VERNACULAR HOUSES TYPOLOGY AND ITS RESPOND TO THE EARTHQUAKE

Desa Duku Ulu, one of the oldest village in Rejang Lebong Region, Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, is the earthquake area. Some of earthquakes made several damages especially for buildings. Interestingly, many of vernacular houses are survived and got only light damages while there are many modern building got great damages. Unfortunately, the potential of vernacular houses are not optimized by the local people. As time pass by, many house has been constructed with different ways. This paper will elaborate 5 vernacular houses typologies and their respond to the earthquake. The study methods used are field study, semi-structured interview and forum group discussion with local community and documentation by field measuring and building redrawing. Field study and semi-structured interview focus on two aspects of observations, which are: 1) traditional building and 2) skill & local resource use. Observations to vernacular building include 4 aspects: 1) house form & design, 2) structural system, 3) material used, 4) joinery & other details (construction system). Observation to skills and local resource include: 1) building skill, and 2) culture (such as solidarity)