The Architecture of Batak Toba: An Expression of Living Harmoniously

Authors

Himasari Hanan
Surjamanto Wonorahardjo

Publication Date

2012-01-01

Abstract

Batak Toba people have a fi gurative imagination through which they orientate themselves to nature and the surrounding landscape. The architecture of the house is created to create a beautiful fi gure in the natural landscape as well as to act in moderating warm-humid climate. Dramatic roof forms have been developed as an expression of this culturally determined sensitivity towards natural forces and practical wisdom towards thermal comfort. Building a house deals with human needs within a structure of static and living components from the environment. Aesthetic qualities emerge genuinely out of the adaptive process within the corresponding multidimensional aspects of a living environment.

First Page

11

Last Page

22

Recommended Citation

Hanan, Himasari and Wonorahardjo, Surjamanto (2012) "The Architecture of Batak Toba: An Expression of Living Harmoniously," NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning): Vol. 8: No. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/nakhara/vol8/iss1/2