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Spacial Magazine

Oasis of Light and Sound

By: Ondřej Elsner Photo: Mojmír Bureš
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In her glass art instal­la­tion for the St. Reg­is Jakar­ta, up-and-com­ing design­er Petra Junová mate­ri­al­ized the mag­i­cal atmos­phere of tran­quil­i­ty, light, music and move­ment. In midst of a bump­tious metrop­o­lis, it makes the lux­u­ri­ous hotel lob­by into a har­mo­nious oasis for contemplation.

Wel­come to Indone­sia, wel­come to Jakar­ta. Wel­come to the cap­i­tal city of an island nation where life beats fast. Find its pulse, suck in the trop­i­cal air and plunge into the city’s hus­tle and bus­tle, where the sto­ries of tens of mil­lions of peo­ple unfold on the back­drop of the pris­tine Javanese coastline. 

Let your­self be tak­en in by the wild green­ery and the urban jun­gle, and take in the hot air of sun­ny days, as well as the cool breezes of long nights spent in good com­pa­ny. Taste exot­ic fruit and go with the hec­tic flow. Expe­ri­ence the cul­ture, get edu­cat­ed, dis­cov­er the unex­pect­ed, and take an adven­ture for once. Bet­ter buck­le in for a wild ride on this eclec­tic roller­coast­er full of sights, sounds and fra­grances – Indone­sia always leaves a last­ing impression.

Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound

And when the time comes to slow down, just sit back and take stock of the unique expe­ri­ences you nev­er thought you’d have. For any trav­el­er, the hotel sym­bol­izes a tem­po­rary home, a place where one is well tak­en care of, and where one can find sanc­tu­ary and a safe haven. A high-qual­i­ty hotel also works through all your sens­es and pro­vides the per­fect atmos­phere for con­tem­pla­tion, giv­ing you some down­time to take a step back, sort your thoughts, and make your expe­ri­ences stay with you forever.

Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound

Czech glass is the cen­ter­piece for the St. Reg­is Jakarta’s design con­cept. The mon­u­men­tal light instal­la­tions from Nový Bor show off their per­fect sculp­tur­al aes­thet­ics while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly pro­vid­ing an inno­v­a­tive meld­ing of light, sound and motion. The kinet­ic instal­la­tion Sound of Light organ­i­cal­ly dances in the rhythm of the music com­posed by mae­stro Andi Rianto. Thanks to design­er Petra Junová, the piano tones come alive as a pal­pa­ble sym­pho­ny of shapes and light effects. Spend­ing just a few moments in its pres­ence is enough to trans­port you to a calmer, more serene world.

Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
The Hotel St. Reg­is Jakar­ta allows peo­ple to set out in search of adven­ture time and time again. The frag­ile, aethe­re­al beau­ty of the lob­by sculp­ture is the prod­uct of Czech spe­cial­ists who devel­oped every­thing – from pro­duc­ing the glass, through installing elec­tric­i­ty and pro­gram­ming. The biggest chal­lenge was the dif­fi­cult elec­tron­ic sys­tem, because it was nec­es­sary to run the func­tion­al cables into each indi­vid­ual com­po­nent of the sub­tle glass struc­ture in a way which would make them invis­i­ble to the visitors.

“The glass sculp­ture in the lob­by of the St. Reg­is Jakar­ta con­sists of 1192 com­po­nents made of Czech crys­tal glass.”

Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
The intense expe­ri­ence of a refined jazz club is made mag­i­cal by the mys­te­ri­ous, atmos­pher­ic light which emanates from the glass instal­la­tion in the form of sax­o­phone pads above the main bar. It makes the bar the glow­ing heart of the entire space, where myr­i­ad stim­uli can min­gle to the rhythm of jazz.
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
The intense expe­ri­ence of a refined jazz club is made mag­i­cal by the mys­te­ri­ous, atmos­pher­ic light which emanates from the glass instal­la­tion in the form of sax­o­phone pads above the main bar. It makes the bar the glow­ing heart of the entire space, where myr­i­ad stim­uli can min­gle to the rhythm of jazz.

“I enjoy watch­ing strange, unusu­al, nat­ur­al, and phys­i­cal phe­nom­e­na. And I love work­ing them into my designs.”

Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound

 


Petra Junová is Lasvit Senior Design­er. She stud­ied at Mendel Uni­ver­si­ty in Brno, Czech Repub­lic and the Uni­ver­si­tat Politèc­ni­ca de Valèn­cia, Spain. Petra finds inspi­ra­tion for her work among peo­ple and in the cul­tures and cus­toms of the coun­tries where she works. In her “glass” port­fo­lio, we find high­ly artis­tic projects like the Chan­gi Air­port in Sin­ga­pore, the Eco­park in Hanoi, Icon Siam Shop­ping Mall in Bangkok or the Elite Pavil­ion Suites in Kuala Lumpur.

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Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
The Hotel St. Regis Jakarta allows people to set out in search of adventure time and time again. The fragile, aethereal beauty of the lobby sculpture is the product of Czech specialists who developed everything – from producing the glass, through installing electricity and programming. The biggest challenge was the difficult electronic system, because it was necessary to run the functional cables into each individual component of the subtle glass structure in a way which would make them invisible to the visitors.
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
We find the unique presence of Czech glassmaking also in other parts of the hotel. Lasvit designer Martin Gallo pays homage to Indonesia’s volcanic relief in his installation in the dance hall, measuring a full forty meters across. The dramatic landscape born of volcano eruptions symbolically resonates with the materiality of glass, which also forms in temperatures extreme enough to melt rock. Another unique and custom-made gem is the central Java Jazz St. Regis Jakarta bar and club.
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound
The intense experience of a refined jazz club is made magical by the mysterious, atmospheric light which emanates from the glass installation in the form of saxophone pads above the main bar. It makes the bar the glowing heart of the entire space, where myriad stimuli can mingle to the rhythm of jazz.
Lasvit Spacial Magazine: Oasis of Light and Sound

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