Indonesian houses : survey of vernacular architecture in western Indonesia / / Volume 2 : / edited by Reimar Schefold, Peter J.M. Nas and Gaudenz Domenig.

• TeilnehmendeR: Schefold, Reimar, 1938-; Nas, P.; Domenig, Gaudenz, 1935-
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Leiden series on Indonesian architecture; Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 207, 251; Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 251.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (722 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Aceh, Gayo and Alas: Traditional house forms in the Special Region of Aceh /; Variation in Karo architecture /; Traditional houses and settlements in the Minangkabau heartland /; Adjusting the popular image: Diversity and dynamics in Minangkabau vernacular architecture /; The house as group: Traditional dwellings on Siberut, Mentawai /; Nias Island traditional houses /; Rejang houses: Continuity and change in construction and meaning /; Lean-tos, huts and houses: Forms of shelter among nomadic forest dwellers in Southeast Asia /; Sea nomads’ mobile dwellings and settlements and their ideas of place and space /; House form and ethnic identity: Tradition and variation in house style in Jambi Province /; The limas house of Palembang /; The Kerinci longhouse: Ethnographic materials and comparative observations /; ‘The house that was built overnight’: Guidelines on the construction and use of the southern Sumatran rumah uluan /; Beehive houses on Enggano Island, Western Indonesia /; Round houses of Indonesia: A comparative study /; Constituting the world in the Sundanese house /; Centred on the source: Hamlets and houses of Kanekes (Baduy) /; The Betawi house in Jakarta: The dynamics of an urban cultural tradition /; Involution in dwellings: Three cases from a Jakarta kampung /; The kampong /; Adapted revivals: Recent transformations in Indonesian architectural traditions /; About the authors /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 900425398X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Reimar Schefold, Peter J.M. Nas and Gaudenz Domenig.

This collection aims to attract attention to the admirable achievements of indigenous builders in Indonesia and to contribute to a broader sense of commitment to the endangered architectural heritage in the region. It presents the second part of the results of a research project on vernacular architecture in western Indonesia, sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. The volume is intended to provide an introduction to all relevant vernacular architectural traditions and developments in western Indonesia. The 21 contributions, all written by researchers with long first-hand experience in the area they are dealing with, are arranged according to the location of the ethnic groups from west to east—from Aceh to Western Java. Each contributor was asked to enrich the architectural description with a self-chosen particular topic illustrating social, ideological and environmental peculiarities of the field situation. The book takes account of the rich diversity of the various contexts and artistic elaborations that developed in the region. The first collection of essays, Indonesian houses, Volume 1: Tradition and transformation in vernacular architecture , was published as nr. 207 of the Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Leiden, 2003). It focussed on case studies demonstrating how a common architectural heritage has been affected by historical changes, giving shape to a multiplicity of local developments and adaptations both in their material aspects and in their functions as objects of social value and meaning.