| Summary: | The traditional village is a cultural entity that contains value and the
essence of life of the communities that are passed hereditary. Ruteng Pu'u as a
traditional village contains indigenous elements such as spatial concepts, land use,
patterns and structure of space. Ruteng Pu'u village located in the Ruteng town
that is the capital regency of Manggarai. Today, the village of Ruteng Pu'u
existence are getting eroded by the changes and development of Ruteng.
Exploration and description of the local knowledge concept in the spatial planning
context needs to be done as an effort to preserve local culture. The purpose of this
study is to describe the spatial arrangement concept of Ruteng Pu'u traditional
village according to the occupant's perception, and identifying the factors that
affect the forming of the village spatial structure and also to describe the changes
related to spatial concepts. This study used a phenomenological approach with
qualitative descriptive methods to assess the concept of a traditional village.
Respondents in the study were selected purposively that is including people living
in the village of Ruteng Pu�u
The results showed that the spatial arrangement of Ruteng Pu'u villages
based on the concept of partnership that is formed by, first daily life (history,
activity, social dynamics), second value of life (religious value, social value and
economic value), third spatial structure and spatial patterns (spatial orientation,
correlation and division of space). Based on the concept of partnership, the spatial
arrangement of the Ruteng Pu'u village can be classified into three parts, namely
micro-spatial scale (custom house and houses), meso-spatial scale (village), and
macro-spatial scale (village, communal land), forests, springs, and cemetery). The
development of Ruteng town has the impacts directly and indirectly to the
existence of Ruteng Pu'u village. In the context of the village spatial arrangement,
changes occur in the function and shape of the space, while the value of space
does not change. These conditions require the intervention of all parties in
pursuing sustainability of Ruteng Pu'u traditional village. In the context of spatial
arrangement, changes occur in the function and shape of the room, while the value
of the room or the place does not change. These conditions require the
intervention of all parties in pursuing the sustainability of Ruteng Pu'u traditional
village.
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