The Story Behind Jengki Houses
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
FROM the outside, the two-story house looks distinctive with its side walls slanting outward and forming a pentagon. Its steep roofs don't converge to a single point and have no ridges. The plane of the first roof peaks at around half a meter taller than the second roof, as if they were fitted separately, though sheltering the same building.
The old house with drab walls on Jalan Sultan Hasanudin, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, is no longer occup
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