Indonesian Houses: Survey of Vernacular Architecture in Western Indonesia

by Schefold, Reimar; Nas, Peter J. M.; Domenig, Gaudenz; Wessing, Robert

• ISBN13: 9789067183055
• ISBN10: 9067183059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This volume provices an introduction to the vernacular architectural traditions in western Indonesia, from Aceh to Western Java. Contributions by 21 scholars illustrate the rich social, environmental, and artistic diversity of the region.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Traditional house forms in the Special Region of Aceh	p. 17
Variation in Karo architecture	p. 49
Traditional houses and settlements in the Minangkabau heartland	p. 101
Adjusting the popular image Diversity and dynamics in Minangkabau vernacular architecture	p. 117
The house as group Traditional dwellings on Siberut, Mentawai	p. 145
Nias Island traditional houses	p. 175
Rejang houses Continuity and change in construction and meaning	p. 237
Lean-tos, huts and houses Forms of shelter among nomadic forest dwellers in Southeast Asia	p. 279
Sea nomads's mobile dwellings and settlements and their ideas of place and space	p. 309
House form and ethnic identity Tradition and variation in house style in Jambi Province	p. 343
The Limas house of Palembang	p. 363
The Kerinci longhouse Ethnographic materials and comparative observations	p. 391
'The house that was built overnight' Guidelines on the construction and use of the southern Sumatran rumah uluan	p. 429
Beehive houses on Enggano Island, Western Indonesia	p. 465
Round houses of Indonesia A comparative study	p. 487
Constituting the world in the Sundanese house	p. 523
Centred on the source Hamlets and houses of Kanekes (Baduy)	p. 551
The Betawi house in Jakarta The dynamics of an urban cultural tradition	p. 597
Involution in dwellings Three cases from a Jakarta kampung	p. 629
The kampong	p. 645
Adapted revivals Recent transformations in Indonesian architectural traditions	p. 669
About the authors	p. 701
Index	p. 707
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