Local Wisdom as a Planning Strategy and Sustainable Settlement Development in ToKaili Traditional Settlement, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Zaenal Sirajuddin

doi:10.5539/res.v12n2p107

Abstract

Indonesia is home to many tribes spread across many islands. It is home to local wisdom that thrives and is preserved in the community. The Kaili tribe (ToKaili) is one of the tribes that live on the island of Sulawesi which is located in the province of Central Sulawesi. This has unique local wisdom because ToKaili is one of the tribes in Indonesia that was formed due to evolutionary development starting from moving to a sedentary lifestyle, to settling which is worthy of study by many researchers in the field of architecture. An interesting part of local wisdom is their customs and traditions in organizing and designing their settlements since ancient times. The ToKaili settlement planning and design process mainly depends on how customary law regulates the phenomena of community life and shapes sustainable planning strategies. The purpose of this study is to reveal the phenomenon of local wisdom To Kaili in planning and designing harmonious sustainable settlements. This study uses phenomenology as a method for analyzing ToKaili local wisdom and finding planning strategies and designing harmonious solutions. It was found that variations or patterns are ranging from micro-scale settlements to large scale settlements that are interrelated and metamorphosed from micro-scale settlements to large scale settlements (From Sou to Ngata bete) Formed by customary rules.

Highlights

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with thousands of small and large islands and is inhabited by one or more tribes
The existence of stone culture shows the intervention of immigrants who came to the island a year ago with about relatives by carrying out the stone culture which is the ancestral heritage shown by the menhir stones which were found in various places in Central Sulawesi
The purpose of this study is to reveal the role of customary rules which are a form of local wisdom as a harmonious and sustainable settlement planning and development strategy

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Introduction

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with thousands of small and large islands and is inhabited by one or more tribes. The arrival of foreign tribes who migrated from outside the island is predicted to come through the Asian peninsula through two phases: The first phase is through the bay of Bone, down into the Saddang River and ends at the Lore Valley. These migrants came to be known as carriers of stone culture. The migrants come via Minahasa to Bukit Igor until they reach Lore hill and pass through West Sulawesi, migrants in this phase are known as pottery/bearers of pottery culture When these immigrants arrived in Sulawesi was unknown because there was no detailed information regarding the date when they migrated. Pragmatic concepts can be operationalized to inform and guide building designs and help understand and manage rational design processes. (Dalsgaard, Peter, 2014), the implementation of the concept of pragmatism and pragmatism thinking can be applied to the implementation of planning and design strategies based on local wisdom

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