Tipologi Transformasi Fasad Rumah Bantuan Pasca Tsunami di Desa Deah Baro, Kecamatan Meuraxa, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Abstract

Meuraxa sub-district was one of the areas significantly affected by the 2004 Aceh tsunami. After the disaster, housing assistance was provided by variousinternationalagencies and organizations, in the same location. Initial observation indicate changes in the facades of the aid houses. Threfore, ths study aims to identify the factors that causedthe transformation of the facade and to determine the dominant elements that underwenttransformation in post-tsunami relief houses in Meuraxa Sub-district, Banda Aceh.The research uses a qualitative method, which data collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The object of this study are post-tsunami relief houses donated by Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR)located in Deah Baro Village, Meuraxa Subdistrict, with ten houses as samples. The results show that the facades of post-tsunami relief houses funded by BRR in Meuraxa Sub-district have undergone transformationsin the facade elements including doors, windows, walls, floors, columns, roofs, and sun shading, with varying degrees of change namely major, medium or minor. Thesefindings are based on an analysis of each facade element observed in the ten sampledhouses.