Yoka Sara is an architect of great versatility. He visits a proposed site at different times of day: early morning, afternoon and evening to gather a feel for its special characteristics, moods and elements. The residence we present you today was built according to the same principles. It is located in Jimbaran, a fishing village and tourist resort in Bali, Indonesia and it represents one of the most ravishing dwellings we have ever seen. The great diversity of Yoka Sara’s designs comes from his principle of finding the uniqueness of each project — by immersion in the landscape of the site to discover its natural energies, and by engaging deeply with the client — to establish the character that gives each project its particular feel. Once the client’s specifications and the constraints of the land are determined, there is a space in the process for flight of the imagination — the inspiration known in Balinese as taksu. According to Yoka Sara, this must be unrestrained. He believes that, properly conceived, there will be “a strong thread” that unifies the interaction of spaces with the surroundings through conceptual clarity.
