Tropical Style House

Living in the tropics, then the right house for us to live is a house of modern tropical home architecture. Among the ways to make homes in the tropics are: First, solve lighting problems in the afternoon sun made light skylight openings or holes in the roof and upper walls. Can also be made a variety of windows and glass doors opening large enough, make the space open space in the house, either park in the middle of the room or in the back of the house.

In order to keep the house cool and fresh despite the hot weather and atmosphere, try to work around this by following ways:

1. Create a high ceiling

Make a ceiling of at least three meters, the goal that a large volume of space and air flowed smoothly. The distance between floor and ceiling will make the air move freely in empty space.

This method is often used to get around the house with limited space in order to help give the room a more spacious effect.

2. Creating windows on different sides

To accelerate the airflow path, laying the window can be adjusted to the direction of the wind. If the position of the window is not already in accordance with the direction of the wind, use of plants is quite high as wind turn. Place the plants properly so that airflow is not obstructed.

3. Use a pivot opening system

Pivot opening system allows more air into the opening of the system rather than wear down. With a design like this will determine how much air enters the house.

4. The interior layout with the concept of minimal insulation

In order for the circulation of air evenly throughout the room, preferably with the interior arrangement of the concept of the concept of minimal insulation. If you want to create a private space in one room, use a bulkhead that is not massive, bamboo for example.

5. Place the furniture appropriately

Placement of furniture has an important role to maximize the smooth flow of air. Avoid placing furniture like cabinets with large size in the middle of the room, because it can inhibit the flow of air in the room. (ADT)

It can be concluded about the tropical house has three (3) conditions need to exist in the tropical house, among others, the comfort temperature, audio, and visual. Referring to this, the air conditions in the home should be healthy, not hot, not cold, and not damp. The house must be quiet, not noisy, and not disturbed by noise from outside. Adequate lighting, no glare, and adequate to move.

Alternatively, can be done using glassblock and stained glass and create a void area of the 2nd floor and 1st floor with large window openings. That way, the ground floor can be much brighter It also set up and tried to steer the direction of sunlight falling on the building. How to create a shadow effect in the room by way of trying to control the direction of light falling through windows or skylights into the building.

Then set the building back and forth in order to get the effect of light & dark and depth of building facades. Another thing that can be done is to create openings in buildings and their effects on buildings such as doors, windows, skylights, balconies and wooden pergola as grilles and canopy.

We recommend that you use the material with the severity of the effects of light such as natural stone, concrete, wood, and glass or metal. Can also do the trick effects of buildings through the dark light back and forth as well as the depth of the building. Although sunlight is good for health, it does not mean excessive sun was dangerous for the occupants of the house.

To overcome the humidity is high enough, make a window or door openings facing each other with each other. The goal is that there is good air circulation through the system of cross horizontally and vertically. Or try to incorporate sunlight into the room directly, either through the wall or through an opening in the roof with a minimum of one hour in order to avoid moisture.

Make the holes wind well above the sill and the upper side wall for air circulation becomes more fluent. Alternatively, create a window of a multifunctional and can be used for two things. So, if homeowners want only light coming in, can be opened but the wind does not enter, and vice versa.

Another step, choose a timber that is resistant to decay or termites, or by providing a layer to make it more durable. Finally, the issue of rainfall is high enough, try to drain as quickly as possible to the surface rainfall and the soil by means chose a steep slope roofs.

some pictures tropical style house designs