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.

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’.

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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.

Valley pool villas at Komeneka Resort Bali
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.

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.

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.

modern minimalist house secondary skin
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 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)

wall to the house built as a barrier between outer space and space in, so that became the patron saint of weather disturbances, and the surrounding environment. Function also as a divider between rooms so that clear areas of each room, such as living room separated by a bedroom, separate kitchen with family room. One type of wall is the best known red brick wall. Another type of brick walls, concrete blocks, gypsum, and other partitions.

Red brick walls are made of red brick with a species mix tape. The size of the red brick is:

Brick size = 4 x 11 x 20 cm
Bata small size = 3 x 7 x 13

Frame placed before the walls were plastered

Electrical equipment should be installed before the walls were plastered

In the installation, this wall must be installed one by one the bricks and held together with species. At the corner of the wall should be given recognition in the form of concrete columns, with the distance between the columns are commonly used 3-meter distance. In Dutch times, often the building does not use the column, but using a brick structure that larger dimensions so that they can take the weight and style of the brick wall.

For the installation of brick walls, the meter price per unit is calculated based on material and labor required. For example we have to make the brick wall of 9 square meters area, then we count only once per meter, and then multiplied by the brick wall area.

Now, in addition to beautify your pergola with an attractive design, other things you need to consider is the plants that you use to mempercantiknya. Well, we’ll discuss it one by one to provide enough inspiration for you.

In the aspect of design, first we will discuss the materials used in the application. Metal is a very popular material used because of the nature of good durability. In addition to durable, options and profile shapes encountered pemanisnya accents on the market. Currently you can easily order on the manufacturer blacksmith, both from planning to installation in the field. This is because they already have a design sample that had been done. You can request a combination of existing design in a sample without having to mess around in the design process.

Metal pergola design is generally offered in three basic choices, which is flat (relatively small angle), curves, and the triangle (such as gable). The first and second choices are commonly ordered by customers with a variety of development. Manufacturers usually provide a choice of wrought iron material, usually iron, and stainless steel. If you like the application of color and texture uniqueness, wrought iron can be selected with various applications pemanisnya accent. To further reinforce tempanya accent, should you choose finishing metal or metallic colors, such as copper. Securities finishing pergola will make you more antique look beside you can mempercantiknya with accents combination natural sweeteners (eg vines) are widely available in the market.

Pergola with wrought-iron material is very popular in the market. This is of course because of its durability and flexibility are increasingly diverse forms only.

Well, other wrought iron, the other also with ordinary iron. Because the characters are plain surface, accented in dark dof (not glossy) is more suitable for displaying elegant impression, especially if your home modern minimalist style. However, this does not close you are to explore possibilities with other colors that you are interested. You can harmonize the color of the pergola with the dominant color in your home, or just make a contrast with the color accent quite striking, whether it is with dof or glossy texture (shiny).

If you choose to use a regular iron, textured dark dof pergola will make you look more attractive. To be more alive, you can hang a flower pot that had become the pergola.

In addition to metal, you can also use wood as raw material makers pergola. Wood was chosen because many natural accentuated in your home. In addition, wood materials will make the mood of the room becomes warmer, as well as the surrounding landscape areas. Natural color of wood without a finish is sometimes used to emphasize character more naturalnya.

However, the wood has decayed and easy nature dull. You can avoid this by doing the painting or coating with politur and MELAMIC. In addition, you should cover your pergola with a transparent material, such as fiberglass and polycarbonate. This aims to minimize the contact area with the water timber, whether it is during the rainy season and at the time of watering vines that often wrapped around the pergola.

Pergola wood is very popular because it is more impressive warm and natural. However, the price of the pergola is quite expensive, especially if you use good quality wood.

To design, you should use board size (15-20cm wide) to expose this material to maximum. At the ends of the boards can be finished with a variety of curved or straight left just enough. Closer spacing will provide timber wood accent strong enough, unfortunately you have to spend quite a lot of money. This can set the distance disiasati with a wooden match optimal working landscape, for example at a distance of 50-100cm. Actually you can still add the distance landscape composition (due to the nature of light wood), though the farther the distance, the aesthetic effect of the pergola to be reduced.

To provide maximum durability, we recommend that you use good quality wood. Once we are still easy to get the type of wood and ironwood steel for exterior use. Yet with the demand very much, finally logging into the supply lines cut this material. With the depletion of forests and loss of local wood varieties, eventually this type of wood is now protected and may not be out of Borneo. To replace this type of wood, you can use this type of bangkirai, Kempas, or kruing. You can also use coconut boards (Glugu) Sulawesi, Kalimantan timber instead. Sulawesi Glugu claimed the retailer does not lose to the timber in Kalimantan due to the Java timber shipments have experienced extreme drying in the metal container.

To plant pelingkup pergola, you can use pasiflora (Passiflora sp.), Alamanda (Allamanda cathartica) or stefanot (Stephanotis floribunda). This type of vines quickly adapt to the planting medium that is suitable for planting by beginners. If you want other vines, the wine can be an option but other flowering vines such as jasmine, tiger nails red flowers, bougainvillea or a rose hedge. However, make sure you are diligent to water and provide fertilizer for the vines of your choice.

If you want to get your pergola overgrown plants instantly. You can hang potted plants are so into your pergola. Of course, if you are good at flower arranging, you have no trouble mixing-match suspension plants you choose. Of course now you have a complete picture of the pergola that fit your personality, to live when you want to make. Well, why not now?

In the example above, the colors used are bright colors with bold color scheme, which range in colors of “hot” red, orange and yellow. Apparently, these colors blend well with green vegetation there, and cause a charming mix.

These colors, has a bold impression that can be associated with the element of youth and vitality. If you are including someone with a young age, or who have a high morale in the work or skill, these colors might be appropriate for the character shown in the color design of your home.

Natural colors of green in the afternoon with the help of sunlight can appear bright and colored perpaduannya with wall paint color. But be careful in choosing colors this summer, select from the pleasant shades for eyes, and possibly, avoid this color on the wall to the east or west of the sun directly, because it can increase the brightness.