Javanese traditional house

Javanese traditional house (Javanese ꦲꦺꦴꦩꦃꦲꦢꦠ꧀ꦗꦮ omah adat Jawa) refers to the traditional vernacular houses of Javanese people in the island of Java, Indonesia.[1]

Landhuis Depan in Batavia is a Dutch Indies country houses which had completely assimilated with the Javanese house style.
Javanese hierarchy of roof form
An extended kampung-type roof in a house of Javanese common people.
Limasan-type roof associated with higher status Javanese families appears in this house in a village near Salatiga.
Joglo-type roof appears in this residence of the head of a village in Jepara.
Tajug-type or Meru-type roof is always reserved for sacred spaces such as this mosque in Yogyakarta.
Layout of an ideal Javanese house compound. Legend: 1. lawang pintu 2. pendopo 3. peringgitan 4. emperan 5. dalem 6. senthong 7. gandok 8. dapur (kitchen)
Side entrance to a gandok in the Omah UGM, Kotagede
A joglo-type roof in Central Java pavilion, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, modeled after Mangkunegaran palace

See also

References
  1. Gunawan Tjahjono 1998, p. 34.

Works cited
  • Gunawan Tjahjono, ed. (1998). Architecture. Indonesian Heritage. 6. Singapore: Archipelago Press. ISBN 981-3018-30-5.
  • Het Indische bouwen: architectuur en stedebouw in Indonesie : Dutch and Indisch architecture 1800–1950. Helmond: Gemeentemuseum Helmond. 1990.
  • Schoppert, P.; Damais, S. (1997). Java Style. Singapore: Didier Millet. ISBN 9625932321.
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