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In these modern times, where daily life is much influenced by modern culture, we can listen to a trend that started a lot of architecture present in residential buildings, namely ethnic style trends. In etymology (language), ethnic populations with a common meaning in the culture, the ancestors or certain habits. In this case, ethnic architectural style is to adopt the local culture of Indonesia. These days we often find a house or housing design that carries ‘ethnic style’ as the prime force.

What is ethnic styles?
What trends include ethnic styles? Balinese architectural styles including the popular ethnic styles. This is not surprising, because Bali is a pleasant tourist destination and famous, and have the scenery, resorts and facilities are looking for refreshing many people. Bali always remind us of the resort, recreation, resorts, beaches and virgin forests with unique social life.

Trends in other ethnic styles such as Java-style, as well as local styles such as the home stage of Borneo, Sumatra, Papua and other regions have shapes and special ornaments that can make our home more unique. Trends in ethnic style is already experiencing a shift from the traditional style of the real in our society. If we include modern people with modern lifestyles, we tend to use design with a modern design approach.

What kind of modern design in homes that? Well, first I want to compare it with the traditional home design. Have you recall, you probably never go to a place in the village and visit the house that looks traditional enough? Usually houses still adhere didesa customs in managing the home. Such as the living room to the front, the kitchen should be behind. Marquee welcomed visitors who came to the house. This is called the hierarchy, or sequence of spaces that are always used by homes whose residents still adhere to customs.

The houses are designed with ‘approach’ typically modern hierarchies no longer hold as traditional houses, even the arrangement of the space is free. Spaces constructed only when needed, and there is no obligation placed on the spaces where. The kitchen could be in front, behind the bedroom could own, not the bathroom to hide, even become part of modern lifestyle.

In modern home design; kitchen could be in the front of the house
Because the principle of ‘form follows function’, a cool expressed as a ‘form follow function’ expressed by renowned modern architect Louis Sullivan, the kitchen can be the front house, because the choice of the occupants of the house. Modern lifestyle that requires rapid, practical and functional allows things like; kitchen should be in front. Imagine a situation: for example you are all busy families. The father had to work, her mother worked too, the kids busy school or college. So the morning is the most busy time, and the breakfast had to be made quickly, so that finally placed in front of the kitchen.

This is just one example of how the modern lifestyle now can affect the way we live and ultimately affect the design of our homes. Actually, many other examples, such as starting a lot of people no longer need a living room, because the land the house is narrow and they rarely receive visitors.

Adopting ethnic style in a modern house
Ethnic style later adopted in homes today as a style of architecture, such as ‘Java-style house’, ‘Bali-style house’, and so on. This means; arrangement and design of house plans are still adhering to the needs of modern life (space-space functionally arranged, simple, and follow the requirements), while adopting the style of a traditional house; that a new genre emerged in residential architecture, ie, house ethnic style

Ethnic-themed furniture, which is unique in our house.
(photo; Probo Hindarto, astudio)

Ethnic-themed statues like this can also be a very interesting elements to beautify our homes.
(photo; Probo Hindarto, astudio)

Ethnic style does not have to appear in full in the residence. Many people think; display accessories and ornaments ethnic-themed home decorations also support an ethnic style. For example, we happen to have a minimalist style house, and when we walk in Borneo, we find an ethnic-style statues that seemed interesting. Then we were bought and displayed in our house minimalist, this means we’ve tried to integrate ethnic styles with a modern style. Various accessories and ethnic-style jewelry are now widely seen, such as ethnic-style paintings, statues ethnic theme, such as statues of Java, Asmat statue, and so on. Also fabric elements, such as batik, traditional fabrics can also be used as an accent, for example, put it in place of a painting, or used as a tablecloth, put on the back of the chair as an accent, and so on.

Ethnic style even more profound, can be applied to the ornament or decoration of the house. For example we like ornaments or decorations on a typical wood Sumatra, and then we apply it to the wood of our homes, as in lisplank (wood under the roof), timber on the porch supports, and so on. Ornaments or decorations can be applied more freely.

Conformity with the modern lifestyle
Does ethnic style with modern life? Actually, if we sort out these ethnic styles back from the daily life in the homeland, of course, quite appropriate, we use ethnic style. The reason is because we are still people in Indonesia are proud of our tradition. Shows that we are still ‘the Indonesia’, although we have a modern enough.

Vases like this, which still has a ‘sense of ethnic’ can be combined with the sweet with the modern-style house
(photo; Iyal Fahri, SAMM)

This means we are still happy and has the identity as an Indonesian. Moreover, we do not have to wear ethnic style ‘heavy’ is not it? The things that light-light just as a unique decorative painting themed ethnic or ethnic-themed sculpture could be a very interesting display in a room in our house, like the foyer, living room, bedrooms, and so on.