Old Style Houses

The advantages: of old style houses is distinctively that it is very authentic and can not be equated with nowadays models of houses, because it has historical value. The architectural style is a symbol of luxury on the antiquity of which can be associated also with a symbol of luxury in our own times. Furthermore, the Dutch Meneer did have attention on tropical climate so slowly adapting tropical architecture in buildings. Usually these buildings is very cool inside temperature even without AC, this is the result of attention to the potential for a tropical climate. The downside: the colonial-style buildings can not always be accepted by all circles.

Features of the building is usually a high proportion, nice designed area and with a good distance from the street to live comfortably. Today many people no longer pay attention to comfort in terms of spatial planning because land is limited, therefore we can learn from the houses. Roof forms are usually high-rises, more than 35 degrees, even up to 45 degrees slope. There are also more than that. All that makes a high proportion of the roof and the room under the roof of the cooler. Form of the building is usually the schematics of the box, some are hexagonal and octagonal.

In the interior, very consistent. Dutch tiles made regular use craftsmen with an interesting motif. This has been rarely seen anymore. The model can be combined with interior design to adapt the form of windows, roof, or profile lines. Basically, today’s house building technology also uses many Dutch construction system. In fact the Dutch buildings may stood until now because the construction are excellent. To fit the course should be through a process of good design. For example, usually forms the windows uniform in all parts of the house.

Decorative elements of buildings long ago is still relevant today applied in profile for example wall decor, exposed stone wall layer at the bottom of the wall, and so forth. Existing furniture of the old time is also influenced by the architecture that developed when it is de Stijl, noveau art, art deco, and so forth. Each has distinctive design features such as de Stijl-like style of minimalist modern architecture today. Art Noveau use of spiral decoration style. While many uses elements of Art Deco lines as decoration.

The standard colors used are usually white, gray and black. But now many are painted with vivid colors. Today many former design side by side with the current architectural style. Because of the wide variety of architecture and interior decoration, many mix and match occured by the home owner. Usually the type of furniture that is suitable for home ‘jadul’ style is the kind of modern furniture of 70s-80s era. But it could also use the furniture in the style before it was like DeStijl or Art Deco style.