Small is Beautiful and Efficiency Energy

Indonesian housing generally have compound (pavilion) system which consist of several units with different function. Every rooms like the living room, main bed room, kitchen, bath room and dining hall represent in constructed by own building. The several building is integrated by inner court. Examples houses are, Toraja, Bali, Sulawesi and Javanese house. The functional room like the living room, main bed room, kitchen, bath room and dining hall in constructed of small building. The benefit of small building for a humid tropical climatic area is possible in use crosses ventilation. The sun light can be source from the four sides of walls. So the building has energy efficient for lighting and ventilation. The small building means less material for construction which may have less to own environmental consequences. The general advantage to this is efficiency in use of space, good organization, and keeping possessions to a manageable level.

adpted from : Suryandar, Putri and Sajjad Mubin; MIX AND MATCH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY, TOWARD SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURAL HOUSING IN THE TROPICS; Architecture Dept., Faculty of Engineering Budi Luhur University