Johar Traditional Market, the Famous Tropical Heritage Building
Without air conditioner, atmosphere in Johar Market, Semarang, Indonesia still feel fresh. This is because mushroom roof construction with high skies which guarantee the air circulation great. This roof construction also keeps the nature lighting from the sun inside the building. This building is power friendly.
This market built in 1936 by Herman Thomas Karsten, famous Dutch architect. Before built Johar Market, first he built small building, Jatingaleh Market as trial. His trial succeeds, so he built Johar Market as big project.
This market building is sample of architect project that succeed to implement The Everyday Concept. Construction of resolving unfolds wide and reinforced concrete structure in mushroom roof form is assessed successfully creates building with tropical climate friendly.
This heritage building consists of mushroom roof, and eight square pillars. The foundation and floor layer use andesite stone, which famous of its sturdy to hold load. Karsten think that andesite stone is easy to clean, so it match with traditional market which usually easy to be dirty.
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