Bungaya Village Community Centre

"Architecture is about trying to make the world a little bit more like our dreams"

- Bjarke Ingels

Humanitarian Designs - Asia

Bungaya Community Centre

Project Description

The Bungaya Community Center provides over 4000 villagers with a community center that features a library, kitchen, restroom and open pavilion, bale. The project is located in Bungaya Village in eastern Bali, Indonesia and will consist of two construction phases with the library building in phase one and the bale in phase two. The library gives villagers in a very poor area access to the books and tools necessary to learn and read english in a tourism driven country. Bungaya Community Center empowers a community while providing a sanctuary for traditional rituals and ceremonies.

After completion of the community center, it has since been used for communal events, educational seminars, and as an evacuation center during two volcanic eruptions, a tsunami and an earthquake. During these natural disasters, the community center provided a temporary school for 7 villages and temporary housing for 14 people. As one of the only accessible buildings in the area, the community center has been a pivotal resource for the area.

Project Information

LOCATION: Bungaya, Bali, Indonesia
CLIENT: Puspadi Bali
SITE AREA: 3,381 SF
LIBRARY AREA: 469 SF
BALE AREA: 1,024 SF
KITCHEN & RESTROOM AREA: 234 SF
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS:
Bali Discovery Newspaper, April 2017
Australian Library Association, June 2017

Project Role

Project Manager & Designer

Project Responsibilities

Procurement of a partnership with a new non-profit organization, Puspadi Bali, with quality humanitarian projects.
Research into culturally and environmentally important elements that need to be implemented into the project.
Research into the local and regional building codes if any are applicable and the building materials available within budget and accessible to the site.
Coordination with international clients and team members across four countries for project implementation and fundraising.
Project deliverables from yield analysis to constructions evaluation.
Opening ceremony for the library completion and discussion with the Bali Architecture University Dean and students regarding the importance and applicability of accessible design standards.