The latest addition to Desa Potato Head is being designed in partnership with David Gianotten at OMA and opens to the public on 15 July.
Created as more than a place to stay, it is a creative centre with spaces dedicated to sustainability, cultural immersion and the arts. Potato Head Studios is the key part of the Desa (village in Indonesia), 10 years in the making and designed to re-shape how people experience hospitality.
Every experience on offer at Potato Head Studios has been carefully crafted by the community, for the community. Among them are sustainability workshops for adults and children at Sustainism Lab, Potato Head’s own streaming station, Headstream, which is set to broadcast talks and music programs from local artists and rising stars 12 hours a day, and Studio Eksotika – a curated library, listening lounge and co-working centre on the mezzanine floor.
The entire building is fitted-out with local, sustainable materials, as well as art pieces, ceramics, textiles and basketry from small-scale makers on the island. They wrap around a vast creative courtyard which leads to an amphitheatre for modern and traditional arts, a palm-lined swimming pool and, eventually, the sand, surf and sensational sunsets of Petitenget Beach.
