Completed in 2025 in Simpenan, Indonesia. Images by FX.Bambang SN, Fadhil Hasairin. Omah Tanah House at Lodji Beach, Sukabumi. This house is
"The design strategy involves reinterpreting the adjacent village houses. But with a more contemporary interpretation. The building's entire mass is made up of courtyards. One courtyard serves as a parking lot, but the roof is also transparent to capture solar energy. The other courtyard is on a lower level and has a swimming pool, so it functions as a terrace facing the courtyard. The swimming pool is designed to serve as a reference or datum for the composition of the entire structure. Basically, it's a boxy bulk with a gable roof. However, we arch above the typical pointed gable roof. Then construct the roof using an iron frame. In Indonesian architecture, wood is commonly used as the main construction, with connections made with fins of wooden planks and coupled with other wooden interlocking. However, as the entire floor structure of this project is made of concrete, the fins are also made of it. This rafter structure enables the roof to breathe."

















