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Ahmad Djuhara: A Home Design to Suit All TastesArchitect Ahmad Djuhara succeeded nevertheless in creating a clean-cut, modern three-story house in a housing complex in North Jakarta.
It fully conforms to the wishes of the young couple with children for a home that reflected their taste, lifestyle as well as meeting their growing family's needs -- boasting a modern atmosphere with a stimulating space experience, colors as well as "interesting" displays of materials -- while staying true to Djuhara's own design objectives.
Djuhara said he was influenced by the works of several foreign and local architects in making design solutions.
"I think it's part of the learning process," said the winner of the Association of Indonesian Architects' competition to develop the Wayang Museum in Kota, West Jakarta.
The house stands on a plot of land that was raised about 70 centimeters higher than the street level.
"The plot was elevated because the lower floor, which was initially a semibasement, also accommodates the servant's quarters and according to feng shui, a living quarter should not be lower than the street level," Djuhara explained, referring to the Chinese architectural principles.
To provide balance for its elevated appearance, the architect designed a front staircase with a rich-toned wooden shield made of bars and arranged horizontally. The front stair
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