Javanese traditional house

A joglo-type roof in Central Java pavilion, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, modeled after Mangkunegaran palace

Javanese traditional house (Javanese ꦲꦺꦴꦩꦃꦲꦢꦠ꧀ꦗꦮ omah adat Jawa) refers to the traditional vernacular houses of Javanese people in the island of Java, Indonesia.

Landhuis Depan in Batavia is a Dutch Indies country houses which had completely assimilated with the Javanese house style.

Javanese hierarchy of roof form

An extended kampung-type roof in a house of Javanese common people.

Limasan-type roof associated with higher status Javanese families appears in this house in a village near Salatiga.

Joglo-type roof appears in this residence of the head of a village in Jepara.

Tajug-type or Meru-type roof is always reserved for sacred spaces such as this mosque in Yogyakarta.

Layout of an ideal Javanese house compound. Legend: 1. lawang pintu 2. pendopo 3. peringgitan 4. emperan 5. dalem 6. senthong 7. gandok 8. dapur (kitchen)

Side entrance to a gandok in the Omah UGM, Kotagede

See also

• Indonesian architecture
• Rumah adat
• Kraton (Indonesia)
• List of mosques in Indonesia
• Dutch Indies country houses
• Kotagede

Works cited

• Gunawan Tjahjono, ed. (1998). Architecture. Indonesian Heritage. Vol. 6. Singapore: Archipelago Press. ISBN 981-3018-30-5.
• Het Indische bouwen: architectuur en stedebouw in Indonesie : Dutch and Indisch architecture 1800–1950. Helmond: Gemeentemuseum Helmond. 1990.
• Schoppert, P.; Damais, S. (1997). Java Style. Singapore: Didier Millet. ISBN 9625932321.