A House In Karawang
Not exactly a small house, but the use of woods can also be applied to any other types of small houses.
The woods we’re using here are combinations of varied types of used woods.
At first we were afraid to the fact that we didn’t dry the woods, but it still standing now, for 5 years.
December 21, 2007 at 3:12 am
love the design. Question : what type of wood you’ve used for the house in tropical like Indonesia? Do they need treatment before apply for construction?
December 21, 2007 at 6:45 am
Thanks for the comment glad you like it. We can use any type of wood here, granted we live in one of the most wood producer country in the world. The wood usually has to be dried first, and as for termites, the suitable wood would be ebony or any other hard type wood
December 22, 2007 at 1:54 pm
can i know how much we need money to have a sweet home like that?
Nice home, when global warming issue, it’s a dream house. like in heaven
December 23, 2007 at 1:03 am
Very inspiring blog!
Just wonder if we (not only you) are aware of the statistics or anedocatl evidence of the rapidly dwindling wood (read: forest) resources in our beloved country? Not to mention Malaysia that has been dubbed as one of the top level exporter of wood in the world alongside with Indonesia, which we can imagine suspiciously sources the wood from Indonesian forests.
And what about ecological and carbon foot print issues? I m just not sure that we can renew our wood resources as quick as we exploit it.
Just brainstorming tough, from someone who’s really really into rumahkayu, but still do not have the guts to bear the personal consequences … Whatever it is.
Other leading Q: any other alternative?
Just me from Jogja
December 23, 2007 at 5:01 pm
well…I can’t really make an exact assumption about the cost, but i’m sure if we stick to using used material we can come up with something to minimize the budget…:)
December 23, 2007 at 5:06 pm
The idea of using used wood is basically to minimize the potential effect of global warming. The kind of materials we use are mostly second hand material that are still useable. Used woods are ,in my opinion already an alternative answer to this issue.Thanks for commenting:)
December 28, 2007 at 12:15 pm
very nice pics. yes, it’s probably not quite popular now to use lots of wood as materials at home. the global warming issue may impact negatively on the use of wood in the future, but it’s terribly hard to stop illegal logging as long as there are high demands on high quality wood…
December 29, 2007 at 2:01 am
This global warming issue is getting scarier and scarier everyday, i guess the phrase “as you sow you shall also reap” ( correct me if i’m wrong) really is true. I hope in the future none of us use woods anymore, but right now, in the present the least we can do to minimize the damage is to use used materials right? thanks for the comment
January 30, 2008 at 1:06 am
kang, if i want build home with kayu bekas for type 30/60, spend much money?? and what tipe of kayu bekas is?
*halah susah kang pake bahasa linggis teh geuning
February 4, 2008 at 6:48 am
arigato dobelden san 4 stopping by,iya euy hese inggris teh he3, tp brhubng ni blog inggris jd ya…mangga…The cost u spend on a house depends on how much material u’re using, the kayu bekas we’re using was meant to minimize the budget. We generally use jati wood( halah…), or other type of wood…just remember to stay in budget