Not know means not love. That proverb that feels right for you who want to build a house by following the style of the middle of the trend. One of them is home minimalist concept that became the favorite choice in the metropolis. Now most of the developers vying to peddle home building with minimalist shape. So, before you decide to build or buy, it helps us to know some basic principles of minimalist homes.
Development of minimalist home is strongly influenced by changes in urban lifestyle (upper middle) is very practical. This distinguishes a healthy home building simple (RSS) which are all built on strict limitations, both land and funds. RSS building quality obviously much different from a minimalist home.
Minimalist home requires fuel-efficient without reducing the quality of buildings, building geometric shapes, straight field lines firmly, looked stiff, and the points angled meeting. The house comes with a shape like a box with a roof sloping triangle perpendicular. The form of home is not messy, it remains highly highlight the shape of the basic architecture of the firm.
Proportioned building form, in which the division of the floor, walls, and roof look balanced. Houses minimal ornamentation, especially profile carvings. Form of frames and shutters and doors rectangle that makes the house look assertive appearance.
The division of space is very efficient, functional, and clear hierarchy. Occupants and visitors can easily identify the functions of space. Placement of windows, doors, and skylights aim to enter the light and air appropriately and optimally in the room so that the use of lights and air conditioning equipment, especially in the morning and afternoon, can be reduced to a minimum. Excess minimalist house, the house is directed into the center of eco-friendly homes become a trend worldwide.
For those who have limited land, multi-functional use of space. Merging the functions of space, such as the terrace and living room; living room and family room; living room, dining room and kitchen, rear porch, dining room and study room, is a consequence of the change of the urban lifestyle. Time-consuming routine work outside the home makes the function spaces used optimally, there is no dead space.
Material usage is very efficient, practical, lightweight but sturdy, and high tech. Plain or textured concrete exposed on the walls of the house, wide glass windows little or no connection. Glass walls are combined with water to make a beautiful curtain wall of water, and cool the room. Walls like this also was a trend everywhere. Order the building of concrete to steel. The roof started from clay tile, shingle, until the steel plate. Floating staircase shape of the plate and strap steel, lightweight concrete, until the folding ladder that can be saved to the roof.
Plain wood with no ornamentation, just a polished or painted, still widely used for frames and doors and windows. Sills of durable aluminum that has also been widely used. Fence is also designed to strengthen the impression of minimalism of textured concrete, the walls of betel leaf (cut stone be nested), until the hedges soften the stiffness of the building.
Color selection is very important. The dominance of black, white, and gray are the hallmark of the main buildings and furnishings. The atmosphere of the house seemed cold and heavy. To balance it, combined-house color matching other colors as accents (contrast), such as red, yellow, orange (bright) and brown, blue, green (soft). Contrasting colors are also used as an accent to accentuate the shape of the building with its surroundings.
Furnishing the house should follow the basic geometric shapes of buildings, so the chairs, sofas, desks, cabinets, and cots rectangular plain, without ornament carving profile. Chairs, tables, and cabinets full of carvings was felt to be uncomfortable. Sofa furniture leather and metal with a dark color and a rectangular glass table decorated living room and family room. Overall, the room filled with furniture that is highly efficient and functional course.
Network utilities and sanitation are also laid out carefully. Placements tailored to the priority needs and easy maintenance. The game is very artistic lighting lamps, spotlights well, growing lights, and pendants with geometric forms. The bathroom is also equipped with a compact sanitary.
Anything as beautiful as the house was built, the house remained a dead building. For that, the house needs a “spirit” in order to create life. The presence of occupants of the house with all its activities and the manufacture of home gardens will provide a dynamic spirit of home life. Placement of plant pots are arranged carefully in the shady corners of the house from the front porch to the corner of the back porch and fish pond features will make the house feel alive.
Looking ahead, the minimalist house in a compact, stylish, practical and will remain a favorite choice. Creativity and innovative with high artistic taste of the architects and supported the development of sophisticated technology to make a minimalist home will continue to grow with every new breakthrough. For those who love the variety of modern and futuristic things, especially the young executives who are single or a young family dynamic, minimalist home will still be their favorite choice for a minimalist home has become a new symbol of urban society.