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JOGLO, HOUSE OF EXOTIC JAVA TRADITIONAL INTEREST


If a walk to the area of Yogyakarta, then you can still find in some areas, Javanese traditional house called Joglo. A rectangular-shaped houses made of wood, with some special engravings on some parts.

A house can reflect its owner and the owner's social status in society. Similarly, the meaning contained in the Javanese traditional house.

Nobility-Owned
Antiquity, home Joglo only owned by the nobility or the rich alone. This is because the building materials needed to make a Joglo not few and cheap.

Form a high roof made of teak or other expensive types of wood, making impossible the common people have the cost to build it.

In addition, treatment for the condition of the home remains strong durable and also not cheap. That's the reason why the house Joglo usually only owned by the nobility and people are alone.

Building Forms

Although currently many different types of Joglo derived from the original form of this Javanese traditional house, but the original form is the same. Which is composed of four pillars supporting the main building, called Soko Guru.Terdapat wood above arrangement is often called Soko Guru Tumpang Sari. Intercropping function similar to the buffer ceiling.

The room in Joglo generally divided into 3. Hall, pringgitan, and Omah jero. Each has a different function. Hall serves as meeting space. Pringgitan used as venues such as the wayang kulit.

Omah jero is a room that is personal. Usually specific to homeowner activities. Inside are rooms or senthong. In the original form Joglo house, there are only 3 pieces senthong.

Anti-Earthquake
There is a theory that Joglo earthquake-resistant homes. This theory has a point when viewed from the original form of this Javanese traditional house that do not use cement, but entirely made of wood.

Use stakes in lieu of nails also make this house more robust in the face shocks. Almost like the houses there are in Japan, the average design using wood that is stronger and lighter.

Regardless, Joglo house is proof that our ancestors are creative human beings who do not leave the local wisdom in building a house.

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