P-House is a house with a library for sharing
knowledge to the local people.The intension was to create a house
with maximizes the use of locally available materials from
surrounding area (bamboo, clay, stone, and bricks) and built by the community
who lives around the site. Since all the owner's sons and daughters live in other countries and cities, it needs a
library for the people to gather around the
house. Later after one of the owner passed away, it became a
creative sharing space for young creative in the region to bring them to the
next stage of their career.
P-House is located at an altitude of 2000 m above the sea level and located on the ridge of Mount Merbabu and surrounded by several other mountains such
as Mount Merapi, Mount Andong, Mount Ungaran
and Mount
Telomoyo. This area is quite cold with an average
temperature of 17-22oC. This project seeks to interpret the Javanese village
houses in multiplication and adds the form of
mountains in some space as the interpretation of the surrounding mountains, which also serveas skylight to bring natural light
as much as possible into the building. In general, bamboo as the material of main structure is easily found around the project
Homeowners isretired lecturer
and ballet teacher that would like to share a collection of economic and science book to the surrounding community. Theyappreciate bamboo structure, which began to be abandoned in the
community, which raised their passion to learn.
This project uses the indigenous
technology (low tech) by the community who is expert in bamboo structural system and the
local stone
craftsman.
Since the project is in remote area (suburb of a small
town called Salatiga in
Central Java, 60 km from Borobudur Temple),the project uses the sunlight as natural light during
the day and use solar water heater for the shower. Rainwater is collected
to be used during dry season.
Conceptually this project is trying to
bring a childhood memory of the family with
openness and sharing
space. The main bathroom is also
a social space
where we can still interact with other areas. Since the interior spaces are
connected by each other without
any border ; which are kitchen, lounge, pantry, dining room and
family room. Only the sleeping spaces are operated independently and remain closed.All the public areas are completely open, facing towards
the garden and tropical forest in front of it. Library or study room
is made with other geometry– an oval – and stand
separately as a pavilion. Expected surrounding communities can take advantage
of the presence of books and free wifi spot in the library.
Simplicity is the second theme in this project so it uses the same materials as those used in the
surrounding areas such as brick, bamboo and stone in another way. From a
distance these buildings looked like houses in
the surrounding villages. The doors are used in each room are recycled doors from the old
house (former lecturer standard house), a strategy of utilizing recycled
materials. One side of the building is made as transparent as possible towards the garden.
Almost all existing large trees on the site are
maintained as an attempt to emphasize a place. On
the center of the garden, a "Pule" tree is planted as this tree can be used to
heal various diseases, so this place can be more useful to the surrounding community. Floor height is adjustedaccording to the existing contours.
This
project’s character is showing contemporary interpretation of simple village
house shape. Dominant bamboo structure character is significant. The use of bamboo as a roofing material
is something new there.
Technically, this project gives an example of the use
of bamboo with old techniques and new technology for
the surrounding community. From the economic and social point of view, this project is built not by the
professional contractor but by the local community so as to provide economic
and cultural aspects in the vicinity.
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