The Transcendental Values of Melanesian Vernacular House Elements: Case Study Rumah Malind Aha in Makaling Village, South Papua

Abstract

Vernacular house was explained by Oliver (2006: 4) can include all types of buildings made by people in tribal communities, rural villagers, and popular communities where an architect (formal designer) is not employed (built by the natives). The Rumah Malind Aha used daily by the Makaling Village Community (the Melanesian), namely the Malind Duh Tribe in Merauke, South Papua. It is built by themselves using hereditary knowledge from their parents. This house has no ornaments but has various variations in appearance, then it could be suspected that its significance had faded. However, this house still life for future generations. The aim of this study is to find out what is the transcendental value behind the layers of variations in the appearance of the architectural elements of the Rumah Malind Aha. Then become a strategic suggestion for stakeholders in the development of houses around Melanesia. The phenomenological transcendental method has an analysis technique by peeling off layers of observed objects with the reduction technique. Husserl's phenomenology that analyses with the perspective of the subject who is the actor of the object being studied in this case the owner of the vernacular house itself, namely the Makaling Village Community. The metaphysical aspect is found in this study as something that is penetrated in the outer layer of variations in the physical appearance of the Rumah Malind Aha: the seplik values as transcendental values.