Project 17 – Stupa

Project Description

Stupa is a house like a Castle inspired by Stupa or tapered traditional masonry temple of Indonesian architecture. This form has been exercised in the Guha project and Istakagrha (meaning bricks house), marking the continuation of the experimentation process in the studio. Stupa also means stupa home, a space for meditation, forming a temple or sanctuary for the family.

The project is in the plot of land in Alam Sutera, Tangerang, a rural area of Jakarta that brings peculiarity to the surrounding existing generic neighborhood. The homeowner’s entry celebrates the lush landscape at the front because of the shade of the current Ketapang Kencana tree.

Architecturally The entrances also bring micro-climate from the solid – translucent canopy in the entrance as a promenade walk from the foyer to the living area. The house forms a castle of skylights in the hot, humid Alam Sutera area, forming an oasis outside. The idea is to have lights and air circulation with tiny gaps at the top of the skylights while providing thermal insulation to the house.

The house consists of 3 types of skylights. One is six primary tapered 3.0 x 3.0 m skylights. The second is the serviced 2.0 m x 3.5 m skylights that light the service area, the third is the smaller 0.5 m x 1.25 m skylight that illuminates the toilet area.

In this house, every room has natural lights. The white bricks are stacked at the front to accommodate privacy framing blue color door and view to the backyard. The living room exposed big glass openings towards the gardens by doing that. The living room is double height providing spacious space that allows air stacking effect to the skylights at the house’s core.

The toilet adjacent to the bedroom and master bedrooms views the gardens and lights from tapered skylights. This house reminded us of the traditional Javanese home.

Reconstruction of the concept started from Lawang Pintu, meaning vista door that greeted the visitor with open space and continued the passage to Pendopo, meaning the arrival building. The Pendopo is the most prominent structure in the house consisting living room. The attached back part is the serviced area and bedrooms area organized by the tapered skylights roof.

The clients are simple people, the discussion in the project combined the grey plastered cement as a basis craftmanship to surface the house. As simple as the house color, it shows the character of the project, the clients, and the approach of the architecture, which is a simple and understated beauty.

Client’s Brief

Memories

by Obed Iskandar.

Home is a place to build memories. A place where I can introduce lots of things to kids. Most important aspect of home to me is light, light, and lights. The best feeling in the world is waking up from afternoon nap basked in golden sunset rays. I’m not much of a design/artsy person so interior wise, I’d left it to my wife. I’m easily satisfied in this sector. I’m more concerned on the quality and materials of the build. I will be happy if the house is uncluttered/tidy and the house is just running smoothly without any “tetek bengek” to deal with.

Rumah adalah tempat istirahat dan beraktifitas

by Della Wangsa.

Rumah adalah tempat istirahat dan beraktifitas. Hal ini terjadi karena aktifitas saya sehari2 ada di rumah, dari sibuk di dapur (baking & cooking), melakukan hobi saya (arts & crafts), mengurus anak ke depannya. Rumah dengan good natural lighting dan aliran udara sangat penting bagi saya. Growing up di Bandung yang udaranya sejuk membuat saya mendambakan rumah yang setidaknya ada aliran udara supaya tidak menambah pengap dan tidak perlu selalu menyalakan AC. Dari semua aktifitas sehari2, saya ingin dapat bersantai juga di rumah. Rumah yang tertata rapi dan semua barang ada tempatnya adalah keinginan saya. Rumah yang memberikan homey feel dan nyaman. Kalau bisa rumah yang gampang di tidy up, kadang mungkin saya tidak bisa tiap hari membereskan rumah tapi saya tidak ingin terlihat terlalu berantakan.Saya juga ingin rumah yang timeless karena kami baru mulai berkeluarga dan perjalanan ke depannya masih panjang, tidak perlu yang terlalu modern atau minimalis. Efisien dan praktis dalam hal maintenance tapi masih terlihat bagus adalah yang utama dirumah yang saya ingin. Good planning tentang placement of everything is important to me too.

Ruang yang dibutuhkan

• 4 Kamar Tidur yang terdiri dari 1 Master Bedroom – Lantai 2 dengan walk-in closet & bathroom
• 2 Kamar Tidur Anak – Lantai 2 dengan 1 shared but separate bathroom
• 1 Kamar Tamu – Lantai 1 dengan 1 shared bathroom with bathroom Lantai 1 (if possible ada 2 bathroom, 1 inside the guestroom and 1 for the guests)
• Kitchen + Pantry + Dining Room – Lantai 1
• Ruang Keluarga – Lantai 1
• Library/Office/Playroom/Arts & Crafts area
• Gudang besar untuk barang2/dus tidak terpakai
• 2x Kamar pembantu dengan 1 shared but separate bathroom
• Dapur Kotor
• Gudang kecil untuk tools & alat2 bersih di setiap lantai
• Future dog room/area
• Area Laundry room/ruang cuci.
• Apakah memiliki koleksi khusus yang ingin dipajang, misalkan lukisan/barang antik/koleksi lain?
• Tidak ada, tapi ingin ada satu space tembok yang bisa dipenuhin untuk gantung foto2 keluarga.

Kriteria Kamar Tidur Utama

Decent size, not to overly big but feel spacious. With walk-in closet & bathroom

Kriteria Kitchen

Baking is a big part of my life. Jadi kitchen area is really important. Good workflow and storage is a need. Ada satu solusi dimana saya bisa bikin berantakan satu sisi di kitchen yang tidak terlihat dari bagian rumah lain. Connected to wet kitchen & pantry.

Kriteria Kamar Pembantu

Dua kamar with AC

Kriteria Garasi Mobil

Garasi tidak perlu, kalau tidak ada garasi, yang penting covered car port dan access ke rumah yang tidak kena hujan.

Kriteria Ruang Cuci

Cukup untuk mesin cuci dan ada space untuk cuci baju manual. Akses ke tempat jempur: tempat jemur preferably di dek atas.

Kriteria Dek Atas

Keran air dan clean station (if we need to clean dusty stuff).

Kriteria Taman

Provide a good shade, Easy maintenance, Not attracting scary bugs, Provide a good area for a child to grow up (play yard)

Project Credit :

Completion Year: 2022
Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2): 400 sqm
Project Location: Alam Sutera Tangerang Banten Indonesia

Lead Architect : Realrich Sjarief

Design Team : Agustin, Erick Fei, Singgih Suryanto,Yudi Atang, Mohammad Enoh, Bonari, Eddy Bachtiar, Alifian Kharisma S, Miftahuddin Nurdayat, Rifandi Septiawan Nugroho, Alhamdamar Mudafiq

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Photographer | Photo Credits: Ernest Theofilus
Videographer : Muhammad Farhan Nashrullah
RAW Visual Arts Team : Angel Gabriela Kusuma, Andriyansyah Muhammad Ramadhan, Lu’Luin Ma’nun, Alim Hanafi

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Structure Design :John Djuhaedi Associates
Team of Local Builders :Singgih Suryanto, Yudi Atang, Mohammad Enoh, Bonari, Eddy Bachtiar

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Part of Interior Designer : Dinardi Then Studio