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When deciding what villa you are going to build in Jamaica it might be worth finding some information about its interior design.
In today’s modern interior design, simplicity is the key to an efficient design. Today’s modern interiors spaces are simple to understand, simple to construct, and project a kind of simplicity. In the villas with contemporary design every element has an order.
Traditional Design
The term traditional house is frequently used when someone can’t be more precise about a particular style. You may hear traditional Country or Victorian, often lumped together as traditional house plans in many Villas. With the arrival of the American design in Jamaica we see larger Villas with varying styles built as single and 2 story buildings. My own beliefs stand firm in keeping Jamaican design as part of our heritage, one of the most important parts of our heritage.Jamaica National Heritage Trust - Please note also Falmouth
What is a traditional design house her in Jamaica, that’s a question I would love to ask our architects here in Jamaica. If you visit Falmouth in Trelawny along the North Coast you will see Victorian-style houses all over the town. Victorian-style is named after The Victorian era. These houses were considered traditional in its time and are still looking as beautiful as ever.
Jamaican Country Villas
Often know as Jamaican Cottage designs, these Villas are of simple designs with plenty of arches and a common area for relaxation, a place where the breeze flow. Colourful ceramics, terra cotta vessels add interest to a Jamaican Cottage decor. No high-tech design here, just simple and clean and allowing for lots of light.
Modern Design Villas
This is where we can make it or break it here in Jamaica, modern design. What is a modern design Villa? Is it modern because it has a lot of chrome? High tech buildings are built to look like functional and efficient machines, using metal and glass as building materials. However, functionality is often lost to aesthetics which are also often more important than the cost.High tech architecture is unsuited to an urban environment, requiring freestanding buildings and spacious areas. High tech buildings seem to control the environment around them rather than adapting to it.
My own preference is to create modern Villas with the influence of the Victorian design. This leaves the door open for us to create and leave our heritage that we can be proud of.
We have to remember that when Estates were being built in Jamaica the best architects were used, they could afford to use these guys, after all tap water was introduced here before even New York, Jamaica was ahead of its time in many ways and I believe the architects were used to reflect that.
The shape of the Villa need not be square, have it hexagonal or semi-circle, you may have whatever shape you wish. My main thing is, lift it off the ground and add as much balcony as you can, put air vents in the roof and keep it Jamaican. If you go to Europe you will see what I mean, France, Italy, Spain, Britain, Holland etc., all have designs that belongs to that country, we should start thinking that way too here in Jamaica.
The British and Spanish started something here in Jamaica and I think we should finish it and make it part of our heritage, after all we have the sea, the breeze and the sunshine to make it happen.
Val Barclay
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