Flounderville Home Improvement

Simple, easy maintenance, full of light, and energy efficient. Feature of modern house and the friendly tropical environment is what brought the young couple to his home in the area of Bandung, West Java, this. Purple and paintings used as an accent that makes the room feel warm.

Initially, the couple Prasetya Andri Gunawan Rahardja and Asti, do not choose a particular concept when creating their home. “But it has twice built, fall-fall definitely into more minimalist style,” said Asti about their homes in the area Setra Duta, Bandung.

As a result, to house 180 square meters two-storey, according to Ir. Subarkah wisdom, the architect, was built with a simple style that adopts the modern tropics, namely the traditional architecture adapted to tropical climates and developed according to the needs of modern public life.

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The modern concept is evident from the existence of tropical tritisan, ie the roof that overhangs the area beyond the wall. The benefit to condition outside air before entering the house. Thus, air entering the house could be more cool.

Door and window glass is made wide so that the house was comfortable and energy efficient. “So that light can enter the room. Room was bright and cool all day,” said Hikmat.

Independent of the sun coming through the large window are felt in the living room. The paintings and the work of the hostess with the nuances of purple couch adorned this room. “If you buy a painting, right, expensive. Mending filled with painting itself,” said the mother of two children who have their own studio to distribute his hobby.

In the living room is a room for a private library. Openness and the relationship between space makes the circulation seemed to flow from front to back until the floor above. Libraries become a favorite room for Asti who exploited to relax and read a collection of architecture books. Library equipped with a ladder that can be shifted to make it easier to find books in the cupboard above. Asti is also displaying a collection of glasses from his travels around the country.

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Purple Walls
Modern re-painted tropical atmosphere in the dining room that is visible from the library. A dining table with four chairs and a wall of purple dominated the room. Looks elegant and warm. There was not much furniture in this room, simple and easy to care. “We wear the color purple, to make it look bright,” said Hikmat.

Behind the dining room, family room where there are watching television. Not many knick-knacks in this room, there was only a sofa, TV table, and paintings. Simple and straightforward. Go to the top floor, there is a den, bathroom, two rooms for children that are full of knacks adorned with typical children, and one main room.

The emergence of the purple color, more wisdom, made the atmosphere more lively. “Besides describing or solitary contemplation. The atmosphere was also felt comfortable, not too classical. The room had become more established in terms of color, furniture. While the paintings, wood colors, representing the tropical modern home. Invisibility of tasty and balanced, right,” Wisdom pointed out who founded 12 Akitek along with fellow Ginanjar Ramdhani.

Simple & Functional

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1. Colors in a room is very influential to the emotional and physical condition.
2. Purple have a character full of strength, feminine, graceful and warm.
3. Purple is also close to the spiritual atmosphere of the magical, mystical, mysterious, and capable of attracting attention. That’s why this color is widely used by the nobility.
4. Tropical modern house make the room as required, smoothly flowing layout, furniture arrangement simple, functional, and easy maintenance.

In Other, Other Overseas
Use the glass window can be opened, not a dead window. Because, if the window to die, meaning you can not open it so that air will not enter circulation.

For the glass outside the room, select the material for a good frame of ironwood or teak. Because frames are always affected by weather changes. If you do not use good materials, will quickly become brittle and crack.

If the budget is not enough, there is a wood substitute material that is strong enough, one of which is aluminum, PVC, UPVC and others. Finishing was already diverse, living adjust the budget.

Apply the concept of eco-friendly with efficiency of water use and the use of junk? Why not!
1. Use waste wood as the floor in the room furniture, building materials used, and tools used to build the bathroom of the house.

2. Water management in order to use efficiently enough. For example by replacing the bath with shower and shower gun in the toilet.

Photo: Ahmad Fadillah / Nova and Eng Naphtali / Nova

3. Making rainwater for watering gardens and wells to increase groundwater recharge.

4. Notice also the household waste disposal planning. For example, create waste tanks before the water flowed out.

Our country is a tropical country. How lucky for tropical style interior space adapted to deliver more value. Good open space and an atmosphere that utilizes the natural surrounding make a comfortable shelter.

Tropical-style dwelling is actually very easy to implement. Because the various elements have not pegged on a single theme. Wood and other natural materials is a key element or the companion that can appear in every space.

Choose from woven water hyacinth furniture, banana midrib or reeds. Pernik carving or ethnic accessories so-so biting in that space. Do not forget some of the modern themes can be juxtaposed.

Brick walls are not allowed to appear diaci and texture raises the impression of natural. Utilization of the porch or corridor can be created either in front or behind the house. Window or door is wide opening that utilizes cross-Ventilation. Air and light well. Park or the rest of the pages are decorated with plants throughout the season that has brightly colored flowers or fruit.

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Because it consists of two seasons, many tropical elements for faster occupancy is damaged or faded. Maintenance is not difficult, but orderly. Repetition painting, filling, or repair of furniture needs to be done especially after going through a season.