FLOATING HOUSE TECTONICS ON LAKE TEMPE: BETWEEN TRADITION AND RESILIENCE

Abstract

The tectonic knowledge of the people who live in floating houses comes from the knowledge of the tradition of building land on stilt houses because the fishing communities who live in floating houses also live on land. However, the climatic conditions above the water are extreme and different from the land, causing the tectonics of the floating house to adapt to the climatic conditions on the water so that the floating house has resistance to natural disasters on the water. The problem of this research is that there is a change in the tradition of building from traditional mainland stilt houses to floating houses, thus creating a unique tectonic expression in floating houses. The purpose of this study is to reveal the tectonics of floating houses based on the tradition of building and surviving on the water. Research method used in this study is a qualitative method with an ethno-architecture approach. The results showed that the tectonics of the floating house originating from the mainland stilt house tradition underwent changes in several parts, especially in the lower and middle structures. However, it does not change the concept of Bugis society's cosmology. The formation of floating house tectonics is influenced by extreme climatic factors so that for the resilience of houses on water a structural system is needed that can anticipate climatic conditions.