Nusantara Vernacular Architecture

Characteristics of house for fisherman in Nusantara are following below, except...

• at the coast

• facing sea

• sturdy

• made of concrete

Characteristics of houses for hunters are following below, except...

• in the woods

• having an ability to move

• following the animals

• nomaden

Rumah panjang of South kalimantan are usually built for following below, except...

• these houses built big

• to accommodate more than one family

• built linked to their stocks barn

• made of materials surrounding

Choose one option below which characterize the house of Dani people!

• built separated with their wife’s houses

• built linked to their stocks barn

• the men and wife live together

• the wives does not live together with their closest relative

The Danis and Sumbas, for example, are cultures that believe.... were still dwell among them.

Thus, the house for the deads (tomb) in the tribes of dani and sumba people are built inside...

• the cave

• the village

• the house

• the barn

Choose 3 characteristics of the danis and sumbas people houses!

• built much more for symbolical meaning and not for physical need

• usually took shape of a very meaningful aspect in its culture

• represent family records of genealogy and achievements

• does not represent microcosmos simulation

House and all its building aspects (materials, build ritual, maintenance procedure) considered influencing the luck of the inhabitant such as following below, except...

• Choosing the location

• First stone founding

• Find the wind direction

• First new house entry

Most of the houses incorporate prevention to only 2 seasons: rainy seasons and dry season and share similar earthquake solution. Some of the common features are mentioned below, choose two of them!

• Raised Pile foundations

• Made of Concrete

• Extended Roof Ridges

• Made of Timber

The traditional house, called Rumah Gadang or the ‘great house’ are a vernacular house from...

• South Sumatera

• North Sumatera

• West Sumatera

• East Sumatera