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.