TYPOLOGY STUDY OF VERNACULAR COURTYARD-HOUSE IN KERALA, SOUTH INDIA

https://doi.org/10.5614/sostek.itbj.2018.17.3.4

Authors

  • Indah Widiastuti Sekolah Arsitektur, Perencanaan, dan Pengembangan Kebijakan Institut Teknologi Bandung

Keywords:

courtyard-house, south india, residential architecture, kerala, nalukettu, manusyalayacandrika

Abstract

This paper is based on observation about vernacular courtyard-house architecture in Kerala, South India. Traditional architecture in India is generally governed by a knowledge, prescribed in a traditional book. However, from the field observations, we identified many exceptions against the prescribed traditional knowledge. In the case of Kerala, some of the exceptions indicate shared architectural features with indigenous architecture in Indonesian. The analysis uses typology method and unfolds six typologies and three styles of courtyard-houses. They have distinct spatial characters that give importance to women, kitchen, main orientation to water and river, and granary concept.

 

 

Makalah ini ditulis berlandaskan hasil observasi lapangan terhadap arsitektur vernakuler rumah courtyard, di Kerala India Selatan. Arsitektur tradisional di India pada umumnya taat pada pengetahuan, yang ditulis dalam sebuah kitab tradisional. Namun, dari pengamatan lapangan, kami mengidentifikasi adanya pengecualian desain dari yang telah diatur dalam buku tradisional tersebut. Dalam kasus arsitektur rumah courtyard Kerala, beberapa pengecualian tersebut justru menunjukkan kesesuaian dengan arsitektur asli di Indonesia. Analisis dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode Tipologi, dan mengungkap enam tipologi serta dua langgam. Pada rumah courtyard Kerala aspek perempuan, dapur, orientasi utama terhadap air dan sungai, serta konsep lumbung mendapat tempat yang penting. 

Author Biography

Indah Widiastuti, Sekolah Arsitektur, Perencanaan, dan Pengembangan Kebijakan Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indah Widiastuti, menyelesaikan S1 nya pada tahun 1995, dan S2 pada tahun 1998 di Magister Teknik Arsitektur ITB, dan S3 pada tahun 2012 di Anna University India. Kini bekerja sebagai staf pengjar (golongan IID/ Lektor)  di Prodi dan magister Arsitektur SAPPK-ITB, dengan minat khusus Sejarah, Teori dan Kritik Arsitektur, dan Magister Studi Pembanguna SAPPK-ITB. Antara tahun 2004-2012 Indah banyak terlibat melakukan penelitian mengenai arsitektur India Selatan, dan keterkaitannya dengan arsitektur Indonesia yang sempat diterbitkan sebagai sebuah chapter dari buku “The Sacred Landscape of Asiaâ€, beberapa jurnal nasional maupun internasional, dan makalah pada berbagai forum konferensi internasional antara 2008-2017. Pernah diminta sebagai pembicara utama pada forum International Symposium of Tropical Urbanism di India, LNPSA Gorontalo, dan PUSKIM, Lombok, dan menyampaikan makalah pada forum SEAARC (South East Asian Architecture Research Collaboration) di NUS Singapura.

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2018-12-31

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