DWELLINGS CULTURE ON RIPARIAN COMMUNITY IN MUSI RIVER, PALEMBANG

Riparian areas are located along the edge of the river and directly affected by the tidal waters of the river. The existence of riparian has an important function as an inland transition area heading to waters that it has affected the location and placement of the settlement. There are three modes of settlement that have for centuries lived by the community at Musi River in Palembang. First, the Rakit (raft) settlement over the Musi River, the second settlement is stage houses in which poles anchored on the banks of the Musi River with a pyramid roof which called Rumah Limas and Limas Warehouse, and the third settlements on the mainland. Raft houses are increasingly few in number and disappearing from the banks of Musi River. However, houses on stilts and houses propped on the bottom turn into a shelter in the dry condition and change the function to a settled pattern of land. The settlements archetype can be found through the study of literature, field research, and local wisdom related to riparian communities. The 'read' elements of architecture can be found 'roots' local wisdom in addressing riparian architecture that can enrich the architecture of the archipelago. The findings show that the living cultures of riparian communities convey a new kind of culture or as a sub-culture. Keywords: culture resides, riparian communities.