Abstract
Palembang as one of the old town is that passed by the big riverin Indonesia has a distinctive Musi river cultural character, that is RakitTraditional House (Rumah Rakit). Rumah Rakit is located on the banks ofthe Musi river that divides the city of Palembang. As time passes, RumahRakit began to be abandoned because of bamboo and wood materialfoundation structure has high maintenance. This study would like to see themapping of Rumah Rakit in Palembang and substitution of floatingfoundation using Pontoon EPS materials. The units of analysis are RumahRakit and Pontoon EPS material. The observation unit is Rumah Rakitlocation in Musi river area, Palembang. The research approach uses aqualitative approach. The analysis used is descriptive qualitative supportedby spatial data for mapping and comparative to subtitition potency floatingfoundation technology. The result of this study is the Rumah Rakit locatedin Seberang Ulu I Sub-district, Ulu 1, Ulu 2, Ulu 3, Ulu 4 and Ulu 9villages. In the Kertapati sub-district Rumah Rakit are located at the Oganand Musi, Ogan Baru and Tuan Ketang Villages. The Trend of RumahRakit in Palembang city is stable, the existence of rumah rakits althoughdecreasing in number, but the current existence amount up to 71 rumahrakits based on manual preliminary survey results in June 2107. It is drivenby the factor of need trade, tourism, service and river transportation whichis still active until this day. Related to the potential of Pontoon EPSsubstitution for floating foundation, from the variable of flexibility, maintenance operational, availability, affordability, reliability of thefoundation using Pontoon EPS is feasible to be applied in Palembang.
Highlights
Palembang City is located at 20 52 '- 30 5' LS and 1040 37 '- 1040 52' BT has a cultural specialty of the river until the colonial era dubbed the "Venice of the East"
The conclusion of this study is the Rumah Rakit located in Seberang Ulu I Sub-district, Ulu 1, Ulu 2, Ulu 3, Ulu 4 and Ulu 9 villages
In the Kertapati sub-district Rumah Rakit are located at the Ogan and Musi, Ogan Baru and Tuan Ketang Villages
Summary
Palembang City is located at 20 52 '- 30 5' LS and 1040 37 '- 1040 52' BT has a cultural specialty of the river until the colonial era dubbed the "Venice of the East". Palembang City has 4 major rivers of Musi River (width 250 - 1350 m), Komering River (236 m wide width), Ogan River (211 m wide width) and Keramasan River (103 m wide width). One characteristic of Palembang city river culture is the raft house. This traditional house is the result of river culture in the Sriwijaya’s where the immigrants are prohibited from living in the mainland. The existence of the current raft house in the Musi River, Palembang city in a stagnant condition and there is a tendency will be reduced in the future due to reorientation of cultural patterns of society, the decline in quality and expensive material floating
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