| Summary: | House of Tolaki is one of the traditional house in Southeast Sulawesi,
creative work of local community that has existed since the Buddhist era to the era
of Islamic influence. Tolaki houses that still survive today own local cultural
values, as still reflected in their ways to behave, attitudes, beliefs and customary
activities that were formed from typical cultural values prevailing in the
traditional community of Tolaki. Additionally Tolaki house is the embodiment of
human creations in the by their of a container or space along with its constituent
elements containing meaning and cannot be separated from nature and
environmental adaptation.
This study aims to find concepts that make up the house of Tolaki. House
of Tolaki as a built environment that is formed by the physical elements
associated with a physical space and its constituent elements as containers, as well
as non-physical element that is associated with typical activity on tribal house
Tolaki. This research used in the methods phenomenology. Phenomenological
paradigm basic requires researcher to be in the field without using of the theory,
thus enabling the development of the study based on the themes that are found
during the field (Muhadjir, 1993). Researchers went to the field equipped only
with an understanding of the concept of ethnic-cultural Tolaki in viewing the
phenomena that occur. Theories in form of theoretical literature only used as
background knowledge in understanding phenomena in the field and not as
literature or standard tool for studying the phenomenon in the field.
The research resulted that the basic concept of the traditional Tolaki house.
Which influenced by the Buddhism and Islamic culture. Still existed it is reflected
by of artifacts, traditional and ritual the symbols activities which belongs to the
traditional Tolaki house. The changes of the traditional Tolaki house. Are caused
by the changes of daily activities that refers to the contemporary life style.
Changes occurring in Tolaki House are the use of local building materials such as
wood, bamboo and sago leaves and the using of space. Kalosara which is found at
Tolaki House is the basic concept Tolaki house with the inclusion of Islamic
culture that had a profound influence on the kingdom Konawe. It is reflected by
the orientation of qibla, front back to include the gender systems and social
stratification.
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