Sustainability of Betang House’s Cultural Wisdom in Central Kalimantan
Abstract
Traditional Dayak houses in Kalimantan have several types of buildings that were built based on vernacular architectural traditions. The traditional house represents past ways of living and building which are full of cultural wisdom and values. The houses themselves and the cultural values they represent have been inherited, rebuilt, reshaped, and redefined in accordance with cultural and changing architectural traditions. This study aims to discover the characteristics of the cultural wisdom in the Betang Dayak Ngaju house in Central Kalimantan, along its influence on modern construction practises. Descriptive analysis was conducted to discover the wisdom of symbolic meanings and the various forms of sustainability in the present. The results showed that the Betang house displays a combination of ancient vernacular traditions and foreign architectural traditions that apply the typical Batang Garing metaphor as a core concept that illustrates the structural unity between the house and its environment.
Keywords: Vernacular Architecture, Sustainability, Traditional House’s, Dayak Tribe
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