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.
Modern Tropical Park, Simple But Gorgeous
Gardening October 16th, 2009
a modern tropical garden concept widely adopted in Indonesia. This concept combines the diversity of tropical plants with modern elements. Park also looks simple and still interesting.
The concept of the park can be combined from two different elements. For example combines elements of tropical plants with modern hardscape elements. The combination of two concepts is made more simple tropical gardens, still beautiful, and the simpler the treatment.
One example of modern tropical gardens built by Andrie try the X-otic Garden, in the backyard of a house to live in Bandung. At the park, Andie combining tropical plants such as tabebuya, frangipani, banana-Pisangan, bamboo nejin, and angrek, with elements of modern hardscape.
“The design of this park is made by taking into account the desires of the house,” says Andie. Previously, the backyard is not ordered. Virtually be a fruit orchard, where in some corners of fruit trees planted sporadically. Seeing the garden, the owner was willing to make the park a more orderly, beautiful, and minimal maintenance.
As a landscape architect, Andie replied that homeowners desire to present the modern concept of a tropical garden. Modern elements that try to offer including hardscape design. Swimming is made to follow a geometric pattern. L-shaped pool and placed his elbows on the point of a cylindrical water fountain, set in three-meter high wall. Highlighted the effects of strokes and water fountain wall to give the impression of rustic.
Not only that, modern elements are also obtained from the use of crystal strung together to form water droplets. This imitation of water drops appear more prominent at night when he highlighted the park lights. Lighting effects are also used to expose the water to swell in the middle of the water fountain. “This is to give the impression of fire,” said Andie.
In concept, the idea of artificial garden belonging Andie brilliant. On the other hand, Andie did not forget about the ease in care as homeowners desired. Rather than alleviate the homeowners work will take care of his garden, Andi closed area with a grass park style miniature. This grass is known as minimal maintenance grass.
In addition to closing the park land with grass, some areas of the park adjacent to the terrace covered with planks of wood bangkirai. The circuit board is also well serve to expand the space on the back porch. From here make a connecting road between the porch with gazebo attached to the wall
7 Error Designing Kitchen Set
Kitchen October 10th, 2009
Of course we do not expect kitchen set that was expensive was not made up its function. Worse, its existence makes us regret.
Designing a kitchen set not far different from designing a house or the interior space in general. Some things are worth noting. Planning is less mature, functioning kitchen set no maximum.
Many things we need to know. Here are seven major mistakes in designing homeowners kitchen set:
1. Emotional
Owners easily tempted by the beautiful view and well. And so this is not necessarily suitable for the conditions in her home kitchen.
2. Not mature enough to consider the potential location and ventilation
Potential locations are important to gain a working kitchen set up. Location and ventilation openings should be considered to determine the appropriate design workflow in the kitchen.
3. Not designed as a whole; create a patchwork
This step is dangerous. Potential to create a patchwork striped kitchen set-bonteng. This could occur because of material availability kitchen set is different. Gratitude-gratitude, if the purchased material is still available when he will continue making kitchen set later.
4. One memililih kitchen appliances
This step is important especially for owners who want to design kitchen appliances are built-in or embedded. One vote can lead to damage to kitchen appliances or chaos in the kitchen set design.
5. Prefer lower costs than the function
This condition occurs on average at the duitnya owner mediocre. For the sake of having a menterang kitchen set, they might choose, they are pressing the price for it. On the other hand, by pressing the price, quality of materials becomes lower. As a result the quality kitchen set, too affected.
6. One chose producer
This error happens a lot, and only realized after the process of running or ended. Avoid these mistakes producers choose more carefully selection of prospective producers kitchen set. Reference friends or relatives can be used as a reference.
7. Not using kitchen set properly.
Placing a kitchen set or favorite collectibles. As a result, efforts to create a kitchen set will be in vain.
Interesting blend of Modern and Oriental
Decoration October 10th, 2009
Modern and oriental are not two opposing forces that were in line. Blending both may have never imagined. If successful, they are very catchy blend.
Most people feel less confident to try something new and unusual, the dressing room. And much creativity can produce attractive displays, when applied. Combines two different styles, in one room, for example. Some of us may be frowned when he heard this idea.
Not yet imagine the results, before trying. Often what we imagine very different from reality. Similarly, combining colors. Feel afraid of natural course. Well, to be more confident, looking for just a reference from the print media or the Internet.
Bedrooms in this picture, also can be one example. Domination of black and white, shows that this bedroom modern style. Added to design artwork on the wall, at the head of the bed. So it is with the game pattern symmetrical boxes on the walls. Nevertheless, oriental style feels quite heavy in this room.
Oriental style comes from two elements. The first is a wooden partition berlukis Japanese women kimono. Partition is not intended as limiting the room, in this room. But to cover up the plain walls look empty.
The second element is the two standing lamp beside the bed. At first glance, this lamp looks great. Look more closely, there is an ornament of shells and a red tassel, oriental style. Two of these styles look pretty, right? In addition, the bedroom was another appearance than others.
So, do not Sepelekan any ideas come to mind. It is precisely these things unusual, often provide interesting surprises. Good luck!
