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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 13(5), pp. 3618 - 3626
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130511
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A Comparative Structural Form Study of Balla and Ba'anjung Architecture
Fermanto Lianto *, Rudy Trisno , Denny Husin , Melvin Sumartha
Architecture Program, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
The new development of Indonesia's capital has marked a pivotal shift in national priorities, redirecting focus from the historically dominant Java Island to the central regions of the archipelago, particularly the islands of Sulawesi and Kalimantan. This strategic move entails the conceptualization and construction of entirely new urban environments, driving the transformation of indigenous cultures to preserve the dominant sociocultural and environmental fabric of these regions. Despite being separated as two different locations, both architectural representations of Balla and Ba'anjung show resemblance, yet uniqueness grounded in the vernacular architectural expressions of two representative ethnic groups. This paper proposes a comparative analysis-synthesis of the two houses with a focus on the structural form. The research aims to explore the architectural potential of these traditional forms as foundational prototype principles for contemporary development, promoting their structural and cultural potency as a basis for a modernized yet contextually rooted urban fabric. Highlighting the importance of local architectural identities emerges as a critical area of study. Employing typological analysis as a methodological framework, this study investigates the structural form of the types through three primary stages: (1) similarity and difference, (2) commonality and hybridity, and (3) characteristics and uniqueness. The outcome is a structural form of exploration resulting in the comparison between the two as the archetypes. The research contributes a novel perspective on architectural ideology and conceptual approach as a guide for design models.
KEYWORDS
Ba'anjung, Balla, Morphology, Structural Form, Typology
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[1] Fermanto Lianto , Rudy Trisno , Denny Husin , Melvin Sumartha , "A Comparative Structural Form Study of Balla and Ba'anjung Architecture," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 3618 - 3626, 2025. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130511.
(b). APA Format:
Fermanto Lianto , Rudy Trisno , Denny Husin , Melvin Sumartha (2025). A Comparative Structural Form Study of Balla and Ba'anjung Architecture. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 13(5), 3618 - 3626. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130511.