Vana’s geometrically symmetrical structure cuts through the lush surroundings with a pensive glow, creating an all-consuming harmony. A healthy atmosphere can be felt from the main entrance, Kira, with a distinctive oval-shaped water body in the center. Here, a bamboo ceiling provides the protagonist’s energy, with ash veneers separating the library. Expansive windows connect indoors and outdoors, immersing Vana in a fascinating play of shadow and light. Inside, hidden in corners and rooms like elusive thoughts, the lighting by Angus Hutchison, a British lighting designer based in Thailand, catches the eye. It is brought to life by innovative natural materials such as silkworm cocoons, rattan, mulberry bark and sea kelp. A similar playfulness can be seen in ceramic tableware. Vana’s vast open space architecture is dotted with more than 500 works of art by Siraj and his Saxena. Using a variety of creative materials such as metal mesh, bamboo, ceramic, acrylic, and oil on canvas and paper, Saxena’s fluid art “creates a void for chaos.”
In all shapes, forms and sizes, through design, architecture, treatments, nature and farms, Vana’s generosity lingers long after your stay. It is an attempt to change one’s lifestyle without making overly righteous commitments.
