The Influence of the Form of the Traditional Building's Roof

The Influence of the Form of the Traditional Building's Roof at Central Java to Increase the Comfort

L.M.F. Purwanto, Hermawan, and Ridwan Sanjaya
Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, Indonesia

Abstract
In the architectural development recently, form of Java traditional roof is still commonly interested. While it is full of philosophic value, form of Java traditional roof also varies. On the other hand, Java traditional architecture concerns deeply in environmental aspect, which is formed in macro and micro concept as well, in order to become harmony and be comfort to dwell in. However, in the development and the application to modern buildings, which uses modern building materials, the thermal comfort aspect and the sturdy of construction are not considered. Therefore, it is necessary to understand well the basic concept of the forming traditional architecture in the context of trophical architecture and the sturdy of construction. This research aims to give descriptions to society, students and architects, in order to understand the importantance of thermal comfort, which can be achieved by well-designed roof. To achieve the expected result, the research is approached through analizing the sturdy of construction, to the original traditional buildings and the modern buildings using the Java traditional roof as well. The thermal comfort analysis is done with some equipments such as digital thermometer, digital hygrometer and digital anemometer. The research result is design recommendation to adjust the modern material to the form of Java traditional roof. By computer program using Visual Basic, it is expected that the research will be easily understood by society and it can be applied in building design.

Keywords : Java traditional architecure, thermal comfort, tropical architecture.

*) Published in Journal Dimensi Teknik Arsitektur Dec 2006 / Vol 34 / No 2. ISSN:0126-219X.

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