SistemPemasangan dan Pemeliharaan Selubung Kulit Bangunan Keramik pada Daerah Tropis

Indonesia is tropical country with high rainfall and temperature. Direct sunlight are the main factor that made the building hot. One of many solution is using the building skin. The skin building design proses, it depend on choosing the material. The house that design by andra matin in Pramestha use the building skin with ceramics material. As we know, ceramic material is not very often used as building skin. Because of that, andra matin\u27s bulding is chosen for our research. The data is collected by using qualitative methods and analyzed by variable that have decided. Variable based on the influence of the building skin to the tropical climate, the installation system and maintenance of the building skin. Thus concluded tropical suitable for absorbing heat energy, the installation requires a special structure because of the weight and maintenance is difficult because it is not in glassure