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Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang (collectively called Barelang ), as well as Bulang to the west and ...
A traditional Batak Toba house in North Sumatra. With few exceptions, the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago share a common Austronesian ancestry (originating in Taiwan, c. 6,000 years ago [4]) or Sundaland, a sunken area in Southeast Asia, and the traditional homes of Indonesia share a number of characteristics, such as timber construction and varied and elaborate roof structures. [4]
Examples of dams that are being constructed are the Sei Gong Dam in Galang Islands, Batam, which as a capacity of 11,8 million m 3 of water. Construction of the dam has finished in 2018 and is predicted to begin operation in 2019. [137] Another dam that is also under construction is the Sei Busung Dam in Bintan.
A Rumah Gadang serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. In the matrilineal Minangkabau society, the Rumah Gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there; ownership is passed from mother to daughter. The houses have a dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables.
One Residence Batam - ~132 metres (433 ft) 32: 2019: residential: Current tallest completed building in Batam. It surpassed the BCC in 2019. 5: Batam City Condominium - 128 metres (420 ft) 28: 2011: hotel residential: After surpassing Planet Holiday Hotel, it became the tallest completed building in Batam in 2011, before surpassed by the One ...
Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), [1] is a type of traditional house found in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. It can also be found in Baturaja . The house is traditionally made of wood and raised on stilts, with a stepped, or gradated, floor composed of two to five areas at slightly different heights, a ...
Barelang Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Barelang) is a chain of 6 bridges of various types that connected the Barelang island group of Riau Archipelago built in 1997. The smaller islands of Tonton, Nipah, and Setotok (considered parts of the Batam island group) connect Batam and Rempang, while a further small island - Galang Baru - is connected at the southern end of the chain.
Rumah ulu evolved from an older type of houses known as the rumah uluan, the most basic form of rumah ulu. Rumah uluan is basically a type of wooden stage house, typical vernacular architecture in the Nusantara archipelago. [2] Rumah uluan was built over very thick wooden posts (tiang duduk/kong), usually numbered six to nine. The posts are ...