ARSITEKTUR RUMAH JAWA PERDESAAN PADA KOMUNITAS HINDU-JAWA DI KAWASAN CANDI CETHO GUNUNG LAWU

Abstract

Architectural embodiment of the settlement of a community in general is influenced by factors such cultural background, climatic and environmental conditions encountered. Settlement arrangement that formed is the answer community adaptation and adjustment to its environment . This study aimed to describe the architecture of the houses in rural Java with Javanese Hindu cultural settings around the area Cetho Lawu. The research location is a residential community of Hindu-Javanese contained around Cetho located on the eastern slope of Mount Lawu. Administratively research site located in the hamlet Cetho, Gumeng Village, District Jenawi, Karanganyar. Selection of research sample Java house is done by purposive taking into account the typology and age of the house to represent the original character of the settlement. The results obtained show the fabric of space and function Java House Rural communities in the Hindu-Javanese Cetho Lawu Region have formed a specific order from the local knowledge of the community to adapt to the natural conditions of rural mountain Lawu the cultural background of Hindu-Javanese. Keywords: architecture; hinduism: kejawen: javanese: houses