Thursday, January 8, 2009

Architecture Traditional of Java

Identical Traditional House with Moderation of Life

House is the place or man shade of outside nature. The principle House is to protect our life that’s being ready to be in it. The base principal making house made by life is being, especially man. Initially man forms house with a real simple form, that is with bamboo and wood as construction overall of house and applies fiber of palm tree roof or other natural material. In the development, man adapts with technology progress, so that form of house becomes more modernly with multifarious form and has exclusive character.
If we peep at in small rural areas or towns, which there is in every state, traditional house or form of local house still applied as dwelling. Unconsciously human life style comes from house community condition. The man who live in traditional house usually identical with simple life, they intention making more account at social scope more than thinking of importance to feather nest x'self. Told simple because they life doesn't major earthly and form of the house not luxuriant, but enough as the shelter for interaction with all of family.
Moderation of life and social character is nation culture that must be developed, so that this thing can be realized as law norms moving forward state to be more onward and grows. Identical nation culture characteristic with traditional locality of settlement scope must still be taken care of the placing and doesn't close possibility to developed in the case of idea and progress of technology supporting development of ability of skill from life router children in this world.

House of Limasan is used for Wayang Kulit event

“Wayang Kulit” is a traditional art of Indonesia that comes from Central Java. Wayang Kulit usually performed at traditional events. Picture under this was a wayang kulit performed, that’s in “Limasan" building (the traditional Javanese house). This was a celebration of event " Nyadran", that was an event of grave cleanness before celebration of Ramadan done by Islam is implemented. Celebration of this Nyadran is an event of custom in memory and prays for ancestor that has died. Javanese Islam celebrates it as the beginning of part to request tuition and forgiving to God. This “Wayang Kulit” performed is in countryside Betro, Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia. Event of this custom every year is performed that omissions of historic culture still grow during which will come. This culture is human life philosophy told by world Khayangan act. This culture must be developed beca use having life morals that can become an example lesson for generation of nation router. That’s performance was performs in “limas an” house (the traditional central Javanese house).










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Substitution liquefied petroleum gas of Kerosene for urban peoples in Indonesian

Earth oil fuel increasingly beco mes thin. Our world has experiences crisis petroleum energy. Usage of fuel in this world is very inefficiency, especially fuel consumption at vehicle and household requirement. The Indonesian Government tries lessons this dissipation of energy by changing household fuel from kerosene becomes liquefied petroleum gas. This attempt expected able to lessen usage extravagance of petroleum is kerosene. This liquefied petroleum gas were given freely urban peoples public which having earnings under mean. Capacities of each tube can be estimated is enough for small family during one month. If this thing can succeed, hence can lessen dissipation of energy. A problem hereinafter is reduction of usage at vehicle. The Various solutions was still be studied by expert team. Possibly all state in the world can give the solution, especially the advance nations which has successfully process to the public becomes more economically about extravagance awareness of this energy.


Batik Clothes From Jogjakarta

This clothes we called “kebaya” and used at certain events. This clothes development from Javanese traditional clothes. These clothes often applied at the nuptials event or another traditional event. The famous of batik pattern because of has an ethnic taste. Bringharjo market in the first floor is sell much of batik clothes. This place at Jogjakarta city, Indonesia.

Economical of Energy by the Traditional ways

Many ways to improve the economize petroleum energy. The Middle people give us a simple way. They remain us to apply firewood as the main component of burning to cook.



The Epicenter of Jogjakarta Earthquake After Two Years Elapses

This image is taken at the epicenter of Jogjakarta Earthquake. We can see the retaining wall at this river getting broken because of that's earthquake. Until know the Indonesian government didn’t repairs this retaining wall at the river. Based on research, this epicenter is located under the river. We call this river estuary ace river “The Combats" or “tempuran”, the meaning is the meeting of two great river passing the Jogjakarta town, that is river "Opak" and river ….. This place reminds us at the violence of our nature which cannot be estimated by the man. This thing maybe because of much oil from our earth is taken considerably extravagant so that friction of generates violence train at ground plate.

Sendang at Ratu Boko Temple

This was amazing place at Ratu boko Temple. Ratu Boko is the temple which is located near Prambanan temple and the situation above the rocky mountain. But upper this coral reef has a clear wellspring. The history is telling about this sendang. This is the place for meditation and the place for empire family bath. The History is telling us, which are the place yore is sloping plain towards south sea. At the development, long time ago an earthquake resulting surface of rising sea become pull up and becomes a hilly in town south coast coastal Jogjakarta area. this place is cultural pledge and in protecting by government of Indonesia.











Design of Chair -Midnight Blue chair-

Balmy Chair and respects to be looked is hungering for everyone when someone sits over there. Simple design with form of modern minimalist is the idea taken away from classical art deco chairs models. In Java, Indonesia is recognized by the name of "jenky" chair. Form of arch at boom accommodates position of hand when the chair is used. Seat shoulder made to be hefty so that impressed assertive and is simple. Stainless steel material is a combination trap with gum and timber is idea to makes strengthening the chair character. The Character every material express function from every part of chair. At shoulder side applies rubber bearing as backbone buffer and skeleton stainless steel gives strong impression and steady. This design idea gives example to us, which can learning as of flange for towards modern era of vital is importance, because development of design will become more beautifully to be enjoyed.














Java Art Craft

Yogyakarta Batik Crafting of Indonesian usually is done in to the silk cloth. The batik workers also make this batik painting by using "malam" for wood material. This is one of example from crafting in the form of the wall decoration from wood material that given batik paintings ornament with natural coloration. The equal process to making batik cloth is by using "malam" as making of path form of painting and dipping process into color paint repeatedly. This Culture has been there since former epoch and preserved again at this moment. Usually wood material used ligneous "Sengon Wood", "Randu Wood" or "Teak Wood"

Minimalist Old Fashion Windows Design

Minimalist old windows in Vredenburg castle at Jogjakarta's city in Indonesia was build by Netherlands government when they colonize Indonesia. From the detail of design, we can learn about minimalist character with cheap cost, cheap material and simple design of windows. This large windows use by solid teak wood with paint color to be cover it. This design learn us to thinks more about minimalist design character in this era. We can study about minimalist design use for the function, not just for build entertainer minimalist buildings, but we can learn the building function from all accessories of building details until the building space character. The detail from this windows has a great idea with big strong hinges use for, so that will make safely building from the outside. Because the function of this building is for defense building from enemies.

Helmut Huang Painting at V-Art Gallery

"At the Party", Representing theme of fine arts exhibition at anniversary of V-Art Gallery cafĂ© Yogyakarta, Indonesia (19 April 2008 - 5 May 2008) which is Second. Congeniality “party" is the spirit of job, brightening up in yielding swan song. Helmut Huang is one of Indonesian painting actor present his masterpiece with expression of woman body slammed in the darkness. He inscribes this painting with oil in canvas 90x120cm with the title “Gust". A lot of expression poured in the form of the spirit and gladness for their masterpiece at this artistic exhibition.


Joglo House at Muntilan City of Jogjakarta

I take this photograph in rural of Muntilan area, Jogjakarta. This building is not dwelt. If we look from the architecture side, this traditional building is a mixture building type between traditional with modern colonial taste. The traditional Joglo building which is original, applies wood solid wall and the ornament used woodcarving. While this building applies a brick wall and ornament iron as the console. Permanent building scale geometry of proportional and seen respects. Mixing of this building type model estimated steps into Indonesia when a period of colonization Netherlands colonial. Because has a same high culture, hence the change doesn't experience a distortion to destroying the tradition. The beauty of Joglo building lays in settled condition of proportional form, construction systems of stable wood and depth space can be applied kinds of function. Other excess, this building can be collaboration with other notching like a minimalist house model or contemporary. When this building has been collaboration, this is remain to be well established at its form typical and increasingly gives positive energy at overall of the building.

Wood Structure

The traditional house structure has a great structure, the structure using wood construction. Why become like this, because a long time ago an earthquakes disaster came to Java. Peoples believed the wood construction can't makes broken house structure. Long time a go, all of structure is build from wood material likes teak wood, Sonokeling, jackfruit wood and another wood with great fiber. The construction has a great stabilization structure, because the rigid structure is not in foundation but in upper (coloum, beam and roof structure). With this system, when vibration cames, the upper building construction can follow the earth, of course with great foundation in every column with sand as vibrating damper.





The Temple Near The Kalasan and Prambanan Temple

This temple is near the Prambanan and Kalasan Temple at Jogjakarta city of Indonesia. Much people doesn't know this temple was in there, because of the place was in the rural center space. This temple is a Hindu temple. This temple has more than 10x20 metre size with 10 until 15 metre high. I can't understand, why this temple has been build over there. I think this is a journey of two big temple between temples Borobudur and Prambanan. I think much more temple between two temples will be found, if we learn about the temple of Java. I don't know the name of this temple. Did everyone know???....please telling me..

Toraja Tradisional House

This is a maket of traditional houses from Toraja, Indonesia. If we look..this was great house from wood construction. The real houses has a function for residential house and the place for keeping rice. This building has combination of colors and this is same as with the real house at Toraja. All of colors is a natural colors without fabrication paint colors. Thats gift us point of view of the houses.


















The Modern houses of Joglo

This image is a house of Joglo, traditional houses from Java, Indonesia, which has been restored and renewed by merging new material with stripper material. This building comes from Wonosari, Gunung Kidul, Jogjakarta Indonesia. This house has been changes for the function becomes a meeting room when re-build by buyers in Jogjakarta city at Kaliurang street km-22. House of Joglo has amazing stability structure because they has a symmetrical column combine with double beam (blandar, sundhuk kili and Tumpang sari) as the main structure. This building becomes a famous because all of construction has an ideology from the Javanese culture function for this life. This building is under protected by Indonesian Government and a Heritage building, not for sale to other countries.











The Traditional House of Limasan House

Limasan is the naming of traditional Java house custom, Especially Central Java, East Java and some areas in West Java and north coast coastal area and south. There is also at Bali and Madura, they having the same notching with different main construction systems. This “Limasan” house has a simple form. The word of "limasan" is taken away from the word "Lima-Lasan", namely of calculation criteria usage simple: "molo" 3 metre and "blandar" 5 metre. However if "molo" 10 metre, hence "blandar" must use measure 15 metre ("limasan" = Fifteen = 15). The differentiated is just from the construction system which can be unloaded tide without destroying the house. This house becomes a unique with the knockdown systems as the fascination. This thing because of this house uses wood construction as the main construction systems.

The simple form modestly makes this limasan house has neutral degree, the intention of this house usually owned by the people from low class until the high class. All kinds of ornament details and additions function of materials make the difference character and unmated level.

Teak wood usually is used as the main component for making the Limasan house. Teak wood is believed to be the very strong wood with the great fiber wood and has along age to. Teak wood which has an old age is a great to be the main construction of the house. Besides of teak wood, also is met ligneous of jackfruit wood, acacia wood and Sonokeling wood applied as main construction or the filler construction.

limasan house has some kinds of types. Actually type this seen from the roof notching experiencing increase and reduction. This type embosoms entirety from parts of this house maker, which is foundation, column, beam, roof structure and roof cover or cladding. The types of Limasan house is:

1. Traditional House of Limasan Lawakan
2. Traditional House of Limasan Gajah Ngombe
3. Traditional House of Limasan Gajah Njerum
4. Traditional House of Limasan Apitan
5. Traditional House of Limasan Klabang Nyander
6. Traditional House of Limasan Pacul Gowang
7. Traditional House of Limasan Gajah Mungkur
8. Traditional House of Limasan Cere Gancet
9. Traditional House of Limasan Apitan Pengapit
10. Traditional House of Limasan Lambang Teplok
11. Traditional House of Limasan Semar Tinandhu
12. Traditional House of Limasan Trajumas Lambang Gantung
13. Traditional House of Limasan Trajumas
14. Traditional House of Limasan Apitan
15. Traditional House of Limasan Trajumas Lawakan
16. Traditional House of Limasan Sinom Lambang Gantung Rangka Kutuk Ngambang





Clay Roof for Traditional House of Java -Limasan House-

This image is a traditional roof from Java Housing "Limasan house". The material is from clay and finish by traditional oven; we call "Tobong". We call this roof as "Genteng Kripik ". This roof is very thin and to arrest burden which too heavy and not rain waterproof. When the rain comes, pervasive water cans inside to the pore of roof material, so this roof seen wet if it is seen from under. This roof still applied in countryside’s in Java Island. Excess of this roof can damp the temperature so that space under it remains to be cold when the summer season. This roof made by the way of traditional culture, that is by the way of manual in print and press it in the both sides, and then put in under the sun until drought, then will be burned in hot stove reaching 200-500 degree of Celsius. This roof can use at the tropical houses or the villas who has traditional architecture concept design.





Beam, Column and Roof Construction at The Traditional House -Limasan-

This image is telling us to learn how the wood beams works in the traditional house building construction. Beam in java language we call “Blandar”. This structure has a function to make rigid structure system for all construction, combine with the foundation, sloof, coloum, beam and roof structure. The traditional house from java likes Limasan house and Joglo house is modified by wood structure construction. Wood that is usually used likes teak wood, Sonokeling, acacia wood, Jackfruit wood, Coconut wood and other Java wood. This wood type is differentiating the economics level peoples in Java. Peoples with have good economics level, usually will apply teak wood as component of the house, while the peoples with crummy economics will apply coconut wood as the house construction.

This image is from Limasan house structure. The construction material is from teak wood. Strength of construction lays in the joining systems. Them meeting between extensions column, the beams and roof structure is made with the systems that is each other locks, so that burden structure flattens and in focusing on prop columns. The key for strength construction of wood is at the wood fibers. Increasingly fiber solid wood from wood type applied, so the construction gains strength. This Construction character is more elastically than concrete structure. On the happening of shocking like earthquake, this structure still can stands up because of flexed the following gravitation of earth. This traditional structure ought to still be used for areas which earthquake disaster gristle, but because of this modern style, so this building structure starts to be leaved.



















The Detail of Traditional Roof Structure from Java -Limasan house-

This roof structure we call "Ganja". The joint construction for roof structure to shore up a "bubungan". This was a knockdown structure from teak wood structure construction.

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