COSTUM HOME ACEH

Individual or community beliefs and natural conditions in which individuals or living communities have a significant influence on the architectural forms of buildings, homes, created. This can be seen in the architecture of Rumoh Aceh, Province of Special Region of Aceh, Indonesia. Rumoh Aceh is a stilt house with a pole height between 2.50-3 meters, consisting of three or five spaces, with one main room called vines. Rumoh with three rooms has 16 columns, while Rumoh with five spaces has 24 columns. Modifications from three to five spaces or vice versa can be done easily, just add or remove the existing on the left or right side of the house. This section is commonly called sramoe likot or back porch and sramoe reunyeun or foyer bertangga, which is the entry into Rumoh which is always located in the east.

The main door of Rumoh Aceh. High enough this door is only sized 120-150 cm so everyone who goes to Rumoh Aceh should duck. However, once inside, we will feel the room is very roomy because at home there is no furniture chair or table. Everyone sits cross-legged on a ngom mat (from a kind of weeds that grows in swamp) which is covered with pandanus mats.

Rumoh Aceh is not a shelter, but an expression of belief in God and adaptation to nature. Therefore, through Rumoh Aceh we can see the culture, lifestyle, and values ​​supported by the people of Aceh. The adaptation of the Acehnese community to their environment can be seen from the shape of Rumoh Aceh in the form of the stage, the supporting pole of the choice wood, the walls of the board, and the roof of the grass. Utilization of nature can also be seen when they want to fill the parts of the house, they do not use pakuoket using pegs or rope binding of rattan. Left can only be wooden, roofed with palm leaves, and do not use nails, Rumoh Aceh can last up to 200 years.

The influence of confidence of the people of Aceh on the architecture of the building can be seen in the orientation of the house which is always in the form of elongated from east to west, ie the front facing east and the sacred inside or back in the west. Westward direction to build an imaginary line with the Ka'bah in Mecca. In addition, the influence of beliefs can also be seen in the use of its always-even supporting poles, its odd number of spaces, and its odd-looking ladder.

In addition to being a manifestation of community belief and adaptation to its environment, as close as Rumoh Aceh is to show the social status of its inhabitants. The more decoration in Rumoh Aceh, then the residents must be richer. For families who do not have excessive wealth, then enough with relatively little or no decoration at all.