The Nature of Tropical Architecture in Indonesian Modernism

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  • Setiadi Sopandi Indonesian Architecture Museum Foundation

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https://doi.org/10.52200/63.A.GBS0QKW3

Keywords:

Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern housing

Abstract

The idea of environmental design – or loosely referred to as “tropical architecture” – is an ever-present but underlying discourse in modern Indonesian architectural history. Despite being tentative and, at times, overshadowed by other dominant issues, the quest for climate-related environmental tropical design is apparent in almost every generation of Indonesian architects.

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Sopandi, S. (2021). The Nature of Tropical Architecture in Indonesian Modernism. Docomomo Journal, (63), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.52200/63.A.GBS0QKW3

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2021-08-31

Issue

No. 63 (2020): Tropical Architecture in the Modern Diaspora

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Documentation Issues

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Author Biography

Setiadi Sopandi, Indonesian Architecture Museum Foundation

(Indonesia, 1975) Practicing architect and lecturer. He is a co-founder, researcher, curator, and the director of Indonesian Architecture Museum Foundation (arsitekturindonesia.org).

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