Space in Architecture: The Identity of Space and Place of Vernacular Architecture in West Sumba

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10.2991/978-2-38476-420-4_20How to use a DOI?

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Space in architecture; Vernacular architecture; Marapu; West Sumba Architecture

Abstract

Vernacular Architecture of West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara Province with its unique natural background, socio-cultural systems, and building technology systems is significant to study. Every element of Sumba life, including residential building and community layout, is influenced by the Marapu belief. On the website of the West Sumba district government, 60 villages are listed and divided into 6 sub-districts, each village has a characteristic spatial pattern. By examining space in architecture as a cultural form, this study seeks to investigate the idea of local wisdom in West Sumba vernacular architecture and assess how it contributes to the identity of place and space. The paradigm used is naturalistic in the form of a qualitative research strategy with an Interpretative-Historical research approach. The sample selection was carried out by purposive sampling, namely Tarung Village (Loli Sub-District), Praigoli Village and Weegalli Village (Wanokaka Sub-District), Praijing Village (Waikakubak Sub-District) with an observation focus covering: village arrangements, spatial conception and ownership, and ceremonies related to the community's life cycle. According to the study, the primary idea of space in West Sumba's architecture is reverence for the Sumba nature's features and the representation of Marapu culture. In the four objects taken, the form of space in architecture becomes a group identity as well as forms space which is then also adapted to several aspects namely socio-culture, economics, and environment as the influence of sustainability of vernacular architecture.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nafiah Solikhah
AU  - Titin Fatimah
AU  - Anny Valentina
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/06/26
TI  - Space in Architecture: The Identity of Space and Place of Vernacular Architecture in West Sumba
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Religious Architecture (ICRA 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 294
EP  - 313
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-420-4_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-420-4_20
ID  - Solikhah2025
ER  -