier has created a ring-shaped villa in Bali<\/p>\n

“The project follows one clear idea: a ring-shaped plan that places all rooms along the perimeter, orienting them toward the surrounding landscape,” said Alexis Dornier.<\/p>\n

“Some of the curvature and the atmosphere reference early Ken Adam sketches for Moonraker \u2013 especially the clarity of a bold geometric move and the way space can feel choreographed without being theatrical,” he added.<\/p>\n

“The geometry behaves almost like ripples expanding from one moment of impact \u2013 simple, readable, and consistent.”<\/p>\n

\"VillaIt is organised around a raised brick planter<\/p>\n

The ring-shaped plan of Villa Omah Prana has been kept one-room deep, with internal spaces sandwiched between the villa’s perimeter walkway and a ring-shaped corridor that surrounds the large brick planter at its centre.<\/p>\n

Bedrooms occupy more sealed, air-conditioned spaces that face outward, while the open-plan living, dining and kitchen area leads out to both a curved pool and terrace on the home’s northeastern edge and to the internal courtyard.<\/p>\n

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Alexis Dornier designs Birdhouses resort in Bali to “blend into nature”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Dornier looked to Bali’s rich tradition of weaving for the villa’s walls, the dark brickwork of which has been laid in a herringbone pattern and incorporates perforated sections that filter light from the courtyard into the bedrooms.<\/p>\n

Above, the courtyard’s ceiling is clad in timber planks that follow the home’s circular form, sloping gently downwards towards a central lightwell that allows natural light and rainfall into the planter.<\/p>\n

\"Herringbone-patternThe brick walls are laid in a herringbone pattern<\/p>\n

In Villa Omah Prana’s living space, a counter, dining table and seating area have all been organised on radial axes, with furniture and carpentry finished in pale timber.<\/p>\n

“Brickwork laid in herringbone patterns, interlaced wall textures, and subtle geometric motifs reinterpret local craft in a contemporary way,” said Dornier.<\/p>\n

“These details add tactility and depth without overwhelming the architecture. The house invites close inspection; it is rich in detail but remains calm and grounded,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"VillaThe living area opens onto a terrace and the internal courtyard<\/p>\n

Originally born in Germany, Dornier<\/a> moved his studio to Bali in 2013. The studio has since completed many projects in the area, including a trio of stilted guesthouses in the rainforest<\/a> that look out over the surrounding treetops.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Bali, MORQ and Studio Wenden recently completed the Further Hotel<\/a> and Sheila Man transformed her own Bali home into a design-led guesthouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by KIE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Architect Alexis Dornier referenced concept sketches for a James Bond film to create Villa Omah Prana, a doughnut-shaped…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":477851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[216483,648,1032,10002,1033,171,6029,9996,216482,25017,92915,92916,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-477850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-alexis-dornier","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-bali","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-houses","15":"tag-indonesia","16":"tag-indonesian-houses","17":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","18":"tag-sectionall","19":"tag-sectionarchitecture","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115803429643135103","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}