Hospitality / Menteng, Jakarta / 2022
Jakarta Boutique Hotel
Eighteen rooms in a 1930s colonial villa, where the heritage listing that made the property valuable also made it nearly unusable.
- Scope
- Full interior, 18 keys, public areas
- Area
- 1,140 sqm
- Duration
- 16 months
- Listing
- Grade II heritage, facade and structure
01
Problem
- 01 Corridors 220mm below egress width
- 02 No compliant bathroom in any room
- 03 Twelve of eighteen keys without daylight
02
Design Approach
Removing the unprotected 1960s light-well infill restored the 1930s courtyard, released three further keys and gave twelve rooms a window. Original terrazzo and the main stair stay exposed; new work is legibly new — rattan, lime plaster and blackened steel held clear of protected fabric.
03
Result
Before
- to heritage consent, from a prior refusal
- 11 weeks to heritage consent, from a prior refusal
- compliant keys, business case intact
- 18 compliant keys, business case intact
- rooms with genuine daylight
- 6 to 12 rooms with genuine daylight
- courtyard restored to the original plan
- 1930s courtyard restored to the original plan
“The previous team fought the listing for nine months. Ruang Rasa spent a week asking what it actually protected, and the answer gave us the whole scheme.”
Consent in eleven weeks, and a courtyard nobody knew was there.