Abstract
Weriagar District is located in estuary area and is prone to land loss, due to river and coastal erosion. Without any prevention efforts, Weriagar land might be disappear due to erosion on coastal and riverside. The Shore Housing Improvement Program was developed in 2014 to improve the environment, housing and settlement in Weriagar District. Based on the preliminary site observation and further site survey, the program continued in conducting in-depth analysis consists of house assessment method prior to concept select matrix development, in which design criteria were obtained. The results from analysis phase shows that it is necessary to design a house and settlement that can fulfil the needs of indigenous people, both functionally and aesthetically. Functionally, the house is designed to provide spaces for both private and public needs of the family. It can be used either as a family private space or as a public gathering space between family and their neighbours. Aesthetically, houses’ architectural form is designed to identify the locality of Weriagar District. The houses’ design feature highlighted in using local material, rainwater harvesting system, high pitched roof feature as a response to hot-humid climate and elevated-floor feature as response to tidal condition in estuary area.
Highlights
Weriagar District is located in Bintuni Bay Regency, West Papua, Indonesia
Based on the preliminary site observation and further site survey, the program continued in conducting in-depth analysis consists of house assessment method prior to concept select matrix development, in which design criteria were obtained
Weriagar District is included into the category of settlement in the estuary area by its location in the coastal area that flanked by river and sea
Summary
Weriagar District is located in Bintuni Bay Regency, West Papua, Indonesia. Due to its location in a change-sensitive estuary area, it had been reavealed that coastal and river erosion threats Weriagar District since fisheries and settlement activites interfere its natural function as riparian-coastal area. Estuary area may provide benefits to local communities, but any settlement pattern must necessarily constrain the baselines for restoration/ rehabilitation or sustainable development goals, as well as identifying the appropriate level of extractive uses that an estuarine environment can support (Weinstein, 2008). The projected sea level rise will increase from the year 2010, 2050, up to 2100, will rise 0.934 meters from the present, which tends to eliminate 115 islands located in Indonesia (Firmansyah, Tamin, Rante Allo, & Wulanningsih, 2017)
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