Local Material Usage in Tropical Modern Design

Processing of local materials (stone, brick, terrazzo, coral, wood, coconut, bamboo, water hyacinth, banana midrib) with creative and appropriate to make building long-lived, low maintenance, and provide value-added tropical exotic buildings overall. Interwoven technology industries (precision, cold) and the culture of craftsmen (natural, warm) make it look more warm house and give the building a strong character.

Making the distribution of voids and void the appropriate and equitable by ensuring a smooth functioning of tropical climatic circulation of air and natural light into the house. The top of the pergola equipped with a useful void filter catalytic intensity of sunlight and the changing light, and rain water drums on all four sides of the walls of buildings.

Sensitivity of tropical modern architecture encourages the building open to the outside space as a whole is balanced. In space, terrace and gardens as a union of expansion space. That is, the activities which take place in space continues to be drawn onto the terrace next to the park, such as the function of the dining room during the family party.

The presence of the park adds value to buildings. Ecological value is very important. Garden tropical modern emphasis on the use bit type plants (grasses or plants other pengalas, 1-3 trees, bamboo barrier), giving a strong green securities, the spread of coral and water infiltration wells 2-3 (enhance groundwater resources), as well as easy maintenance.

Completion plaster walls and cement floors, exposed concrete, exposed wooden doors and windows with plain or without frames, saving construction costs, but is able to display the beauty of the building. Plant some plants on house wall to muffle the noise of plants, absorb pollutant gases, retaining solar radiation, and soothing in room temperature.

Limited land and the consequences of encouraging the development of land awoke grass roofs replace conventional roofing houses. The presence of trees filtering the sun coming over (to reduce heat in the building, preserving paint the walls), creating shade, and shadow effect on the walls and floors.