Bambang Wicaksono, Ari Siswanto, Susilo Kusdiwanggo, Widya Fransiska Febriati Anwar
Palembang City development since the Palembang Darussalam Sultanate era to the reformation era has impact on the living culture community, less of the raft houses, houses on stilts transformed into a terraced house, and the house became the dominant land. Dwelling Culture oriented on transformation of river become land-oriented. The development has leaving identity, character, and potential of the riverine architecture and dwelling life of river. The goals of study are to describe a case and revealing the meaning of dwelling cultural transformation in Musi River society from the process of cultural acculturation and investigate the architectural aspect from the form of house and modes of dwelling through the structuralism approach. The data collection is conducted qualitatively by using data collection techniques such as observation, interview, literature study, whereas the method of analysis, is a method that is done through Levi-Strauss structuralism approach that identifies all the elements of community thought in a systematic procedure. The results showed the structure behind the orientation, position, shape, and layout of dwelling revealed through the meanings in it. It means, the change and development from cultural acculturation process which oriented in the land dwelling, based on structure thinking of Palembang society. © 2017 Author(s).
Department S3 Engineering Science, Post Graduate Program, Sriwijaya University, Jl. Palembang Prabumulih Km. 32, Inderalaya (OI), Indonesia; Department Architecture Engineering, Sriwijaya University, Jalan Srijaya Negara, Bukit Lama, Ilir Barat I, Kota Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, 30128, Indonesia; Department Architecture Engineering, Brawijaya University, Jalan Mayjen Haryono 167, Malang Jawa Timur, 65145, Indonesia
