Life philosophy carved house
Home Improvement October 28th, 2009
Visit to Pagar Alam, South Sumatra, is not complete if it does not stop in one of the traditional houses (baghi) Besemah tribe. Besides the attractive architectural design, physical construction of hundreds of years old were invited admiration how the house was built.
That’s especially when viewing a 15-building support beams measuring 30 inches x 30 inches, six poles, round porch with a diameter of 60 centimeters, and a wooden plank house with a thickness of about 5 centimeters. We’ll be wondering, how the people in the past carrying giant timber from the forest.
Therefore, no one if the Government Pagar Alam include traditional houses Besemah as the tourist attraction, besides the objects and nature tourism megalithic Mount Dempo. Number baghi besemah is not much because the only people who have high social strata and have a lot of money that could build the house.
“The cost could reach home carve-third of the total cost of building houses,” said the owner baghi besemah, Moses Akib (69), in Kelurahan Fence Perfume, North Dempo, Pagar Alam.
About how the wood is collected, Moses told the story of his development contains mystical story. It is said that when the house will be built, residents in the surrounding banned out of the house at night because there will be a shipping timber. After that, the next morning, the wood pole is needed already in the field of housing construction.
Moses is the fifth generation owner of the baghi. The house is located in the middle of the field was estimated age of more than 200 years. However, the house was not occupied it still looks solid. Black wood also looks fresh and natural, without paint. Previously, the roof thatch roofed.
The inside of the house has no insulation baghi at all. The core house measuring 8 meters x 8 meters. This space serves as living room, bedrooms, and a place for guests.
Carving
Chairman of the Lembaga Adat Besemah Akhmad Haji Amran said baghi carved house called the house inlay (carvings), while the house is not carved gilapan called home. Quality of the carved wooden houses are also much better than the house that has no engraving.
“The second form is the same house. There is only the carvings are distinguished because of the existence of carving is a reflection of social status of high homeowners, “he said.
In carving motifs also contained prayers and hopes. The motive of flowers in a vertical position is the hope that the provision homeowners will continue to rise. While the horizontal floral become a symbol of unity and mutual cooperation.
Another carved motif is unique bubulan circle. Carved motif that is usually located on the side wall of the house is a powerful symbol of unity among the residents. The center is a hole bubulan generally used as a peer of the condition of residents and the atmosphere outside the home.
Moses admitted, some people have offered to buy the house, but he will never attracted any price offered. Moses represents the attitude of many people who consider Pagar Alam residence as a place for family unification grow more advanced, such as philosophy of life of each carving in the wall baghi besemah
Sort Select Child Furniture
Furniture October 28th, 2009
Children certainly not the same as adults. Actions can be faster than what we think. For this reason, design and materials for a child’s bedroom furniture should not only look comfortable, but also from the side of safety.
Indeed, more and more manufacturers are now attending specialized furniture business for children. As a result, it never hurts to be more careful in selecting for their comfort and safety, your baby. A few steps below may be of concern before you buy furniture that will complement the arrangement of their rooms
- The age of the child grows, the need furniture changed. Call, toddler-age child’s room is different with your baby’s foot four or five years.
- Children get bored easily when I started to compare one object with another object. For that, no one chose furniture materials strong and durable. In addition to saving, it is also useful in the age of the growing child. You can modify it in such a way by design and new forms of age-appropriate
and needs
- The desire to play freely at the age of children under five is high. For this reason, minimizing the placement of furniture so that the wider play.
- Stimulation of their creativity with the use furniture color variations which would you choose to fill the room
- Customize your furniture selection with the size of the room, including the blend to match the other furniture that already exists.
- Young children tend not to think the danger when playing. He ran to and fro like a bird flying freely in the air. For this reason, the choice of design and materials of furniture is very important. Furniture design must minimize the angle or elbow smooth and not sharp and can mencederainya.
- To be funny and interesting, furniture items are made children of color and light. Unfortunately, the maker dye often used substance made from chemicals. For this reason, make sure that the materials and paint used is not toxic and safe, whether it is through smell (olfactory) and skin (irritation or allergy).
Difference "Townhouse" Here and Worldwide
Real Estate October 22nd, 2009
What is the definition of town houses or “House Bandar”? Communities are generally understood as the home port small residential complex of exclusive and expensive.
Is this correct? Tabloid RUMAH of survey, most of the houses offered airport in Jakarta and surrounding areas have characteristics as follows.
- Its location in the city.
- In a complex number of total unit only 10-30, with the general area under 5000 m2.
- Form-story house (usually 2 or 3 floors).
- The structure of the house usually stands alone, rather than coupling.
- There are social facilities and public facilities to be shared.
- Most systems are marketed by sales, not rental.
The characteristics of this definition to build a house dealer in Indonesia. This definition is slightly different from the notion town houses abroad. In Europe and America, is defined as a town house built residences which lined the walls between the units attached to each house (duplex).
Location town houses are generally in the middle of the city and the owner also owns the land where the unit of his town house stood. If the residential status of this building is rent, so it’s not anymore but the condominium town houses.
Still abroad, town house is an alternative to the expensive homes in the middle of town, away from the image of exclusive, except in places like Boston and New York the price of land in perkotaannya very high indeed. So, be concluded that the term town house that is used in Indonesia has experienced a shift from its original meaning.
History home airport or town house in Indonesia began in the era of the 80s. According Wijoyo Hendromartono (Architects), the first town house built in the area Prapanca, South Jakarta.
Home port is for the expatriates who happened to do a lot of living in South Jakarta area. Meanwhile, according to Tulus Santoso (Chairman REI DKI) the term town houses began to be introduced to the community Jakarta about 80 years-an, by type of house that offered by a number of real estate developers at the time.
The Haven, Resort in the din City
Exterior October 22nd, 2009
may be the Haven became one of the destinations of visitors who crave closeness with nature in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city of Seminyak, Kuta, Bali. The reason, Seminyak is known as one of the busy city center and noisy. Greening in this area was assessed as less. Departure from this background, The Haven deliberately want to attract visitors with the green concept wrapped in a modern architectural style of Balinese tropical nuances.
“We want more and more into the future, the effect will be increased green at this hotel, and people traveling there to stop to stop,” says designer The Haven, Antony Liu and Ferry Ridwan.
The trick is to apply the vines in each corridor and look forward building. In addition to providing green impression on the hotel, this vine is also working resist sunlight, so the hotel corridor is not too hot and the glare.
On the facade of the building, looking to protect vines that are part of an area hotel room, make the building Hotel The Haven looks more cool and soft, in contrast to the Seminyak area very crowded and noisy by motor vehicles.
To overcome the noise from the street, the architect team to use the sound of water. Noise Seminyak became calm and peaceful when we begin to set foot into the hotel entrance. Slowly, the noise of vehicles replaced by the sound of water that comes from artificial waterfall, made things more dramatic.
Waterfall ornaments designed like a ladder a constant flow of water that would be a main attraction for the hotel The Haven. “It’s a waterfall to juggle Seminyak noisy city. Happens to the land contours are down about 50 yards into the back, so we use it to water fall. Match of the modern concept of tropical green, “said Antony. Through the ladder with artificial waterfall, we will arrive in the middle area of the hotel. This is where hotel guests simply relax with sunbathing or swimming.
Total area of land The Haven is not big enough, only 9100 m2. Land must be divided three building functions, such as suites, hotel and villas. Hotel with a capacity of 100 rooms were given land around 3000 m2. With limited space, the designers had to rack my brain to the hotel and villa invisible solid.
Seven villas are located in units of hotel suites and the contour of the flat land. Four units are on the right, three units on the left and the hall was in the middle. To eliminate a solid impression in the villa area, team of designers to create a difference by raising and lowering of land by digging homeland.
Uniquely, it just brings surprises for visitors. As the villa is located on the right is designed as if it disappeared. Because the villa is located on land that is at the bottom with a roof garden on top. “So far as the eye can see we only see a green area,” Antony review, architect Tarumanagara University alumnus, Jakarta this.
While looking left, the villa is more looks up (elevated). There are two bedroom villa which stood in the area, but that seemed only one. Other Rooms hiding under a swimming pool with decorative background big enough water. That is one of tricks for building designers with limited land area is impressed.
Villa units under, different elevation and more private. Down to this area, we will find a small room to enjoy the roof garden is decorated airis plants. If you hold down the area, it was not expected to have living room and a swimming pool with open space. “There is a bathroom and dressing room there clothes and if we turn, there are more surprises park and the atmosphere will be more private,” said Antony.
For interior design, starting from the hotel facade elements many use the wood to be consistent with the concept naturalnya. Reflecting pond immediately apparent when entering the hotel entrance. Reflecting pond laying there to eliminate direct access to the restaurant and created open space for the public. Thus, lobbying is not in front of the hotel like in general, but is behind the restaurant.
Reduction of timber elements found in the interior corridors, replaced with copper elements patterned Balinese carvings. “To look into the maximum interior, light elements are also applied,” said Ferry. As in the bathroom insulator made of glass. Light and spacious impression also gained from the selection of furniture, light-colored ornaments and support the use of mirrors.
Consistency was also the concept of green in the hotel room with games soft green color and highlight elements of wood, stone, plants. The selected material, light colored to make it look more spacious.
Preventing Radiation Household Electronic Equipment
Lighting and Electrical October 16th, 2009
That women often use electric blankets, can allow menstrual periods become irregular, while pregnant women often use the stove if the electricity can add the numbers infected children with cancer after the birth. During the past 10 years, the negative reports about the harmful electromagnetic wave in health continue to emerge. Other goods such as laser auto level sets (especially in a place selling generators) would have an impact, too.
Household electronic equipment commonly used every day as aircraft computers, televisions, washing machines, refrigerators and even hair dryers, because elektromagnetnya wave radiation is considered as a “killer” getting real scary. Is earth’s household is an electromagnetic wave radiation and how much radiation? Experts say, in everyday life, everywhere there is an electromagnetic wave radiation. General must be clever initiatives to protect themselves, but do not feel too tense and frightened.
Radio can check the distance on a safe level of radiation sources.
Experts said that as long as the appliance using the power source must radiate electromagnetic waves, from the aircraft air-conditioning, television, computer, microwave, room humidifier, until a small equipment Hair Dryer, telepun phones, charger and electricity boards, it can emit an electromagnetic wave radiation , but the volume of the radiation equipment is different (of course different from goods that do not use electricity as the needs of clothing, shoes, painting, or furniture).
Although there is an electromagnetic wave radiation everywhere, but experts showed, instead of all the harmful radiation humans. If the size of the radiation can be controlled within defined scope, will play a positive and beneficial, such as physiotherapy devices using thermal power electromagnetic wave radiation to relieve inflammation and to cure diseases, then, the key issue thing is to control the size of electromagnetic wave radiation in a safe environment.
If consumers want to know the size of the radiation in the environment of life, can use the detection devices, domestic product slightly cheaper price, but the result is less satisfactory deteksinya data, while imports of products whose function is adequate, sometimes price is not affordable by ordinary citizens.
Experts said the public can use a simple detection means to determine the distance at a safe level of radiation sources when using household electronic equipment. Using the AM radio, then difix frequency channels no signal, and closer to the television, radio, refrigerator, microwave, computers and other electronic equipment, can be found growing storingnya. After retreating into the distance something, storing it recovered back to the original volume, thus can check the distance on a safe level of electromagnetic wave radiation sources.
