Comments on: Compartment House / Ario Danar

By: anavic

anavic — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:47:03 +0000

does anybody realize this is not an interior space? it’s pretty, but quite uncomfortable if it rains, for example.

Sometimes architects forget about the fact that it’s more important to be functional than to look cool. I’m trying to imagine myself in the middle of the night lying on my bed and about to go to the toilet when it’s raining cats and dogs! Quite annoying, isn’t it?

Please, don’t forget about common sense, it’s the best tool we all are supposed to have!!

By: Gatz

Gatz — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000

It looks like my uncle´s house..

By: anglingarsitek

anglingarsitek — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:04:35 +0000

congrat broo. chaiyoooo

By: Dita

Dita — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:49:06 +0000

Yes, I do agree that the house doesn’t look anything that resemble any Indonesia aesthetic, except for the tropical plants and so on. The only problem is, Indonesian architecture doesn’t get a lot of exposure by any architecture or interior magazines or websites, except for maybe hotel designs. Therefore, when there is an article on a house in Indonesia, people do expect that it has its cultural context; eg, wood carving, traditional Indonesian furniture, etc; or maybe something they’ve seen a lot from hotel designs. So people do get disappointed when they see a modern house in this article.

There are a lot of modern styled house in Indonesia, and my house is one of them. We didn’t fill the house with Indonesian antiques; just like this house, we have the patio area in the middle and we have lots of tropical plants and trees. And I don’t think there’s something wrong with it.

Maybe some think this house is too ‘ordinary’ compares to other modern houses that were featured on archdaily. But maybe this is a beginning for Indonesian architecture, to be noticed and appreciated, and that we do have a lot of talented architects and designers.

I also want to add that I think for me a house has to be livable and functions to its needs, especially if you have a young family (which I assume from the picture), and the aesthetic could come a little later on the design process. I’d wished there’s more explanation on what drives the design process.

By: the real tommy

the real tommy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:48:26 +0000

for fake tommy
please ya, laen kali klo kritik yang gentle, pake nama sendiri..gw bisa tuntut sodara..

By: TOMMY SANJAYA

TOMMY SANJAYA — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:07:48 +0000

PLEASE DECH JANGAN LEBAY

By: TOMMY SANJAYA

TOMMY SANJAYA — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:42 +0000

DUH DUH DUH
APA2 AN SI INI
MASI KERENAN PROYEK GUE

By: budi

budi — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:34:28 +0000

kerennn… saya jadikan inspirasi ya..

By: abadi

abadi — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:30:07 +0000

yeaaah…akhirnya karya arsitek indonesia bisa termuat di situs archdaily….

By: Terry Glenn Phipps

Terry Glenn Phipps — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:13:22 +0000

Some time back there was a post here on the “remodeling” of a building in Westwood California that smacked of Bush-Administration values. That is to say that the work lacked all proportion, appropriateness, or vernacular. http://www.archdaily.com/23594/westwood-residence-chacol/

It seems obvious to me that architecture deals with the built environment. Just about any urban architecture in 2009 is likely to involve spaces that already exist. At best, “new” architecture ought to consider adjacency and not ignore it.

Finally, with all of the blather that goes around about sustainable this and that; I wonder how much of that comes from the same people who like to ignore evolutionary architecture like this in favor of celebrating the latest fallen soufflé to come out of some pixel-pusher’s studio?

This project makes sense and is perfectly well explained. We bought the house, remodeled it, and expanded when the neighbors sold out. The whole is cohesive, logical, and workmanlike. What makes this good is that the expansion is well done and neither a pastiche nor a tear down.

Terry Glenn Phipps
http://web.me.com/tgphipps