PALU TRADITIONAL HOUSE’S RESPONSES TO EARTHQUAKE

Theoritically, traditional houses are earthquake resistant. Thus, many hypothesis state that traditional house are the most suitable house that fit to be developed in earthquake-prone areas. Palu as an earthquake-prone area should have local knowlegdes that respond to earthquake and be applied in its traditional house. This paper will discuss the traditional house in Palu, known as Banua Mbaso, and signify its local knowledges that respond to earthquake well. Field observation and building measurements are conducted to obtain primary datas. Then analysis based on two main aspects, 1) building configuration and 2) building structural system, is performed