International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019): International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism

Boat Representation in Nusantara Architecture

Vini Asfarilla (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta)
Yulianto P. Prihatmaji (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2019

Abstract

Architecture is one of the arts of cultural product, archipelago culture rooted in traditional culture, vice versa. Traditional architecture is very diverse in Indonesia, along with the diversity of its ethnic. Traditional architecture is building with form and function which has its own characteristic, inherited from generation to generation that can be used to hold activity by the people around it. Therefore, traditional architecture is the cultural expression and direct reflection in presenting something by its people. Some Nusantara Architectures adopt boat as the representation for building’s form. Therefore, the author is interested to prove the correlation of boat as representation in some archipelago architectures. This research uses data search method through literature studies by collecting data on some researched archipelago architecture buildings' form and construction system. From these data, a correlation between boat form representation and construction system used in boats and buildings can be concluded. Keyword: Nusantara Architecture, Form of Architecture, Boat Construction, Boat Representation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijau

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Energy Environmental Science Public Health Social Sciences Transportation

Description

International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism (IJAU) is a peer-reviewed journal that published an article that is concerned with Architectural Theory and Critic, Building Technology, Development Studies, Economic Growth and Development, Heritage and Built Environment, Human and Society, ...