TROPICAL_PEPPER

In Bahasa Indonesia, Lada means Pepper, therefore our local office name would be Bureau PEPPER. (Good enough to keep) This is all thanks to Dutch artist Su Tomesen and her Indonesian husband Teguh who invited us to design their Yogyakarta home, Yoglo con house. Located at the southern rim of the city where rice-paddies and tropical trees alternate with spontaneous building growth. Adding a new dot to the ‘Sites’ of out nomadic architectural experiences. ‘Brede School on Bonaire’   Tropical experience (between tropics of cancer and capricorn) is not alien to us, as we collect the old ‘Tropical Modernity’ booklet from Brasil, the Antilles Bonaire school project, Nouvelle Caledonie eco resort (with Molasses), Sri Lankan Matara studio with Kelly Shanon and the Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa (for Van Gameren Mastenbroek).Looking forward to the next tropical design experience!!! (no cold bridges, but rather open connections, good wind flow and screens in the lush vegetation are the topic)  Wonderful site – research trip looking at traditional typologies, materials and inspiration was rounded up with the visit to Borobodour temple with Edi Arinto and lecture invitation by Eko Prawoto at the Duta Wacana Christian University in Yogyakarta. Hopefully we will meet again.