Sustainable architecture: The lessons from ume kbubu, the

traditionalhouse of Fatumnasi Community

Az Zahra Indira & Rio Tampaty

Student, Departement of Architecture Faculty of Architecture and Design, Universitas
Kristen Duta Wacana, Indonesia
E-mail: 61200564@students.ukdw.ac.id 61200543@students.ukdw.ac.id

Introduction

South Middle East is one of the 20 regencies in the province of East Nusa Tenggara and the
Dawan tribal area. The traditional house has a downstairs design which is a resting place at
night, a fireplace, cooking, while the upper room is used to store food. Sustainable architecture
can be depicted in the diagram with 3 intersecting circles connecting social, economic and
environmental aspects.

This tradition lasts quite a long time and the belief is

developed through an adaptive process and adaptation
from generation to generation, the construction
materials used are obtained from the surrounding
environment. Traditional house design in general
kbubu refers to procedures and material objects that are
accepted as norms in society for generations through verbal or documents that are used to
modify knowledge, instructions and information and are usually not built by architects or prof
Umu kubu comes from the culture of the Dawan community which was built by a fatumnasi
who believes that the ribs and supporting posts on the wall must have an even number of
elements, namely 26 and 24. Essionals but are designed by local people with design skills. and
traditions.

Method

The relationship between sustainable architecture in general Kbubu uses exploration methods
with ethnographic design of all elements including physical such as size, shape and
construction of buildings and non-physical such as economic, cultural, social. Meanwhile, the
most prominent ethnographic aspect of this research is the tendency to directly observe the
activities of the Kbubu villagers in general by identifying material objects.

The pattern or layout of houses in the Fatumnasi village is quite evenly distributed except for
the nature reserve area, the hamlet area is separated into 1 – 3 and the fourth is directly adjacent
to the pineapple village on the north side with a linear housing pattern and spreads according
to the road pattern as shown in the picture.

Result and discussion

Research sites This research was conducted in Mollo area, Fatumnasi District in Fatumnasi
Village which is located at the foot of Mount Mutis with a distance of 34.97 km2 or 17.60%
of the sub-district area and has a population of 1600 people with a density from 46 people per
km2 in 4 hamlets.

The culture and customs of Village II is located at the foot of

Mount Mutis which has cool air. Statistical data shows that
rainfall is quite high, reaching 526 mm in February and
spreading throughout most of the year.
Sustainable architecture also includes three elements of sustainability which are stated as
follow

Economic sustainability

Ume kbubu is a house in the community where all life processes begin. Its attic is usually used
to store foods, especially corn, for up to 1 year or the following harvest season as shown in
figure 6a. It is also the storage area for looms used by women to weave while cooking

• Agriculture

The people in Fatumnasi Village have a dominant livelihood as farmers, they use their yards
and gardens to grow crops such as carrots, potatoes, leeks, and others then sell them to buyers
from Kupang.

• Animal Husandry

Farms use conventional or manual methods with cattle tied up in the yard and some videos in
the forest or meadow, each community has a basal number of cows and horses which are most
often used for traditions such as parties, ceremonies and thanksgiving prayers after house
construction.

Social sustainability

The roof of the ume kbubu dangles to the ground in its design allowing for a very minimally
lit entrance, the absence of a fence in the courtyard affects people to socialize with each other.
The public relations community is influenced by the habit of eating betel nut in leisure time.
Environmental sustainability Environmental

Sustainability in ume kbubu is reflected in the construction materials used and the adaptation
of forms to the surrounding environment.

Construction Material

Building materials are environmentally friendly materials that are taken from the surrounding
environment and are usually cut with a machete and transported from traditional gardens and
cultivated by residents except for alang - alang and bamboo which have a durability of up to
20 years such as ampupu wood, wood is the main material in the construction process. used as
main pillars (ni eina), support poles (ni ana) and beams and attic (tunis). Obtained from a tree
with a height of 30 cm and branches with a diameter of 6 -7 meters cm. for roof construction
using reeds with alang-alang land unit covering an area of 12-15 hectares worth Rp. 500,000
and can be used for the roofs of two ume kbubu buildings after which the excess is sold to
residents who need materials.

Conclusion

The community understands that having permanent houses with concrete walls and tin roofs
improves their social status and this affects ume kbubu's layout and function in the
neighborhood but does not change its role as a place to start and give life. It begins to live
because of its use in society, especially to keep the body temperature of women who have just
given birth warm and their children while giving life based on its application as a granary and
processing food for daily consumption. It also fulfills the social, economic, and environmental
elements required for sustainability. In addition, woven products are used by residents as
traditional clothes, gifts for neighbors for any event, and commodities to be sold in the city.

This is related to the absence of mechanical equipment in the exploitation of processes around
the site. They also have the ability to last up to 20 years due to continuous smoking from
cooking and this is quite creating.