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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Reimar Schefold , Peter J.M. Nas , Gaudenz Domenig and Robert Wessing -- Introduction / Reimar Schefold , Peter J.M. Nas and Robert Wessing -- Aceh, Gayo and Alas: Traditional house forms in the Special Region of Aceh / Peter J.M. Nas and Akifumi Iwabuchi -- Variation in Karo architecture / Gaudenz Domenig -- Traditional houses and settlements in the Minangkabau heartland / Syamsul Asri -- Adjusting the popular image: Diversity and dynamics in Minangkabau vernacular architecture / Marcel Vellinga -- The house as group: Traditional dwellings on Siberut, Mentawai / Reimar Schefold -- Nias Island traditional houses / Alain Viaro -- Rejang houses: Continuity and change in construction and meaning / Jan J.J.M. Wuisman -- Lean-tos, huts and houses: Forms of shelter among nomadic forest dwellers in Southeast Asia / Nathan Porath and Gerard A. Persoon -- Sea nomads’ mobile dwellings and settlements and their ideas of place and space / Lioba Lenhart -- House form and ethnic identity: Tradition and variation in house style in Jambi Province / Fiona Kerlogue -- The limas house of Palembang / Sandra Taal -- The Kerinci longhouse: Ethnographic materials and comparative observations / Gaudenz Domenig -- ‘The house that was built overnight’: Guidelines on the construction and use of the southern Sumatran rumah uluan / Bart Barendregt -- Beehive houses on Enggano Island, Western Indonesia / Pieter ter Keurs -- Round houses of Indonesia: A comparative study / Gaudenz Domenig -- Constituting the world in the Sundanese house / Robert Wessing -- Centred on the source: Hamlets and houses of Kanekes (Baduy) / Bart Barendregt and Robert Wessing -- The Betawi house in Jakarta: The dynamics of an urban cultural tradition / Peter J.M. Nas , Yasmine Z. Shahab and Jan J.J.M. Wuisman -- Involution in dwellings: Three cases from a Jakarta kampung / Atashendartini Habsjah -- The kampong / Peter J.M. Nas , Leslie Boon , Ivana Hladká and Nova Chr. A. Tampubolon -- Adapted revivals: Recent transformations in Indonesian architectural traditions / Reimar Schefold -- About the authors / Reimar Schefold , Peter J.M. Nas , Gaudenz Domenig and Robert Wessing -- Index / Reimar Schefold , Peter J.M. Nas , Gaudenz Domenig and Robert Wessing.