SWEPT OFF THE GROUND

Villa Rumah Fajar, architect Maximilian Jencquel’s residence in Ubud, borrows a modest yet luxurious aesthetic from its thriving natural environs

- SAKSHI RAI

Maximilian Jencquel, founder of boutique practice Studio Jencquel, wanted his home to echo his love for vernacular Indonesian architecture. Perched along a hillside in a quaint village in southern Bali, the nearly 4,300 sq ft Villa Rumah Fajar employs local materials and celebrates native Balinese design sensibilities in a contemporary manner. In fact, the structure of a traditional gathering ground for villagers called bale agung or ‘great pavilion’ is what inspired its raised and open layout.