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Karma Kandara Phase VI

Architecture

Hospitality & Hotel Design

Concept / Professional Category

Architect / Designer:

Marcelo Spina, Georgina Huljich, Sanghyun Suh, Camilla Sanchez Caprille

Studio:

Patterns

Design Team:

Marcelo Spina, Georgina Huljich, Sanghyun Suh, Camila Sanchez Caprile

Copyright:

Patterns

Country:

Indonesia

Karma Kandara, situated along the cliffs of Uluwatu in Bali, exemplifies a refined synthesis of architecture, culture, and landscape, offering a luxury hospitality experience intrinsically attuned to its geographical and cultural context. The resort’s terraced configuration responds to the site’s natural topography, optimizing spatial privacy and choreographed transitions between spaces. Communal amenities—including a signature restaurant, an infinity-edge pool, and a wellness spa—are positioned to foster moments of both collective interaction and intimate retreat.

The recently developed Phase VI introduces a range of new accommodations, including apartments, penthouses, and townhouse-style villas. These are organized around a vibrant courtyard anchored by a flowing pool, swim-up bar, and open-air restaurant, establishing a central hub of activity within the resort. The architectural language of Karma Kandara continues to evolve while remaining rooted in Balinese vernacular traditions, with careful attention to form, spatial sequence, and material expression.

Cultural richness permeates the project through the incorporation of traditional craftsmanship, wellness rituals, and curated events, deepening the experiential quality for guests. Karma Kandara reimagines luxury not simply as comfort and exclusivity but as a richly layered and contextually grounded experience—setting a distinctive precedent for boutique hospitality in Bali’s iconic Uluwatu region.

Patterns

We bring a critical and progressive approach to projects across scales, agendas, and geographies, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form, emerging technologies, and contemporary aesthetics.
PATTERNS is an award-winning and innovation-driven architectural practice led by Argentinian-American partners Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina. The firm brings a critical and progressive approach to projects across scales, agendas, and geographies, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form, emerging technologies, and uncanny aesthetics. Based in Los Angeles, PATTERNS takes advantage of the city’s decidedly global stance and idiosyncratic identity to create equally engaging and speculative architectural projects that operate beyond their functionality to become civic and cultural landmarks in the city and larger the public realm.