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Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; [1] they also keep out vermin. [2] The shady space under the house can be used for work or storage. [3]
In traditional stilt houses, wood is a prevalent structural material used to manufacture the stilts. This is usually from a local lumber source, with many traditional stilt houses in Asia using bamboo for structural support. [8] In modern homes, concrete and steel are often used as construction material for the structural stilts in houses.
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Image created by Dheera Venkatraman (me). Just thought when I saw this that it really exemplified a rustic village of stilt houses built of traditional materials (as opposed to the more modern concrete stilts used in many villages today), illustrating the concept which is often not seen by inlanders and those in other regions of the world. I ...
For example, the house should be built to the left of the parents' or in-laws' house. There is also a prohibition on making the roof of the house from materials that contain earth elements. The Betawi stilt house itself has been influenced by various cultures, from Javanese, Sundanese, Malay, to Chinese and Arabic, and Netherlands.