Javanese traditional house

A joglo-type roof in Central Java pavilion, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, modeled after Mangkunegaran palace

Javanese traditional house (Javanese: ꦲꦺꦴꦩꦃꦠꦿꦝꦶꦱꦶꦪꦺꦴꦤꦭ꧀ꦗꦮ, romanized: Omah tradhisional Jawa) refers to the traditional vernacular houses of Javanese people in the island of Java, Indonesia.^[1]

Landhuis Depan in Batavia is a Dutch Indies country houses which had completely assimilated with the Javanese house style.

Javanese hierarchy of roof form

Layout of an ideal Javanese house compound. Legend: 1. lawang pintu 2. pendopo 3. peringgitan 4. emperan 5. dalem 6. senthong 7. gandok 8. dapur (kitchen)

Side entrance to a gandok in the Omah UGM, Kotagede

See also

• Indonesia portal

• Indonesian architecture
• Rumah adat
• Kraton (Indonesia)
• List of mosques in Indonesia
• Dutch Indies country houses
• Kotagede

References

1. Gunawan Tjahjono 1998, p. 34.

Works cited

• Gunawan Tjahjono, ed. (1998). Architecture. Indonesian Heritage. Vol. 6. Singapore: Archipelago Press. ISBN 981-3018-30-5.
• Het Indische bouwen: architectuur en stedebouw in Indonesie : Dutch and Indisch architecture 1800–1950. Helmond: Gemeentemuseum Helmond. 1990.
• Schoppert, P.; Damais, S. (1997). Java Style. Singapore: Didier Millet. ISBN 9625932321.