Villa Tangga in Canggu Bali was completed in late 2009. It was built as a place for entertainment for a repatriating Indonesian who spent many years in Los Angeles. It draws from temple architecture as well as the “Villa Malaparte” in Capri. It is a contemporary Asian-island house encompassing a series of platforms and decks that allow the house to grow up into the hill. The architecture is consciously making an effort to differentiate itself from the typical pastiche of recent Balinese buildings at the same time anchor its roots in Asia. It suggests contemporary island lifestyle which today’s Bali affords and in turn is a reflection of the client and his cultural diversity. A series of grassed steps resembling rice paddy fields and a grand stair resembling temple steps are used to integrate and position the villa into its site. Natural light is used to guide the dweller through the house and up to the roof where panoramic views and Bali sunset can be seen. In contrast to the main villa, an outhouse grows out from the hill to house the staff quarters, forming a kind of “little brother”. These two parts bind the immediate landscape into a cohesive master plan on a large one acre site.