astudioarchitect.com Lesehan adalah cara duduk yang cukup populer di negeri kita ini, baik itu di rumah, di warung atau restoran yang ada fasilitas lesehan, atau saat berkumpul bersama. Lesehan merupakan istilah untuk cara duduk diatas lantai, dimana akar budayanya berasal dari tata krama duduk didunia timur. Di berbagai negeri seperti Indonesia, Arab dan Jepang, sikap duduk menentukan tata krama dan sopan santun, yang didalamnya termasuk pula duduk secara lesehan. Mbak Raya dari Koran Sindo mengajukan beberapa pertanyaan seputar lesehan ini pada saya. 'Lesehan' is Indonesian term for 'sitting on the floor'. Lesehan is a popular way of sitting in our country, be it at home, in shops or restaurants with lesehan facility, or at a gathering. The roots of its culture is a kind of manner when sitting down, comes from the east side of the world. In many countries such as Indonesia, Arab and Japan, sitting determine attitudes and manners, including the lesehan kind of sitting. Mbak Raya from Koran Sindo ask a few questions about lesehan.


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Very good question about lesehan position and the sitting room. Lesehan is a fun position, and more freely, and because of that it can be said as less formal. This position is widely used for day-to-day in the family room, or when there is a celebration or gathering, for thus accommodate more people. Lesehan as an alternative to a sitting position is usually used. The impression of a less formal impression is due to the lack of spatial furniture planning, without the usual furniture planning, and the absence of clear limitation on how this sitting position makes this way of sitting to be in an informal impression.
We must have often seen a lot of lesehan living room, but usually it's in low income people's house, for example because they do not have money to buy furniture. But there are also lesehan culture that is even high enough, as in the Arabian Peninsula, usually in the living room they use a type of sofa called a 'divan' (in the western vocabulary), which is a kind of mat that is placed directly on the floor with pillows or back, so without proper sofa chair legs. Usually the room is used to chat by a lot of people.
Some sophisticated cafe also use this type of 'divan' as very comfortable seats, and in an informal nature. Therefore, if you want to adopt this way of sitting for the living room or family room, it is also not a problem.
2. If it's OK to use a lesehan living or family room, then how do we apply it to gain a comfortable but still impressed as formal?
If desired, of course, we also can bring a comfortable atmosphere to sit with this exciting atmosphere of an interior design. The key elements of course, well regulated design, so it will not be messy, which causes an uncomfortable feeling. In this option, this is an informal room design to sit, but my opinion, it does not matter because the important thing is not a formal look. Arrangement of elements such as selection of accesories, the style of cushion, and other elements can also be arranged to gain a more orderly interior design, though not too formal.
3. What should we consider before we apply the lesehan design into a house?
Think about the concept of a comfortable lesehan. Surely lesehan position is not necessarily located directly above the floor, mats or rugs. Lesehan can also adopt the Arab style with luxury seating divan model, supported by other interior elements such as paintings and wall hangings, color of the walls / wallpaper, and others.
4. Is it true that lesehan would simplify a room, what you think? Does this also affect the aesthetics of a room design? what is your advice?
Not always. The bottom line on spatial planning is in order not to be messy, because if we don't choose the cushion of lesehan sitting, for example, will be the same as if we don't choose the right ordinary furniture, will not be a good impression. Lesehan also known in Japanese culture, which is simple and minimalist, its base can be folded and placed in the cupboard, as well as the desk is usually small and efficient in place. In Japanese culture lesehan is related to aesthetics of manner, especially the aesthetics of cultural attitudes and behavior of its users. Attitudes to sit and how to eat for example, also regularly.
5. What is the ideal type of furniture or what to use?
Type of furniture can be a divan model as described above, tatami model like in Japan, regular rug can be used as often we meet in Indonesia. Model can also set or half buried in the floor, which is part of a lower floor that can be used for sitting or lesehan.
Other furniture such as tables, as usual, of course, which can be adjusted to a comfortable lesehan position also, in the sense of lower than usual tables. Other accessories such as the interior design in general, could use special theme, or special type of accessories, such as the form of lamps, painting frame form, and others.
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1 comments:
fr_yanuar@yahoo.co.id
Kata Yanuar:
Artikel ini memberi pencerahan sekaligus kesadaran mengenai budaya dan kehidupan kita. sering kali kita tak sadar bahwa "lesehan" ternyata juga bisa menjadi suatu hal yang "elegan" jika ditata sedemikian rupa.
Lihat saja, di sekitar kita banyak tempat makan yang mengusung konsep lesehan itu sendiri. Bagi sebagian orang, lesehan itu kampungan. namun, di sisi lain, lesehan justru mengandung nilai keakraban, santai dan mengakrabkan.
Oleh karena itu, artikel ini saya katakan memberi pencerahan karena memuat suatu konsep lesehan yang tetap mengusung keakraban dan informalitas, sekaligus juga membuatnya menjadi "elegan".
Terima kasih untuk pencerahan ini.
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