TORAJAN HOUSE [TONGKONAN] TORAJA LAND IS LOCATED IN THE NOURTERN PART OF THE SOUTH SULAWESI PROVINCE, ‘SITUATED BETWEEN LATIMOJONG MOUNTAIN RANGE AND MOUNT REUTE KAMBOLA. TORAJA COMMUNITIES CONSIST OF 3 GROUPS, THE EASTERN AROUND LAKE POSO, WESTERN TORAJA. AROUND THE PALU RIVER AND KALAWI IN CENTER SULAWESI. ARCHITECTURE OF TORAJA HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE FORM. THEY'RE SHAPED LIKE A BOAT. TORAJA LEGEND SAID THAT THEY ARE CAME FROM THE SOUTH OF CHINESE, THEY EXPLORED THE SEA UNTIL THEIR BOAT CRUSHED. ALAND AND THEY DECIDED TO STAY AT LAND, THEN USE THEIR BOAT AS A ROOF FOR THE NEW HOME. SINCE THEY LIVE IN MOUNTAIN, THEY BECAME FARMER AND ITAFFECTS THEIR BUILDING COMPUND. IT CONSISTS HOUSES (TONGKONAN) AND BARN (LUBUNG) SPATIAL ORGANIZATION FT wugroun TONGKONAN'S SPATIAL ORGANIZATION IS MAINLY Mune AFFECTED BY TORAJAN'S BELIEF AND TRADITION INAN: LIVING SPACE FOR FAMILY ONLY SULWUK : SPACE UNDER THE HOUSE f 1 1S USED AT NIGHT FOR STABLING ~. fPawaNe i ioe mom ANIMALS (BUFFALO AND PIGS) {-THESLEEPING QUARTER | | HOFUNMARRIED GIRLS | LUBUNG ! ! usu i ‘SAU 1 f suweuns : ! { ocaveoInmHesoura | |< FAMILY'S MAIN LING AREA i ICE BARN | AEEPNGQUARTEROF. | | TCONSITS DAPO( LARGE RECTANGULAR WOODEN BOX)! ; + MASTEROFTHEHOUSE { } WHICH IS USEDTO COOK : + “USUALLY USED FOR DEAD; HEARTH IS SITUATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE BECAUSE FOOD ! ITUSED FOR WELCOMING | BODY BEFORE FUNERAC {| AND RICEIS FIRMLY ASSOIATED WITH LIFE AND THE EASTERN wisitoRs | SERVO RITUAL SPHERE ; N ee ed UANG MATUA(N a ae St oe mtn HEAVEN) PARALOA (lebungy ——_THOOLO(ANCESTOR) Ww E pawBuTUKA’ (OEATAS (GODS) TOUNO (HUMAN BEINGS) TISSUE COLIN THE ORIENTATION OF TONGKONAN IS ALWAYS EXCING NORTH, BUILD THE HOUSE BECAUSE TORAJA PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT NORTH IS SYMBOLIZED HEAVEN, SOTHE rT) HOUSES STAND IN A ROW SIDE BY SIDE FROM EASTTO WEST. THE RICE BARNS STAND FACING TONGKONAN WITH THEIR GABLE TOWARDS SOUTH. PARAMPA IS THE YARD THAT LES BETWEEN TONGKONAN AND LUBUNG, A PLACE WHERE CROP IS LEFTTO DRY, ITS ALSO APLACE FR CHILDRENTO PLAY, WOMENTO WORK, AND MEN TO ARRANGE COCK FIGHT. eM ec Tea