Villa Isola in Bandung by Charles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker

Villa Isola is one of the most significant art-deco buildings in Bandung on the campus of the University of Education. designed by the Dutch architect Charles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker. The construction of Villa Isola went remarkably fast. The building was constructed within six months, it was began in October 1932 and completed in March 1933.

Bandung is famous amongst architecture lovers for its remarkable collection of colonial era buildings. This building was designed as the home of a colonial media magnate. This towering art-deco mansion remains to be Bandung’s most outstanding contribution to world architecture. This many-storied building exemplifies modern design with its graceful curves and slender, elegant appearance. It is still occupied but anyone can wander into the campus and view the structure.

The main entrance is located at the middle of the north facade shaded by a concrete-made canopy arch supported only by one pillar. Interior of the first floor consists of a lobby with a twisted staircase to the second floor, and a family room. A large window in a half-circled curve shape decorates the family room completed with an open balcony and steel bars, where the view of Bandung city can be observed especially at night. The family room is also equipped with a circular shape of toilet.

On the second floor, a master bedroom is located at the middle of the building and is facing to the south, connected by two corridors to the west and to the east open terraces. Besides as connecting halls to the terraces, the west and east corridor axes function as “pipelines” to regulate air in the room, isolating the thermal condition of the tropical climate. Hence, the bedroom has a room temperature during the hot sunny days.

The third floor consists of guest rooms and an entertainment room (a bar). Due to difference in height between the north and the south sides, the south side has an extra floor. The fourth floor in the south was mainly used for service area. Integrating service area inside a house was new at that time, because all of the colonial residential houses always separated service rooms with the main house.

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