Modern tropical house design is appropriate for those living in tropical countries. How to build it in order to become an ideal dwelling?
Design houses such as what is your favorite? Does classical design, ethnic, minimalist, or modern? Although the design of the house entirely in the hands of the owner, it is useful when building a house, the owners pay attention to the environmental conditions around her house.
| If weather conditions are there only knew two seasons, or the tropical heat and rain, it helps if the design tropical house combined with modern design made guides. Although in accordance with environmental conditions, it does not mean a house can be built directly. There are also some things that must be considered if you want a modern tropical home truly comfortable. |  |
The tropical climate means gaining the abundant sunshine, high humidity, and rainfall is quite high also. Effects that can arise from this is that the room will be stuffy and hot if there is no good air circulation. As a result, bacteria and fungi can develop a less good for human health.
In addition, the wood becomes susceptible to decay and termites. Similarly, the flow of torrential rain and stuck in congestion and not concrete or puddled in the gutter will be prone to cause leakage.
For that, need to do some things to menyiasatinya. First, to overcome the problem of lighting in the afternoon sun, made opening skylights or light on the roof and upper walls. Can also be made a variety of window openings and large glass doors, make ruangruang open in the house, either park in the middle of the room or in the back of the house.
Another alternative could be the use of glass block and stained glass and make a void area of the second floor and first floor with window openings besar.Dengan enough so, the basement can be much brighter.
Another possible step is to organize and try to direct the direction of the sunlight falling on the building. How to create shadow effects within the room by way of trying to control the direction of light falling through windows or skylights into the building.
Then set the building back and forth in order to get the effect and depth teranggelap building facades. Another thing that can be done is to create an opening in the building and its effect on buildings such as doors, windows, skylights, balconies and wooden pergola and lattice below the canopy.
Alternatively could use the material with the severity of the effects of light such as natural stone, concrete, wood, and glass or metal. Can also do the trick of light effect through the dark building and forth and the depth of the building. Although sunlight is good for health, does not mean harmless excessive sunlight.
Because it needs to make a canopy to prevent glare and reduce tempias. If necessary, make a lattice of wooden or iron as a secondary skin or sunshading to reduce excessive sunlight.
Or try to make curtains or a horizontal or vertical blinds to regulate the incoming sunlight. It can also make the building does not frontally facing westward but is a bit askew.
To get a high enough humidity, make opening the windows or doors facing each other with each other. The goal is that there is good air circulation through the system of cross-horizontal or vertical. Or try to put the sunlight into the room directly, either through the wall or through an opening in the roof with a minimum time of one hour in order to avoid moisture.
Next, make the holes the wind well above the sill and the side wall of the upper air circulation in order to become more fluent. Alternatively, create a window of a multifunctional and can be used for two things. So, if homeowners want only light coming in, jalusinya can be opened but the wind did not go in, and vice versa.
Other steps, choose wood that are resistant to decay or termites, or by providing the layer to make it more durable. Finally, the issue of high rainfall, try to drain as quickly as possible rainfall into the soil surface and by choosing the steep slope of the roof.
Do not forget to select a tile that has a straight groove and depth so that water flows faster. Install the vertical gutters are many and great, especially for the use of flat roofs, can also be done.
What also must be considered is not to make a lot of jurat in the roof that makes a puddle of water and potentially cause leakage. No lag, attach aluminum foil that can help reduce the heat under the roof and can help reduce leakage. For exterior areas frame materials, aluminum and select wood weatherproof. For finishing the outside, choose wood with polish.
Do not use melamik because it tends to be easily damaged. Select also paint the walls are more resistant to climate extremes of weather outside as well as mold and mildew. It is ready to build your dream house modern tropical?