astudioarchitect.com Void, atau lubang antar lantai, adalah sebuah solusi yang praktis untuk menyiasati beberapa kelemahan bila memiliki rumah dengan dua lantai. Artikel di bawah ini adalah artikel dalam koran Sindo yang memuat wawancara dengan saya beberapa waktu lalu. Isinya tentang void dan bagaimana memaksimalkan fungsi void dalam rumah dengan dua lantai atau lebih.
Void, or holes between floors, is a practical solution to deal with some disadvantages if you have a house with two floors. This article is the article in the newspaper Sindo which includes an interview with me some time ago. It contents explanation of void and how to maximize the function of voids in house with two floors or more.
TAK semua orang beruntung memiliki rumah luas dan bisa menampung banyak perabot tanpa memunculkan kesan sempit. Tapi jangan khawatir, Anda yang punya rumah mungil pun tetap bisa menumpahkan segala ide pada interior hunian.
IN THE NEWSPAPER SINDO:
More space with Void
NOT all people are fortunate to have large house and can accommodate lots of rooms without narrow sense. But do not worry, you who have a small house are still able to shed an ideas on residential interiors.
For you who have a small house may often find the idea to make your house a bit larger sense is by doing something with the upper part of the room. In fact, there is one very effective way, which is creating voids. Void is an opening which is normally between floors on- 2storey house. Its function is to connect the ground floor with the upper floor. However, for a house without upper floor, it does not mean can not have a void.
By elevating roof and the ceiling, it will create an empty space between the floor and ceiling. Empty space that is commonly referred to as void.
Voids can also be interpreted as a blank space or empty areas or open space that cuts the continuity between the two areas of space. General terms used to describe the void of space without a floor on the second floor.
Through this void we can see the space underneath, but remained under the same roof.
“If the house is large usually do not actually need voids. House like that is usually the ceiling which is made high.
But void is usually given a kind of decoration so that the house doesn’t look like empty or vacant, “said architect Probo Hindarto.
“But for a small house, it is the opposite. Voids are deliberately made and not given decoration because that empty space can make it look more spacious house,” he added.
A house that has a void usually feels more roomy because our view is not limited to one floor only, but also on the floor above. So, what else does a void may give?
“Void also has significance for the communication between floors for residents who lived in one house. Suppose you are on top and your family are on the ground floor, you only need to look into the void to talk to them,” said the Probo again.
Voids also has functions related to air flor and natural lighting. If the space below is not enough light or do not have access to natural air flow from the garden, can be helped by the existence of voids.
In this case, voids could support the concept of green architecture for tropical and as a liaison between floors, void holes can also be a wind tower that can move the air flowing upward. It would be better if the “wind towers” has air holes at the top to remove the hot air.
In home design, the existence of voids is important to make housing more spacious visually (sight). For example, if our living room measures just 2.5 x 3 meters, will be felt more spacious if there are voids. Similarly to the other room, especially for frequently used room, such as family room.
Upstairs, the presence of voids were sometimes confiscate the room and must have a railing (barrier) at the surrounding void for security reasons. Just as the function on the ground floor, voids on the top floor allows us to speak with residents on the ground floor. Voids in the house can be placed anywhere, as the owner wishes and be made into any room that is used together.
“Void at home can be used in living room, or atrium that can be placed under a dry garden or pool equipped with sculpture. Because the function and use is quite a variety, voids does not necessarily follow the form of space,” architect Samidirijono.
With a void, especially if the location and its position near the window or other types of openings, daytime natural light coming into this area will help to illuminate the void and other rooms around it.
Sumber artikel: Koran Sindo
Sumber wawancara: Probo Hindarto
Sumber gambar: Okezone
by Probo Hindarto
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