Muhammad Zakaria Umar, Arman Faslih, Muhammad Arsyad, Ainussalbi Al Ikhsan, Mazhfia Umar
An environmentally friendly building is a building that cares for the environment. The use of building materials from plants are very beneficial to maintain the climatic conditions of space and one proper example is the roof made from palm leaves. Petoaha Village, located in the District of Abeli, Kendari Municipality has craftsmen specified in creating roof from palm leaves. The purpose of this study to analyze and identify the instruments of labor, materials, and how to create a roof of palm leaves in the Petoaha Village. This research applies a qualitative case study approach. The result shows that the roof of palm leaves is categorized as an environmentally friendly roofing material due to simple working tools, vegetative based material, man power use and preservation process through immersion in sea water. © 2017 Author(s).
Department of Architecture, Vocational Education Program, Halu Oleo University, Indonesia; Department of Forestry, College of Agricultural Sciences, Kendari, Indonesia; State University of Malang, East-Java, Indonesia
