Javanese House Research Articles

Exploring Joglo’s Translocation as an Effort in Conserving Indonesian Vernacular Architecture (Case Study of Griya Joglo in Kampoeng Djawi)

Many efforts are made to maintain the existence of Joglo. Broadly speaking, the Javanese house can be divided into five types, namely the Panggang-pe, the Kampung, the Limasan, the Tajug and the Joglo. Initially, the Joglo is a house owned only by respected people, such as the nobles or a king. But over time, the mention of Joglo itself refers to all forms of Javanese vernacular buildings in general. Due to the costs of maintenance, many Joglo was eventually traded and then translocated to a new place for business purposes as found in Kampong Djawi Wonosalam. The objective of this paper is to describe qualitatively the phenomenon of Joglo’s translocation which is increasingly happening in Jawa. Using the Griya Joglo of Kampong Djawi as the case study, the findings show that the transformation has been happened not only in the appearance physically due to the translocation process but also the sense of the place due to its new role. Assessment results reveal important outcomes that conservation of vernacular architecture in Indonesia now has entering a new paradigm as well as an option in conserving vernacular building ex-situcally.

Tinjauan Filosofis Pembuatan Rumah Berdasarkan Adat Islam Jawa

Javanese moslem traditions are to have many perspectives among moslem majority in Indonesia. There some traditions which are considered as deviating from Islamic laws. Meanwhile, some people want to guide that the tradition has a meaning associated in the Javanese moslem community such as Islamic architecture for houses. This study is going to elaborate Islamic architecture associated with Javanese traditions. It uses descriptive method to understanding the object. The results show that Javanese moslem community represents understanding Islam as metaphysical things; collaboration between Islam and Java generates an understanding behavior of human life; and Islamic architecture of javanese houses represents devinity and harmony.

The Sundanese and Javanese House Local Wisdom to Respond to the Climate Changes

Climate change affects the ongoing seasons, including the season displacement, the out-indoor thermal comfort, building usage, healthy space and the confusion in the building – infrastructure execution schedule. However, in a place like West Java or Middle of Java that condition do not work out because some local customs, tradition and nature condition give difference and specific characteristics (uniqueness) called Local Wisdom. Climate change also influences three elements in architectural discipline. There are nature as a place that influences the building, building in nature as human product to fulfill human necessity, and human as designer and user or occupant of the nature. Therefore, it is better not to oppose the climate change but to obey and fill the pursuit because those elements are linked to each other. Those reasons made author interested to do the research especially in Sundanese and Javanese traditional houses. The research objective is to proof the hypothesis that local wisdom influences the climate change in certain zone condition. The discussion referred to some theory like Lippsmeier’s and Triharso’s theories. The descriptive, qualitative, casuistic methodology used in this research. Results showed that adaptation endurance to climate change was possible through maintenance-preservation and conservation the traditional house as local wisdom and teaching the occupant to maintain together. The result become an architectural product and will be continued as new hypothesis in the next research.

Empowering traditional house for future noise control based on sound frequency propagation

Geographical altitude represents tropical environment in Indonesia where the different wind acceleration effects the noise control. The traditional house was designed in the past when the noise was limited in the rural area, and it is changed into the noisy environment in urban space and will potentially be critical in the future. The aim of this study is to evaluate the existing traditional building noise and to upgrade its performance for empowering the future adaptation. The real-time analyzer for sound level meter was fixed in occupant reference height in order to examine the frequency bands effect. MATLAB coding is also conducted in order to evaluate the noise propagation performance. The traditional Javanese houses are the representative case of Indonesia tropical building in both lowland and highland regions. The results are highlighted that by distance and wood or bamboo wall, the sound pressure level is reduced to 20 dB and 15 dB for lowland and highland, respectively. For higher measured frequencies, more than 1 kHz, the road noise gives the major influence to the noise propagation. Meanwhile, the lowest frequency transmission, 125 Hz, has the highest consequence on the noise propagation in the road, but less in the room. It will be the consideration on empowering the local material by its coefficient selection in the future design. The traditional wall has low composite transmission loss; it can reduce insufficient rate.

Architecture of Soko Wolu Traditional House in Dusun Cemorosewu - Magetan

Traditional houses in Indonesia have become silent witnesses of how life in the past wascarried out and its influence on the order of life of the people at that time. Likewise with thetraditional Javanese houses of the community of dusun Cemorosewu - Magetan, which havethe characteristics and functionally have specific aims and objectives that influence the processof establishing the building. This study is expected to provide a benefit in the form of thedevelopment of knowledge related to traditional houses in general which can be applied inbuilding architecture. The method used in this writing is descriptive method with non randomsampling technique, which is purposive sampling (purposive sampling technique).From the discussion, it can be seen that the traditional house in dusun Cemorosewu only hastwo clusters, namely griya wingking with dhapur limasan and griya pawon with dhapurkampong where griya pawon is always on the left either the wingking house faces north orsouth. The supporting structure of the roof of the house is supported by 8 (eight) poles so thatit is often referred to as omah soko wolu. Walls are made of split stone and zinc roofing andthere are still cooking stoves that use fuel from firewood along with complementary componentssuch as pogo and sigiran and roof openings in an effort to remove smoke. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/lw.v10i1.2660

Dualism in the Javanese House and Transformation With focus on the houses of Kotagede, Yogyakarta

The Javanese in Indonesia believe that the cosmos (the natural world) is composed of various opposing concepts – day and night, brightness and darkness, heaven and earth, left and right, male and female, etc. Given that Javanese people perceive a house as a microcosm of the natural universe, they seek to find balance in their housing as well. Such dualism, which is represented in the form and use of Javanese housing, causes the house to consist of various separated units assigned with contrasting concepts. Through case studies of the traditional houses existing in Kotagede, Yogyakarta, this paper aims to clarify how this type of dualism is realized in Javanese houses and how dualism has been transformed as the society changed. A field survey conducted in August 2014 includes measurement of five houses and interviews with the residents using a semi-structured questionnaire in order to understand the history of the houses and families as well as the meaning and use of the housing spaces. Among the diverse concepts of dualism, the study focused on the three major dualistic concepts of public/private, male/female, and god/ when analyzing each of the Javanese buildings and its spaces.

Javanese House’s Roof (Joglo) with the Opening as a Cooling Energy Provider

Natural ventilation and air movement could be considered under the heading structural controls as it does not rely on any form of energy supply or mechanical installation but due to its importance for human comfort, it deserves a separate section. Air infiltration can destroy the performance of ventilation systems. Good ventilation design combined with optimum air tightness is needed to ensure energy efficient ventilation. Ultimately, ventilation needs depend on occupancy pattern and building use. A full cost and energy analysis is therefore needed to select an optimum ventilation strategy.The contains of paper is about the element of Javanese house (the roof) as the element of natural ventilation and a cooling energy provider. In this research, The Computational Fluid Dynamics Program, is used to draw and analysis. That tool can be track the pattern and the direction of movement of air also the air velocity in the object of ventilation of the roof Javanese house based. Finally, the ventilation of the roof of this Javanese house can add the velocity of air at indoor, average 0.4 m/s and give the effect of cooling, average 0.7°C.

Transformation of traditional houses in the development of sustainable rural tourism, case study of Brayut Tourism Village in Yogyakarta

This paper aims to reveal local values used by Brayut villagers to maintain the existence of the traditional house as a dwelling. The transformation of traditional houses goes as time passes, influenced by internal aspects related to the needs of residents and external aspects related to the regional development by the government. Traditional Javanese house as a cultural identity of Javanese people, especially in the village, has also experienced the transformation phenomenon. Modernization affects local residents’ needs and the Government’s Development Program for tourism village influences demands of change. An unfocused transformation can lead to a total change that can eliminate the cultural identity of the rural Java community. The method used is the case study by taking three models of Javanese house in Brayut Village. Brayut Tourism Village is a cultural tourism village that relies on tradition as a tourist attraction. The existence of traditional Javanese house is an important asset for retaining its authenticity as a dwelling. Three models taken as the case studies represent the traditional Javanese house types. The result obtained is that the family bond is a major factor in preserving the traditional Javanese house in Brayut Village, Yogyakarta.

The transformation of the dimension of the meaning of traditional house joglo into a modern house

Joglo is a traditional Javanese house in Indonesia. This traditional house is now beginning to be displaced by modern house models. However, the layout and meaning of traditional houses still exist that applied to modern house building. This study aims to reveal the transformation of the meaning of traditional Joglo house space to a modern home made in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The method used is case study. Technique of collecting data through literature study, observation, and indepth interview. The results showed that the traditional Joglo house began to be abandoned and changed into a modern style house. Although the shape changes but the meaning does not just disappear. The meaning of traditional Joglo house space transformed both the form of function and its meaning. Home positioning is adjusted to environmental conditions for the sake of practicality and the aesthetic side. Additional space on the house is a garage, as a place to keep moving property for homeowners.

TRANSFORMATION OF FORM IN THE GROWTH OF MODERN JAVANESE HOUSE IN LAWEYAN SURAKARTA

Javanese house tradition grows and develops along time. In the modern era, the development of materials technology, both from the Javanese community and from the European experts, has influenced the way to build a house among the Javanese community. Visible changes are so radical in the use of materials and structural system of the building that they influence the look and shape of the house. The purpose of this research is to study the form transformation in the growth of modern Javanese houses at Kampung Batik Laweyan Surakarta. Laweyan is the traditional Javanese kampung already existing in the Kingdom Pajang long before the birth of Surakarta. Morphological analysis was used to understand deformation of modern Javanese homes developed by the generations of batik entrepreneurs in the 20th century. Indicators of ‘the Javanese origin’ in modern Javanese houses are seen from the consistency of the traditional house configuration, indicated by spatial structure of pendopo, dalem, and gandok. The conclusion is that some Javanese principles still remain in developing modern houses in Laweyan, namely: (1) a house should always be developed creatively to give comfort and protection; and (2) a house should always give benefit and wealth to the owner.

A Comparison Study of Tangible and Intangible Culture as Commercialisation Process of Tourism Village in Yogyakarta

The paper is an empirical study examining the tangible and intangible culture of rural tourism with a focus on rural transformation from daily local into commercial behaviour due to presence of tourism activities. It explores the process of commercialization of tangible and intangible culture. The case studies of Brayut and Pentingsari rural tourism village are studied through observation and interviews of physical and non-physical transformation with community members and the rural tourism manager. Both villages are the unique growing tourist village in Yogyakarta, but Brayut has a potential asset of maintained condition traditional Javanese house in whereas Pentingsari has an attractive natural of green village with the local cultural heritage. The qualitative empirical research study was applied to explore the transformation of cultural meaning by the locals before and after commercialization process. Firstly, the study reviewed the original tangible and intangible culture before transformation. Secondly, changes in cultural functions and meaning are analyzed in the current situation caused by its transforming into commercial activities. By examining the comparison of tangible and intangible culture in the commercializing process is built to understand the relationships between the two and the quality of its transformation.

Javanese House Interior Study: A Philosophical and Cosmological Extraction of Java’s Heritage, as Design Principles Application in Local Content Context

Omah has interior arrangement system and regulation according to the life of Javanese people hereditarily. In its process of building and interior arranging, Javanese people hold on to the philosophical and cosmological concept, which was illogic for modern design study to be applied in the aesthetic study. This study aimed to examine the extent of the correlation between consideration of philosophical and cosmological Java community with modern design principles in making Omah. It was through observation on concept application to the realization in Omah form and also through literature analysis of both these principles. This research used the qualitative method in the form of observation and literature study. This research would observe and analyze the relationship between philosophical and cosmological extraction of Javanese interior with design principle through the study from another journal. It finds that a design that facilitates activities and way of life of Javanese people applies design principles and a modern study that becomes visual beauty guidance.

The Virtualisation Process of the Joglo Cultural Heritage House Using Computer Aided Design

This paper presents a study of the process of virtualization or a cultural heritage modeling of Joglo house, an old Javanese house, through observation method. The method consists of three aspects as the following: (1) to observations and measurements, (2) to create a virtual image of the cultural heritage and (3) to integrate the all component of the cultural heritage house, so that the final image is expected to be the replicate of the original house. Additionally, in the process of making traditional Joglo house model, there is another aspect that has been conducted, it was to create harmony between the display of a merger of two and three-dimensional photorealistic models which was made with the help of computer-based applications, namely Computer Aided Design (CAD). As such, by implementing these methods, the reconstruction of cultural heritage of the Joglo house, the Kartasura, can be realized.

인도네시아 전통주택 생활양식의 지속과 변용에 대한 연구 - 족자카르타 코타게데 자바 전통 주택을 중심으로 -

This study aims to understand how the traditional life styles in Javanese houses have continued or transformed to adapt to modernization and industrialization through the case studies of Javanese houses located in Kotagede, Indonesia. Focused on the six traditional Javanese houses in Kotagede, the measurements of the houses, interviews with residents and observational of life patterns were applied for the methodology of this study. The findings of this study are as follows; First, most of the residents living in the traditional Javanese housing have inherited the property from their parents or relatives. They have maintained the traditional structure and space order following the traditional axis of the north and the south. Second, having a pendapo is not as important anymore since maintain a pendapo costs a lot and public events are not held often in a private house anymore. Therefore the use and its symbolic meaning of a pendapo have weakened. Third, the dalem is not used as frequently as the gandok even though the dalem was a higher order in a traditional hierarchy. The uses of middle senthong have been changed from sacred god's space to private bedrooms or prayer room for Muslims. Fourth, the gandok is used as the most active living space in nowdays to adopt to the modern lifestyle. As a conclusion, the traditional Javanese housings in Kotagede have maintained its traditional values in the aspect of space and structure. Whereas the pendapo and the dalem, which once have been the most important rooms, have lost its symbolic meanings, the importance of gandok, which is the center of living space and transformed into divided private spaces such as bedrooms, has increased according to modernization.

Heat Removal Using the Hollow Roof in the Javanese House

Ventilation plays a vital role in securing optimum air quality and thermal comfort in buildings. In fulfilling this need, it touches on a wide range of building design and ventilation performance. Early attempts to minimize ventilation energy loss frequently resulted in poor indoor quality and comfort problems. This paper explains about natural air circulation, indoor and outdoor air temperature and also air velocity on the hollow roof in Javanese house, which has a specific shape of geometry and how far that roof can reduce the heat gain in the building. This method using computational fluid dynamics based program have become available to predict airflow and pollutant transport throughout a space. These approximate the space by the grid system containing many control volumes or elements to which numerical equations of flow are applied. And, the result of this research, the cavity roof in Javanese house is able to add indoor air rate velocity, with the average value of 0.5 m/s, and giving the indoor majority cooling effect average value of 0.55 ° C.

SIMETRISITAS SEBAGAI KOSMOLOGI RUANG JAWA PADA RUMAH KOLONIAL DI KAMPUNG BUBUTAN SURABAYA (The Symmetricity of Colonial House as Javanese Space Cosmology at Kampung Bubutan Surabaya)

Symmetricity is part of the Javanese Cosmology that describes the perfection of Javanese. Symmetricity has been the main principle in Javanese house, not only in the faade of the house but olso the hierarchy of spatial inside. Kampung Bubutan is the ancient settlement experienced two phases of Government which strongly influenced the architectural character, which at the time became the Kingdom of Mataram (15th century) and the colonialism of the Netherlands (17th century up to the 19th century). The remains of the era of colonialism in Surabaya can still be felt by many colonial buildings surounding in the settlement. This study will explore how the principles of Javanese symmetricity in Kampung Bubutan colonial house, by using descriptive qualitative methods. Can the Javanese symmetricity still become principal in colonial house and survive? The results shows that the symmetricity of fasade became decreased at the last peroide of 19th century, when the NA-Romantiek was popular. Spatial symmetricity at the colonial houses have inconsistancy since the beginning of 19th century until the early 20th century. The main hierarchy of the spatial Javanese House, which are pendopo (verandah), pringgitan (foyer), dalem (living room) and senthong (bedroom), have become inconsistence since the end of 19th century periode

The Genius Idea of Using Local Material on Javanese House Architecture

Using the local materials will contribute to the main substance in formingthe architecture, in creating the circumstances and in giving the texture. To understand how to use the material effectively, the building expert must have an understanding of local materialscharacteristicthat have been used historically by the consciousness of innovation in the use of the material itself, thus the design approach is easy to develop. Javanesepeople have a genius idea in the use of materials to make their houses, It shows the level of knowledge in the use of materials that have become part of the values​​, norms in the community that have been institutionalized. Genius idea itself expressed in the use of the local material has been representing the expression of sense, intelligence thoughts, ideas, anddream. The points that are responses to the human need for shelter, the surrounding natural environment, socio-cultural, belief in God are able to transfer the subjective knowledge of the skilled building worker and society to the next generation The method used in this research was qualitative research. The purposes of this study were to determine and discover the genius idea of ​​the local materials used in the architecture of Jawanese houses. Keywords: Javanese house,local material, genius idea .

Selecting-Dismantling-Assembling (Javanese Culture Artifact Values in Modern Lifestyle)

The traditional Javanese house owns reassembling wooden structure, which is done by dismantling and reestablishing it. It suits the philosophy of the Javanese family structure that a married child should settle in a new house. By detaching a part of the parents’ house and reassembling it in a new location and be used by the child. This value of strong family bonding is presented in the traditional Javanese wooden house design. To bring out the Javanese house into the modern day lifestyle society, De Desa villa uses the Javanese building concept however with modern functionality. De Desa villa is chosen as a study case for having typical characteristics. Identification the background of its emergence is associated with the owner’s background. Which is done by interviews. Photo documentation and field observation are done to obtain physical data. The analysis is done by linking theory, physical data and interviews. The set up process of Javanese traditional house: selecting – dismantling – assembling are the main activities in realizing traditional artifact. Values and meanings are constantly present in each step of the process. Its function as a villa is expected to be appealing to the modern day lifestyle society. As explained by Rapopport (1998) that tradition does not insist to be fully accepted nor rejected. Appreciating traditional artifact does not oblique to accept the social system that it carries. It is also not necessary to reject to its value system.

NILAI KEARIFAN LOKAL RUMAH TRADISIONAL JAWA

Java has the values that can be taken in relation to the value of the benefits of ethics and aesthetics. One farm of those values are joglo art that have the local knowledge of Javanese culture. Model approach in this research is leading to a descriptive qualitative ethnographic, in which the empirical reality a result, demanding researchers go directly to the location of the study, to be able to live up to their tradition, and the symptoms of everyday life that is full of social phenomena local culture. This research firms a single case study stuck. In the context of this case study, a traditional Javanese home visits as a sub unit of analysis, but its existence still viewed/reviewed as a place that is part of the social system of the larger society around Surakarta. Java house building structure is one that reflects the composition of space like typical building pendhapa, pringgitan, dalem, kitchen, or gadri gandhok. The relation between this structure is a structure which is strongly influenced by the manifestation process mythology and cosmology Java). This means that the traditional Javanese house is not just a place to shelter (practical function), but also understood as a manifestation of the ideals and outlook on life or a symbolic function. In this case the traditional Javanese houses are not only placed as an autonomous element, a separate stand alone, but being seen in context, particularly relevant to the context of allied Javanese cosmology that underlie the view that the Javanese philosophy of Iife.

PATUNG LORO BLONYO DALAM KOSMOLOGI JAWA

The study of ”loro blonyo” generally deals with the structure and form of the statue as a real autonomous work of art. In this article “loro blonyo” is perceived as an integral part which can not be separated from its functions and placemant. It is located in the central “senthong”, part of the structure of the “dalem” room in a traditional Javanese house. More specifically this article attempt to discuss from the point of view of Javanese cosmology what the statue of “loro blonyo” means in relation to the way of life of “sangkaning dumadi”.