Svara Boutique Residences by Mazari: the design of a private retreat
Arched terraces, sunken lounges and locally crafted furnishings give Svara’s 29 private residences in Bali a domestic character, with kitchens and living rooms opening directly onto planted pool areas.
The distance between a kitchen, a sofa and a pool can say a great deal about how a holiday residence is meant to be inhabited. At Svara Boutique Residences by Mazari, these spaces sit in close proximity, connected by a few steps, generous glazed openings and terraces where built-in seating offers another place to gather. Daily activities unfold within this compact arrangement, giving the residences a domestic scale that carries through their architecture and furnishings.
Located in Bingin, in Bali’s Uluwatu area, Svara sits within walking distance of cafés and the beach, placing guests close to the neighbourhood’s everyday activity. Within the compound, private pool terraces and planted outdoor spaces create a quieter setting, giving the residences a sense of seclusion despite their central location. The collection comprises 29 residences with one, two or three bedrooms, each equipped with a kitchen and supported by shared hospitality and wellness facilities. This arrangement allows guests to occupy their own spaces independently, with services available nearby, and gives the design a clear starting point: rooms must accommodate the ordinary routines of living as well as the expectations of a temporary stay.
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Svara Boutique Residences by Mazari:
A connected sequence of living spaces
Across the residences, pale surfaces and rounded openings establish a consistent architectural language, with arches appearing in glazed doorways, covered terraces and smaller wall recesses. Their repetition links spaces of different scales, from the opening that frames a pool to the niche holding a ceramic vessel above an outdoor bench.
The deeper arches accommodate places to sit, giving the motif a spatial purpose. Beside the pools, cushioned seating occupies sheltered alcoves whose enclosing walls create a sense of intimacy, even with the terrace open to the sky. Tropical planting gathers around these areas, bringing foliage close to the furniture and casting irregular shadows over the otherwise restrained surfaces.
Full-height glazing keeps these outdoor spaces visually connected to the interiors, and curtains provide an adjustable layer of enclosure along the openings. The pool remains part of the view from the living areas, extending the perceived depth of the room and keeping water and greenery present within its everyday setting.
Inside the two- and three-bedroom villas pictured, changes in floor level organise the shared spaces, with lounges positioned a few steps below the kitchen and dining areas. Seating follows the perimeter of the lower floor, establishing a gathering place whose boundaries are legible from elsewhere in the room.
This arrangement gives each activity its own position within a continuous volume: meals take place on the raised level, conversation gathers around the lower seating, and movement between the two remains open. The steps also alter the perspective from the sofa, where the surrounding floor edge adds enclosure to an otherwise connected interior.
Materials that carry through the rooms
A restrained palette brings the surfaces and furnishings into close visual relation, allowing differences in texture to provide much of the variation. Limestone lines interior walls, accompanied by terrazzo and marble-like engineered stone, which appears on dining tables, bedside tables and coffee tables.
The recurrence of these materials at different scales gives the rooms continuity, as finishes associated with the architecture reappear on objects used throughout the day. Teakwood adds warmer tones through furniture and fixtures across both indoor and outdoor areas, with its selection also informed by durability in Bali’s tropical climate.
Cabinetry and timber furniture sit alongside pale upholstery and woven elements, creating interiors whose detail becomes apparent through grain, surface and construction. In the bedrooms, timber shelves and bedside tables bring this material language closer to the bed, where textiles introduce softer textures.
Indonesian craftsmanship adds specific connections to place. Pottery is handmade in Lombok, paintings come from an artist based in Ubud, and cushions and throws are custom-made in Bali with hand-dyed fabrics and hand-stitched details. Distributed throughout the residences, these pieces bring individual workmanship into rooms with a consistent overall palette.
Their placement is closely connected to the architecture. A wall of rectangular recesses in the three-bedroom villa accommodates ceramics around the television, giving display a substantial presence within the lounge, and smaller niches above poolside seating carry the same attention to objects outdoors. The bathrooms continue the palette through pale surfaces, rounded mirrors and brass fittings, with recessed shower shelves, timber elements and woven accessories extending details found elsewhere in the residences.
Living with light and planting
Lighting introduces another expression of craft through shades made from rope, dried banana leaves, bamboo and rattan, complemented by brass fixtures finished in custom tones. Suspended above tables or positioned beside beds, these materials add texture at different heights and influence the character of the rooms after dark.
During the day, glazed openings admit sunlight that moves over the floors and seating, with curtains, window frames and nearby foliage contributing layers of shadow. The pale interiors make these changes readily visible, allowing light to become part of their visual detail.
Outside, tropical planting places a denser texture against the architecture, surrounding seating areas and bringing greenery into views from the rooms. Svara’s domestic character develops through these relationships between enclosure and openness, furniture and floor levels, materials and everyday use. The architecture gives familiar activities a clear place, and the proximity of terraces, pools and planting extends those activities beyond the interior.
