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The Rice Barn House design is largelydriven by responding to the site’s environmental condition and by celebrating the inherited traditional local construction methodology. Given a compact lot and a brief by the client to have sufficient programs in the house, our approach seeks to fuse Indonesia’s vernacular architecture with contemporary building technology to accommodate today’s living lifestyle. Thus, we incorporated vernacularism by using elements from lumbungpadi (Indonesian Rice Barn), synthetized with modern material selections.

The form of the house was inspired by lumbungpadi whose structure is built on 4 columns with a ground floor slab raised 2m above ground. Characterized by two levels, the traditional barn house is usually built with contrasting spatial qualities – ground level as an open-sided pavilion and first level as an enclosed private space. We associated these spatial qualities with living program placements.

The gambrel roof design from lumbungpadi is modified into a trapezoid prism holding private programs such as bedrooms and private bathrooms. The roof of the prism is punctured with a circular skylight at the center, and the trapezoid’s slanted walls are punctured with window openings to supply natural light, and allow cross-and-stack ventilation throughout the private quarters. 

Nested underneath is an open plan living room that is connected by a central spiral staircase. The living room is enveloped with frameless bi-fold doors that blur the outdoor-to-indoor boundary. Surrounded by continuous terraces and vegetation, the living room mimics the openness of the pavilion from lumbungpadi, allowing as much natural wind flow to pass through from all sides.With the shifting of lifestyle nowadays, the access to natural ventilation is considered to be a significant element in quality of life, which bolster the openness of pavilion spatial quality.

All other supporting programs are clustered on the ground level to serve the needs of the living programs on the levels above. The modernization of lumbungpadi traditional house is achieved through applying selection of modern building technologies and materiality that accommodates today’s lifestyle.

Team:
Interior Design: Jenny Alvionita
Architectural Design LEAD: Kelvin Thengono
Architectural Drafting: Fikrie Mailadi
General Contractor: Reca Studio
Lighting Consultant: Capital Lighting
Landscape Consultant: Tanam Lokal
Wood Consultant: Pt. Rumah Kayu Kita
Structure Engineers: Anwar Susanto
Interior Contractor: ADA Fabrication

Material Used:
1. Daikin: AC System
2. Dorma: Bi-Fold Door
3. Onna: Blind System
4. CT5 Shingles: Asphalt Shingles
5. Grohe: Sanitary
6. Arboy & Troy: Furniture
7. Restoration Hardware: Furniture
8. Construction System: Metal, Concrete, Glass
9. Finishes: Metal, Concrete, Glass