Domestic Architecture: The Character of the Lum’s House in Bangka Island

Abstract

Lum people is knows as non-Muslim Malay and can be found mostly in northern part of Bangka island where their daily life is mainly found as fishermen. The word of Lum itself is originated from Belum – not yet – which is meant possession of no religion. Through by the time, Lum’s life was transforming including their social-life and also their house. As one kind of vernacular houses, it has built through long period of time in sea-life tradition, but is changing. In this regard, character of Lum’s house has been put in question. Using a qualitative approach, this grounded theory research was aimed to find variety character of Lum’s house. Therefore, this research was conducted in several methods in order to find data directly from the field. In this sense, field survey became the main tool such as general observation, visual mapping, documenting, and interview. The data were inductively analysed through coded-process in three stages; open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Then, this paper shows that the way in which Lum people life has became the main influence on the changing character of the house.