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Current fence is not just simply as a limiting element of the home territory. Furthermore, these elements are transformed into expressions of expression homeowner lifestyles, often not even used to denote prestige or social position in society. Therefore, we now often hear the term gated community or a gated community. Of course, meant the rich people who live in the real estate environment with 24 hour security guard and was protected by a fence of course, high and intimidating people outside the community to enter into it.

Apart from the development of the fence function, of course we agree that we still need the fence, whether it is a massive fence or a fence is merely an imaginary (by arrangement landscape). Well, for that let us discuss about the appropriate materials for your home fence.

In general, the fence can be made from some of the following materials, namely metal, wood, concrete, brick, natural stone, bamboo, and plants. Each course materials have advantages and disadvantages, so stay adjust your needs to select appropriate materials.

If you want a solid fence and house? Resilient?, You can choose the materials made from metal or concrete. Both materials are fairly easy to be formed or printed to your liking, of course with the help of an expert in the manufacture or design. If your wallet is thin and still want to wear an iron material, you can use BRC iron fence with columns composed of concrete or natural stone. To prolong the life of wear, you should paint coating with iron because the material easy to rust.

Fencing material to your current home is a reflection of your personal. Therefore, make sure select materials that match the design style and your budget.

For concrete fences, you should use reinforced concrete to be more durable, especially for those who reside in the earthquake area. To soften the impression of cold and stiff, you can expose a rough acian as accents or natural stone placed on certain areas. You can also paint your concrete fence to provide a contrast effect or even soften and align the display with a fenced house. In addition, the trick to soften the concrete fences is to add a pot on a long field fence. Plants that are planted in pots will beautify and give life to your fence.

In addition to the above two materials, for you lovers of wood fence can design using this material. However you must remember the characteristics of wood, which is easily rotten, dull and burned, although you have to minimize them with clear coat on the coating surface. Some architects like effects on the dull and rotten wood, because the more natural impression material, but whether you think so? If not, you should consider the use of these materials because in addition to getting quality wood that does not cost a bit, you still have to perform regular maintenance is quite often.

Like wood, bamboo is a natural element that now often ogled by the architect. However, you must remember that the bamboo on the market usually does not last long because it is often cut is not on the season snapped. Bamboo material is easy to eat termites and powder because it has a starch content that is high enough. If you buy the bamboo that have been preserved, usually the price is quite expensive and relatively difficult for the natural preservation is by soaking it in mud on the stream of water flowing to lower levels of starch and clog pores.

However, you can try to preserve a shorter way, namely by injecting diesel fuel in each ruasnya and slathering on the base too. Well, if you choose this method, make sure you choose a skilled carpenter and diligently to ensure that this process be done perfectly. You should also select materials of bamboo with a diameter large enough so easily in the process. If your bamboo small diameter, the preservation work would require extra diligence high. Well, if this step is not possible to do, you only have a choice in how natural drying (diangin-aired) and using cut bamboo in season. However, the durability would not long so you need to do maintenance often enough.

Brick fence and natural stone you can use if they are not compatible with the materials previously reviewed yag. Actually use complementary in the sense that you can put natural stone on a brick fence partner to provide accents. In addition, you can use these elements separately, which uses only natural stone spouse or partner only uses natural stone.

For brick fences, will last longer if you install rolag brick (brick position was established) at the foot of the fence to increase the strength of the fence, especially in the earthquake area. For natural stone fence, if you use a broken andesite rock, stone or flint Karangasem (red), then you should put a fence with a sufficient thickness (> 30cm) for maximum strength. Better yet, if the stones are fitted with bottom pagian thicker than the body and head (at an angle + 15 degrees), especially if your fence is high enough (above 1.5 m).

If you respect the privacy of the environment other residents, you can use hedges or landscapes. You can combine with a low fence (max. 1 m only) or with low plant on your territory borders.

Well, now you already know the advantages and disadvantages of each material. You choose to stay fit with the environment, lifestyle … and of course with your wallet.

Valley pool villas at Komeneka Resort BaliBeberapa reviewing my article about the architecture of ‘green’ and the various ways to achieve it. Green architecture concept is in harmony with the developing tropical architecture today, combined with the nuances of modern architecture in the use of materials and new materials. In this article I include the article in the newspaper Sindo where this article related to my article about the concept of tropical architecture to the residence.

Tropical house concept is watching tropical climate in designing the house, and not have to use materials that are not through the fabrication process. However, this concept is usually close to the concept of traditional architecture, local architecture nation because we are familiar with this tropical architecture well.

Material selection is ‘green’ or green, not merely on material obtained directly from nature, but rather the building materials are in the process did not get a lot of waste, for example. Besides material ‘green’ also on the ease of getting material in the local scale. For example there is somewhere a lot cheaper bricks, it will be more ‘green’ rather than bring in the wood material through a process of moving (transport) with vehicles that produce more pollution. Other ways such as using old materials is also a way to become more ‘green’.

in newspaper sindo March 1, 2009
SERBA WOOD: Many of the elements that can represent nature in your home, such as wood. In order for a residential feel more natural, cultivated selected furniture using wood materials.

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Examples of environmentally friendly designs use traditional local materials

JIKAAnda to build a house, or meredekorasi partly rebuilt, perhaps you could consider the design of environmentally friendly residential or green architectural house.

Actually, the concept of eco-friendly homes with the concept of nature or natural home. The use of materials such as wood or bamboo can be very thick. “To build environmentally friendly houses can be started from the roof. You can use the sun roof, thereby reducing electricity consumption, “said Andi Haryadi architect.

You can use solar panels on the roof of the house by using technology called thin filmtriple-junction amorphous silicon. These solar cells shaped like tile and can be installed as tiles in general, and then paired to power your home. Any material that is friendly for the construction of the house? According to architect Hindarto Probo on its website, environmentally friendly material has some reservations.

The first requirement is, non-toxic materials, both before and after digunakan.Selanjutnya, can connect us with nature. That is, can you closer to nature because of the natural impression materials brick tersebut.Misalnya will remind you of earth, wood, and trees. In addition, the material substance can easily decompose naturally. “Materials are entered on the above criteria include: bricks, cement, natural stone, local ceramics, wood, and so on,” said the Probo.

Floor material selection, for example. You can select the material that can direcycle. “Bamboo can also be environmentally friendly floors. Or if you want to use wood, oak is very strong and durable, “called Andi. If you want to coat the floor with carpet, there is now a carpet using materials that can direcycle. For any furniture you can choose environmentally friendly. Suppose you want to buy a seat on the kayu.Pastikan you buy a company that does cut-planting again.

You can do a search on the internet before deciding to buy something. The kitchen, which is the most active space is the place most in need of attention when you wanted to design rumahdengankonsepramahlingkungan. “Put it in a pot herb in one corner kitchen naturalnya more Anda.Jadi impression was,” Andi advice.

For the bedroom, as a replacement air conditioner or air conditioning, you can install a large window that will provide air circulation in the room. Do not forget the additional ventilation holes on the window. The same is true in the living room and other rooms in your house. That way, you can be more energy efficient. “If you really want to use the concept of environmentally friendly residential, real easy. You do not need stuff baru.Anda can use the old stuff and modify it myself, “said Andi.

“For example, if you have damaged goods, like bicycles or electronic device, you can make it into a display of creativity cantik.Modalnya only. In this way, ‘junk’ can return useful to you, “he said.

BUILDING a house in stages would have consequences. Especially for those who use the concept of gradual develop horizontally house. During the funding is not yet available, would still be visible the empty land.

Do not let the vacant land that has not woke up that make your house like a house that had just unloaded.?? If the land is left untreated, can-can he turn into a useless pile of goods.

Obviously, you need to also design the utilization of unused land in the development of home design. Now, how do you make use of land or vacant space is let more productive and meaningful?

Many ways to deal with that unused space does not ruin the appearance of the house that you grew up design. The easiest way is to build a park on land that was empty. “More fresh than idle land,” says architect Probo Hindarto. Park could certainly bring a refreshing green atmosphere for residents. Park also can maintain the health of the occupants, because the park could facilitate air circulation.

But keep in mind, the land used for growing home garden is a temporary land. Because the park was not forever, then the model should be simple garden. Which also must not be forgotten, the plants should be provided is the kind that does not impede forward planning, such as plants that also functions as a guardrail. Or you buy a plant that is packed in polybag. Because, you also need to think about land use in the years ahead.

Strive to make the park fund as simple as it is not too much. Although the park will be displaced by future development plans, the function of the park must remain optimal. Residents should also be able to move the plants that have been packaged semi-permanent.

To beautify the park, you can also build a fish pond as needed. But, again, you need to consider also its effectiveness, because it makes permanent ponds also going in vain, if eventually be dismantled.
In addition to the park, another option is to make the garage. But to design this vehicle stable, you should strive to be integrated with the main house and plan to grow the entire house.

Imagine a bright tropical house, that is comfortable with shade. Shading devices like louvers is often used as secondary skin. Secondary skin concept for tropical houses has become popular Lately. This concept blends with modern architecture concept by complementing a considerable solution to deal with tropical climate, which also has an aesthetic value.

What is secondary skin concept

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You might have read or know from TV shows about ‘secondary skin concept’ or second-layer wall of a building. This concept is originated from an analogy; house as a human skin.

Biologically, human skin has, to protect human from many danger, virus, disease, and other thread outside the human body. Skin has a function to manage a relationship between body and outside the body. For example, if it is too hot, human skin will about them by keeping temperatures stable, for example sweat.

Human also has a way to about them to an external condition for example, by using clothes. There are clothes for hot weather, cold weather, etc.. Clothes can be made to fit our comfort.

In architecture, it is Known The concept of building as human skin, that has a function to protect the human body. Building can be designed, to fit tropical climate, from heat and rain, and from other climate related environmental condition.

‘Secondary skin concept was derived from analogy of human skin and clothes, and this concept can be used whenever one layer of building’ skin ‘is not quite enough to deal with climate impact.

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Sketch by Probo Hindarto

In the above sketch that I made, I describe one concept of secondary skin. Human inside a room is isolated by the Wall and glass. Wood louvers act as ‘secondary skin’ to hold heat direct from the sun to directly enter the room. So in this example, heat will not directly enter the glass wall.

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Photo by Samoke (Eko Wahyu, SAMM). House design by Kamil Ridwan
The house is using thousands of bottles for secondary skin.

To apply secondary skin at home

To apply secondary skin concept it is important not to be mistaken with creating building ornaments, because usually, house facade will look more aesthetic than using just a single wall.

Many houses and more tropical skin secondary use concept. this is because tropical houses need more advanced concept than just a single wall concept. to apply secondary concept for Your Skin home consider these points;

When designing, observe the surrounding houses. are they comfortable enough? In terms of water freshness. humidity, etc. If you feel that it is not really fresh and comfortable, consider to use secondary skin for your future home.

If your house is already been built, see if there is a possibility that you could better the level of water and natural light comfort by adding secondary skin.

In houses of tropical areas, most secondary skin for buildings are made of wood louvers, steel, or other materials. One unique example is one house that was designed by Ridwan Kamil using bottles as secondary Skin. Other materials like bamboo, recycled materials, glass, etc can be used innovatively

Level of human comfort in tropical areas is quite specific. Consider some rather dark room is comfortable. How much natural light can get in to a room is one of play considerations beside water flow, humidity etc. Nowadays, often ate glass materials being used. The impact is higher temperature levels.

The use of secondary skin is quite similar to being below the shadow of a tree. You can imagine that being under the shadow of trees when the sun shine very hot is very comfortable.

Modern architecture does not have its development in Indonesia, because, as other architectural styles imported from western countries, this force into Indonesia as the impact of globalization. Modern architectural styles emerged as an international force has enough similarities in all places, all the countries. At least, the modern style rooms still carry the function as a starting point design. In Indonesia, a modern style which is seen as the force is also a function of the design starting point.

Modern style is a simple style, clean, functional, stylish, trendy, up-to-date related to the modern lifestyle that is rapidly growing. Modern lifestyle is supported by advances in technology, where many things that previously could not be made and obtained became available to many people.

In the modern lifestyle, the people in it tend to like things that are easy and fast, because various industrial tools generated for human convenience. The nature of the modern lifestyle is a demand to move and do things more quickly, which is supported by technology and industrialization. Technology developed to make work and everyday life more quickly and easily, such as the development of information technology that allows people to communicate using a telephone and a computer sort.

Quality and speed became essential to the modern lifestyle, so there is a tendency to see the value of objects based on the large number of functions or object function, and based on compliance with the demanding lifestyle of fast-paced, easy and functional.

In architecture, modern lifestyle impact to the desire to have a simple structure, clean and functional, as a symbol of the modern spirit. However, this kind of lifestyle is only partially owned by the community alone, especially those located in big cities, where living the lifestyle demands more quickly, functional and efficient.

In Indonesia, modern style which is applied sometimes still have aesthetic elements that brought the classic or ethnic style, while others have met a pure modern design rules. Is still often heard the term modern classic architecture, modern architecture ethnic, modern traditional architecture, modern bali architecture, and so on. In Indonesia, there is a tendency to include elements of traditional ornaments that make it a category of ambiguous architecture, whether modern or postmodern?

To call the modern style of ornate as a pure modern style is not the right thing, after all, the process of developing this style does not happen in Indonesia. To call it a postmodern style, moreover, in Indonesia, even this term tends to be avoided to avoid the lack of fahaman society. So the style of modern architecture in Indonesia will emerge as a distinctive style of “Modern Indonesia” with the following characteristics:

q Have great attention to the function space, the pattern of activity obtained from residents
q Have great attention to building materials that are used to obtain final results (aesthetic) desired
q Having a machine analogy in the structuring and developing spaces
Avoiding q ornaments (if pure modern style), or use ornaments (if postmodern, or given such frills: ethnic modern architecture, modern Balinese architecture, etc.)
q Simplifying forms and details of ornamentation and the removal of ‘unnecessary’ wishes as far as designers (or the owner of the building)