Traditional House West Sumatra ( Gadang House)

Gadang house is named for the Minangkabau traditional house which is the traditional home and many encountered in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. This house was also called other names by local people with the name Home Bagonjong or thereis also a mention by name Houses Banjung. Model of this home is also often found in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. However, not all regions of theMinangkabau Darek are allowed to set up this traditional house, only in areas that already havestatus as a Nagari can be founded this house, also in the area called Rantau, this traditional house was alsoused to be no established by the nomads Minangkabau.

Function 
           Gadang house as a place to live together, have separate provisions. Number of rooms depends on the number of women who live in it. Each of these women who have been married get a room. While the old woman and the children get a place in a room near the kitchen. Teenage girls get a shared room at the other end. All parts in the house except the Tower is a room off the bedroom. The inside is divided into long and tapering and the space is marked by poles. Berbanjar pole from the face to the rear and from left to right. Berbanjar mast from front to back marked tapering, while the pole from left to right mark the space. The amount depends on the tapering of the houses, could be two, three and four. Space consists of an odd number between three and eleven. Gadang Houses are usually built on a plot of land owned by parent families in the tribe / people are hereditary and are owned and inherited only from and to the women on these people. Tower House front yard is usually always there are two buildings Rangkiang, used to store grain. Gadang house on the right wing and left there as a bride anjung space alongside or customary place of coronation of the head, because it is also known as the Gadang houses the home Banjuang. Anjung on Bodi-Chaniago kelarasan not use crutches underneath, while the Koto-Piliang kelarasan wearing crutches. This is consistent philosophy adopted for these two distinct groups, one group adhere to the principle of hierarchy of government to use anjung using crutches, the other faction anjuang as if floating on air. Not far from Tower House complex is usually also built a mosque that serves as a place of worship, places of education and also live at the adult men are unmarried.

Balinese Home

Houses of Bali in accordance with the rules of Asta Kosala Kosali (the Vedas which adjust the layout of the room and building, as Feng Shui in Chinese Culture). According to the philosophy of the Balinese community, dynamic in life will be achieved if the realization of a harmonious relationship between aspects pawongan, palemahan, and parahyangan. For that, the construction of a house should include these aspects or the so-called Tri Hita Karana. Pawongan is the occupants of the house. Palemahan means it must have a good relationship between residents and the environment. In general, buildings or areas of traditional Balinese architecture is always filled with ornaments, a carved, equipment and provision of color. Ornamental pattern contains a specific meaning as an expression of beauty and the delivery of communications symbols. Decorative forms of fauna species also function as ritual symbols displayed in the sculpture.
(source: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali)

Home Design of Central Java

Central Java traditional house is a simple house-shaped, generally rectangular-shaped box, this house is called house joglo.This image is a form of house joglo, but on the outer portion is usually coated with a wall made of woven bamboo, or it could be with wooden planks. Central Java's home is more than just a place to live. Java community prefers the moral community and the need to regulate people getting together in one unit. The longer the demands of the community in the growing family, so arises the level of inter-human level positions that influence the physical appearance of a family home. Then arises architectural identity in the community. Central Java's home is a status symbol for the owners and also meaning keep a secret about the life of the owners. It's a means to show who the actual owner himself so that it can be understood and enjoyed by others. Java home is also about the inner world that is never separated from the life of Javanese people.

          Joglo house is mostly owned by those who can afford. This is due to home form joglo require building materials and more expensive than other forms of home. Javanese society in the past assume that joglo home should not be owned by most people, but the house joglo only allowed to house the nobility, the king's palace, and the princes, and people who esteemed or respected by the others alone. Today joglo house used by all levels of society and also for various other functions, such as conference hall and offices. Many beliefs that cause people is not easy to make a house shape joglo. Houses form joglo besides requiring more materials, also requires a large financing, especially if the house is damaged and needs to be repaired.

           Basically, the house joglo square. At first, this form has four main pillars in the middle of the call pillars, and is used blandar compound which is called Tumpangsari. Blandar Tumpangsari layers upward, upward to widen even further. So initially just a central part of the house forms joglo today. Subsequent developments, provided additions to the side parts, so that the pole is added according to need. In addition, a sketch is also changing according to the addition. The changes mentioned there are only a mere extra ordinary, but there also are changes in construction.