Eastin Hotel & Residences Hanoi

For us, each project is exciting when we relate our design to its site. We must identify its two realms; the heavens, which symbolizes sun, rain, wind, moon, and weather; and the earth, which symbolizes geology, landscape, trees, and land contours. Through the heavens and the earth, we are able to explore the realm and dream of its possibilities.

LLA: What requirements must your project meet in order for you to call it successful after its completion?

Uira: Our requirements are simple; for the clients to have an enhanced lifestyle, for the building to exist and integrate with nature, and for it to be made right on time within the right resources.

LLA: What are your most favorite and most challenging aspects of your work?

Uira: My favorite and most challenging part of my work is collaborating with people from different backgrounds and methods. We always strive for our distinctive signature style with every project. Through collaboration, we have another level of design development, which results in unique innovations. This partnership carries us to the end of the project, where we can accurately execute our design on site.

LLA: How do you see the evolution of the architecture and design industry in the next few years?

Uira: Everything and everyone is connected nowadays. Trends, technology, and lifestyle are constantly evolving and intermixing. In the next few years, architecture and design will have fusion and styles due to “mixed culture” and globalized world.

LLA: What are your emotions about Artalenta becoming the winner of Luxury Lifestyle Awards?

Uira: I have an obsession with representing Bali and Indonesia with our masterpieces on the International design stage. I feel delighted, excited, and very proud of winning the Luxury Lifestyle Award. This award is a celebration for Artalenta and Indonesia.

LLA: What is the best advice you have ever received? What advice can you give to young architects and designers?

Uira: Young Architects and Designers should constantly outsmart their peers as they maintain control, all the while making the most of their independent style of thinking. With this, they can achieve any goal they apply themselves to.

And as for the latest brilliant quote that I have was from Blaise Pascal: “Thought constitutes the greatness of man. Man is a reed, the feeblest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.”

LLA: Mr. Uira, thank you for your time.