The Tradition As The Main Role of Sustainbility

Principle on Tradional Settlement Culture and Tradition are developed pararelly with the development of the human civilization . These is very clearly seen from the way of life and developed in groups of community in their region , so that there are culture and tradition distinctions in each group . The Settlement of Sundanesse in West Java, here is taken a example of Kampung Naga in West Java . Kampung Naga is occupied by member of ex-Kingdom of Pajajaran . Every house is occupied by only one family , the sum of the house is limited only up to 110 houses , to keep the support capacity of land against the total inhabitants . House as a basic for settlement in Indonesian Archipelago has more than 18.000 islands , 300 tribes , 300 languages . Because of this situation this land has many cultures , traditions and rituals ( adat istiadat ) These all will be seen in the living art , the settlement, that is build in thousand years.

adapted from : Mauboy, Christine Wahyuasih; SUSTAINBILITY PRINCIPLE ON TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENT IN INDONESIA THE VILLAGE “KAMPUNG NAGA “ ; Department of Architecture, Budi Luhur University