 Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation , vol. 2, 2016, pp. 20 - 22 20 Identifying Islamic Values in The Embodiment of Makassar Traditional Houses in Barombong Coastal Mursyid Mustafa * , Ananto Yudono, Ria Wikantari, Afifah Harisah Department of Architectural Engineering, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia. Received 11 March 2016; received in revised form 18 April 2016; accept ed 03 May 2016 Abstract Indonesia is a country with ma jority Muslim population. However, in the arch itectural design, people was not significantly using the Isla mic values and tend to be affected by western mo d- ern architecture on their house embodiment. Therefore, this research e xplores a house arch i- tecture based on Islamic values, by taking the case of traditional houses on the co ast. The coastal areas chosen because it still has trad i- tional houses condensed with local cultural community. Using observational techniques, interviews with selected informants and ques- tionnaires, and supported by literature rev iew, this research was analyzed by qualitative method. This paper aims to identify Isla mic values in the embodiment of Makassar traditional houses in the Baro mbong coastal area, and enrich the concept of Islamic-va lued on house architecture. The research findings are the e mbodiment of Makassar traditional houses in Baro mbong coastal area wh ich are generally shaped the house terrace called as bale-ba le and paladang, which are dee med to have Isla mic values, like : (1) In Isla m, the way to visit a house is coming fro m the front, instead of behind. Evidently, this way e xisted in traditional house, (2) Ro le of the bale-bale as an e xtension of the main roo m which can be used to interact with neighbors and the community (hablunminannas) and paladang can serve as a transition zone to screen guests before we lco ming the m inside the house (pri- vacy) and guests to greet before the residents of the house is ready to receive, (3) In the tradition of building houses, already recognized the co n- cept of space-oriented four wind directions (su- lapa’ appaka), which significantly according to the concept of Islam which require orientation to the qibla oriented home. The study concluded that with the local wisdom possessed by the Makassar traditional house on Barombong coastal area discovered the Islamic values in its realization. Ke ywor ds : Ba ro mbong coastal, Isla mic va lues , Makassar traditional house 1. Introduction Indonesia is a country with ma jority Muslim population. However, in the arch itectural design, people were not significantly using the Isla mic values and tend to be affected by western mo d- ern architecture on their house embodiment. Therefore this research e xplores a house arch i- tecture based on Islamic values, by taking the case of traditional houses on the coast. The coastal areas chosen because it still has trad i- tional houses condensed with local cultural community which is in accordance with state- ment of Rapoport (1977, 2004), Gustafson (2001), in Wan Isma il [1] where the built envi- ronment is influenced by culture, belief and past experiences of its inhabitants . Makassar ethnicity of South Sula wesi in tradition of building their house alway s used a stage-house form, which is in macrocosmos view div ided by three parts, lower part (ra wa balla), the body of the house (kale ba lla ), and upper part. Fig. 1 Example of Makassar Traditional house *Corresponding aut hor. Email: mursyidmust afa58@gmail.com Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation , vol. 2, 2016, pp. 20 - 22 21 Copyright © TAETI A common Makassar traditional house con- sists of bale-bale -and lego-lego, as shown in the Fig. 1. Idawa rni [2] e xp la in ba le-bale as a place for socialization, play, rest and work, it’s also cheap and easy to ma ke because it does not require specific space for placing. Rad ja et al. [3]also e xa mine the types and characteristics of bale bale and identify ba le bale as a co mmon space for socialization. 2. Method This study uses observational method with reference to the literature. observation phase of this research was done by using interviews with people from various social strata in the study area. in addition it a lso conducted observations on aspects of social, cu ltural, and physical morphology of tradit ional houses in the study location. As for the results of the study will be analyzed using qualitative methods. 3. Results and Discussion After conducting interviews with selected informants and distributing questionnaires and observation of social, cultura l, and physical morphology of the tradit ional house in Baro mbong coastal obtained the following results: (1) In Islam, the way to visit a house is coming from the front, instead of behind. Evidently, this way existed in traditional house. Mustafa [4] stated that architectural interpretations of the Qur'an regarding honoring or welcoming neighbors can be expla ined that the courtesy visit is required to reach the house from the front and saluted the residents of the house a ma ximu m of three times and if it does not get permission from the owner of the house, guests must go home. This way is also found in traditional Malay house as Islam-practicing country according to Othman [5] whereas a spacious main verandah or serambi located in front of the house as a vital design element for receiving and entertaining guests . (2) Ro le o f the ba le -ba le as an e xtens ion of the ma in roo m wh ich can b e used to inte ract with ne ighbo rs and the co mmun ity (hab lun minannas ) and p a ladang can serve as a trans it ion zone to sc reen guests befo re we lco ming the m inside the house (p rivacy ) and guests to greet befo re the residents of the house is re ady to rec e ive. Ha kim [6] have selected qur’an ic verses and saying of the p rophet rega rding bu ild ing and Is- la mic c it ies p lann ing p rinc ip le. A say ings of the prophet re lated to p rivacy found in trad it iona l house is: ‘O ye who be lieve, enter not houses other than you r o wn, unt il ye have asked pe rmiss ion and saluted those in the m: th at is best fo r you, in ord er that ye may h eed.’ Th is saying of prophet para lle l to the use o f ba le -ba le and pa la- dang as transit ion zon e to scre en guest before we lco ming the m ins ide the house, given the o wner o f the house so me priv a- cy. 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