Situated on a medium-sized, elongated, 700-square meter lot, this classic two-story house offers not only a pragmatic but also an aesthetic solution for modern-day living amidst the hustle and bustle of Jakarta.
The dominant feature, indeed the central element,of the house is a double-height inner courtyard placed almost in the exact center of the house. All areas of the house, including the movement of the occupants, revolve around this inner courtyard which is enclosed by full- height, wood-framed windows and doors. A single plant in a simple stone urn is the focus of the paved courtyard. The courtyard allows light to reach every corner of the house, at the same time functioning as a kind of airshaft that provides cross-ventilation and animates air movement throughout all its rooms on both stories.
A stone urn, specially made with a curved profile to soften the strict lines of the square courtyard, is here viewed from the dining room verandah. The white pebbles bordering the paved courtyard prevent rain splash as well as provide textural contrast.
The courtyard is glimpsed through a vertical opening in the grooved plaster wall of the main staircase leading to the bedrooms on the second floor.
From the front steps of the house, visitors enter a foyer through double doors, which is spacious enough to show- case the owners’ collection of art, before they are led along a warm, wood-floored verandah adjacent to the central inner courtyard, eventually reaching the main living room of the house. Along the way, the deliberate prominence of the inner courtyard is not lost on visitors.
Interior designer Ijus Julius Susanto, responsible for the home’s décor, opted for a fusion of trends and materials with an emphasis on comfortable modernism. In the dining room overlooking the courtyard, a white easy-to-maintain statuario marble and stainless steel table is set against a dark floor. The glass wine cabinet conceals the kitchen.
A few steps and a white box separate the living room from the dining room. A dark yet warm and intimate merbau wood floor further differentiates the space from the other public areas. The floor-to-ceiling doors and low-slung modern furniture add to the spaciousness.
Frosted glass sliding doors conceal office equipment and storage in the carefully designed workspace-cum-reception roomat the front of the house. The bold andesite stone table pedestalsand soft carpet on the granite floor provide tactile and visual contrast in the room.
The main living room is placed towards the back of the house on the right.While it has direct access to the inner courtyard through a set of doors placed on one corner, it also opens out to a grassy area at the back of the house, thus extending the entertainment area. It is a spacious, airy, and well-lit space that commands the best views of the house. Overlooking the living room and the courtyard below is a raised dining room.The kitchen at the back of the house, between the living and dining rooms, is concealed by a wine cabinet. At the front of the house, overlooking the street in front and the courtyard behind, is a workspace for the lady of the house, which doubles as a place where guests can be received in an office-like setting. A guest room is placed next to it.
A spiral staircase leads from the children’s corner on the second floor to their games room in the attic, where a big window overlooks the entrance foyer.
A teak-floored passageway connects the entrance foyer to the living room and the garden terrace beyond. The staircase to the upstairs bedrooms is con- cealed behind the purple grooved wall, visually connected with the courtyard on the left through narrow vertical openings.
The curved white ceiling in the master bedroom complements the tones of the dark parquet flooring and yellow wall behind the bed. A large, wood- framed mirror separates the room from the walk-in closet, bathroom, and reading area— which opens out to the balcony overlooking the lawn below.
The private spaces of the house are all located on the second floor.The stairs and corridors that lead up to them are highlighted with warm-colored materials and covered with wooden flooring, providing warmth to the areas of house that are meant to be more intimate, in contrast to the use of the rather hard materials and cold colors in the more public areas of the house. Upstairs, the private areas also revolve around the central courtyard and enjoy the light and air flow that it provides.
Black and white dominates the color scheme in the main living room. Glimpses of the dining area on the split level, the inner court- yard, and the stairs leading to the bedrooms emphasize the clear separation yet fluidity and con- nectivity of the spaces in the house. The white box does double duty as a divider and storage for the sound system and other items.
Bordering the spare back yard covered in fine grass, the verandah is a great place to relax and unwind. The living room on the ground floor and the reading room off the master bedroom above also look out over the lawn.
Shards of light play on the staircase wall and ceiling courtesy of the high windows and the slits in the purple grooved wall.
The master bedroom occupies the space directly to the left of the courtyard void. Beyond it, separated by a huge mirror wall, is a walk-in closet, bathroom, and read- ing area, the latter opening to a balcony overlooking the back garden. Full-length doors and a balcony off the spacious master bedroom also allow views of the court- yard below.The two children’s rooms are located side by side at the front of the house. A games room, accessed by a spiral staircase, occupies the front right.
The first floor plan shows the central inner courtyard sur- rounded by a passageway on the right connecting the foyer in front and the private living area and verandah at back. The dining room on the left is adjacent to a void overlooking a small bamboo garden and a workspace adjacent to a guest bedroom at the front.
A striking modern sculpture in the double-height foyer on the right hints at what is to come in the contemporary Indonesian interior. The stone wall on the left separates the andesite stone steps leading to the main entrance from the carport below.
The façade of the house from the carport. On the right,a white entrance “hall” with a glass-topped pergola-type roof houses the postbox, doorbell, and intercom. An opening in the back wall leads to the carport, while visitors pass through a steel gate and up the stone stairs. A large overhanging canopy covers the main entrance and the workspace. Wooden louvers screen direct views into the full-height windows of the children’s bedrooms up- stairs, yet still allow light to enter.
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