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Ayana Komodo Resort

WATG Pioneers Design of First Five-Star Resort on Flores Island, Indonesia

At a glance

Ayana Komodo Resort is a 192-guestroom, 13-suite five-star resort at Waecicu Beach on Flores Island, Indonesia, designed by WATG’s Architecture + Design Consultancy studio and the first five-star resort built on the island. Set above a marine lagoon with a rooftop lobby offering 180-degree views of the Flores Sea, the architecture draws from the Manggarai Mountain range, local Batik patterns, and the form of the Komodo dragon, whose scaled body and curved silhouette directly informed the tessellated facade and balcony edges of the guest wing.

Project Data

Location: Waecicu Beach, Indonesia
Asia Pacific

Size: 1.4 hectare site
192 guestrooms
13 suites
420 square-meter spa

Services: Architecture + Design Consultancy

With stunning 180-degree views of the calming Flores Sea, guests are greeted at a rooftop lobby area, where one of the hotel’s three cozy bars can be found bathed in a golden glow every evening. Located in a lagoon with extraordinary marine life and pristine white beaches, the design ensures visitors feel truly immersed in the lush natural surroundings.

The area’s rich cultural and ecological landscape has shaped WATG’s design for the resort. Inspired by the rugged Manggarai Mountain range, and abundance of local materials and traditional Batik patterns, the design creates an informed identity for the hotel.

Notably the largest land reptile in the world, the Komodo Dragon’s power, and gripping body inspired the architecture of the guest wing. The guest wing is expressed as a single curved form with repeating tessellated surfaces and balcony edges which are abstracted from the body and skin of the famed reptile.

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