Cantilevered concrete house with floor-to-ceiling glass, a warm-lit living room and an infinity pool among trees
Spaces that shape a brighter tomorrow

Architecturethat liveswith you

We design meaningful spaces that balance people, place, and purpose.

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Our approach

People.Place.Possibility.

Architecture for a more connected and considered world.

Philosophy

Our philosophy

We believe architecture should feel inevitable — rooted in its landscape, honest in its materials, and generous to the people who live within it. We design slowly, so it can be lived in for generations.

How we design

Sketchto space.

  1. Every project begins by hand: walking the site, reading sun, wind and slope, and drawing the first lines that hold the idea.

  2. We test form, light and proportion in physical models, turning the drawing into something you can walk around.

  3. Materials are chosen for how they age — board-formed concrete, teak louvres and natural stone, detailed with care.

  4. The finished building settles into its landscape: quiet, durable and ready to be lived in.

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01

Sketch

Every project begins by hand: walking the site, reading sun, wind and slope, and drawing the first lines that hold the idea.

White study model of the house with its stacked volumes and deep roof slabs
02

Model

We test form, light and proportion in physical models, turning the drawing into something you can walk around.

Perforated concrete screen above vertical timber louvres and a stone-paved terrace
  • Board-formed concrete
  • Teak louvres
  • Natural stone
03

Detail

Materials are chosen for how they age — board-formed concrete, teak louvres and natural stone, detailed with care.

Completed house glowing at dusk beneath a large tree
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Space

The finished building settles into its landscape: quiet, durable and ready to be lived in.

Selected works

Built withrestraint.

All Projects
Cliff House: white cantilevered house with an infinity pool

Cliff House

UluwatuResidential2025
Olive Courtyard: white house with terraces around a pool

Olive Courtyard

JakartaResidential2024
Black Ridge Retreat: dark timber facade with tall glazing

Black Ridge Retreat

KintamaniHospitality2024
Teras Office: open workspace with concrete ceiling and full-height glass

Teras Office

JakartaCommercial2023
Sawah Villa: low pavilion with a deep flat roof over a long pool

Sawah Villa

UbudHospitality2023
Lantern Pavilion: glowing pavilion and pool at sunset over the hills

Lantern Pavilion

CangguHospitality2022
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Our services

From conceptto completion.

We offer a full range of architectural services tailored to your goals and context.

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01

Architecture Design

New buildings conceived from site, climate and the way you live, from first sketch to completed construction.

  • Site analysis & concept design
  • Design development
  • Construction documents
  • Site supervision
Concrete and timber house facade with a planted forecourt
02

Interior Design

Interiors that continue the architecture: calm material palettes, built-in joinery and considered light.

  • Spatial planning
  • Joinery & furniture design
  • Lighting concepts
  • Material & finish schedules
Minimal living room with a low white sofa and soft daylight
03

Masterplanning

Long-term frameworks for resorts, estates and mixed-use sites that protect the landscape and guide phased growth.

  • Site & context studies
  • Land-use & phasing plans
  • Massing studies
  • Design guidelines
Architect drawing plans by hand on a studio table
04

Renovations & Extensions

Careful additions and transformations that respect what exists and give it a longer life.

  • Condition & feasibility review
  • Extension design
  • Adaptive reuse
  • Permit & construction drawings
Timber-clad extension added to a white house
05

Landscape Design

Gardens, courtyards and water designed with the building, so inside and outside read as one.

  • Planting design
  • Courtyards & terraces
  • Pools & water features
  • Hardscape detailing
Layered tropical garden with ferns and mature trees
Studio in numbers
15
Years of practice
120+
Built projects
18
Awards & publications
4
Countries
Architect sketching plans on a studio table among drawings and model-making tools
The studio

Drawn by hand,built to last.

ARSA is an architecture studio working from Jakarta and Bali. For fifteen years we have designed homes, workplaces and places to stay that are calm, durable and closely tied to their sites.

Every project is developed by hand — in sketches, physical models and long conversations on site — before a single line becomes concrete and timber.

  • Portrait of the founder and principal architect
    Founder & Principal Architect
  • Portrait of the design director
    Design Director
  • Portrait of the interior architect
    Interior Architect
  • Portrait of the project architect
    Project Architect
Recognition

Quietlyrecognised.

  • IAI AwardCliff House2025
  • Architizer A+ AwardsOlive Courtyard2024
  • Dezeen Awards longlistBlack Ridge Retreat2024
  • ArchDaily featureTeras Office2023
Journal

Notes from the studio.

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Concrete house glowing with warm interior light at dusk beside its pool
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