Space Setting Process in Floating Houses (Rumah Lanting)

Rumah Lanting is a floating construction house that can be found in several areas of West Kalimantan. The dwellers in Rumah Lanting have a favorable ability to adapt to their environment. They have general roles in controlling and adjusting to the changes that occur in their environment. The relationship between behavior and environment determines the adaptation process of the occupants of the floating houses. This research was conducted in the Kapuas Riverside area in the Kapuas Hulu Regency by a descriptive qualitative method. The sample was taken through a Purposive Sampling with the Behavior Mapping technique by schematics and diagrams about an area where humans carry out various activities. This study's objective is to describe the behavior and the relationship pattern between human behavior to a specific design form. The study found a formulation of behavior and space form of the occupants in the floating houses of Kapuas Hulu Regency. First, the types of occupations affect the intensity of the duration of stay in Rumah Lanting. The duration of hours to do some activities inside the house will obliquely affect the behavior patterns, and those patterns are formulized in the formation as a space setting to the house. Second, the behavior patterns of the occupants create a centralized model of activities by making a space as a flexible and communalize.