The designstudio practice of architecture in Indonesia has designed the Glass House which was developed from the concept of modern house. This house design was developed ‘understanding of the concept of green’ to optimize the design approach with the primary focus of the two aspects of power management with cross ventilation & optimal natural light and water management using bio swale system on the landscape and using rain water for watering landscaping and re-filtered external to be used for service purposes. Sited in West part of Jakarta originating the tropical climate with high humidity percentage and heavy rain season that occurs repeatedly, it takes into a consideration of all design aspects. The house are expressed in single block massing of two storey house with full glass height in front and expressing the L-section of double volume living room on the first storey and all bedrooms on second storey with full height window opening on the top large overhang pitched roof to adapt the local climate. Via…

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