Local Wisdom (Jul 2022)

Spatial Morphology of Margorukun Village Surabaya as a Region of Local Wisdom

  • Heru Hendri iswanto,
  • Lisa Dwi Wulandari,
  • Sri Utami

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26905/lw.v14i2.7814
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 162 – 175

Abstract

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Spatial morphology was formed from the land use that was realized from various activities performed in that area. Next, the building pattern, function, circulation pattern, or road network pattern connected between regions would also influence regional or spatial morphology. Margorukun Village was one of the villages to be proud of in Surabaya. Margorukun Village has gotten an award as the winner of the Green and Clean Village competition program. Moreover, the spatial morphology of Margorukun Village has its own uniqueness. Part of the village was divided into two with different morphology. The uniqueness appeared from the local wisdom of the villagers. This research aimed to identify how a village'slocal wisdom could affect the spatial morphology of the village. The research method in this research was descriptive qualitative. The study was conducted by performing field observation activity in the form of the environmental spatial element through the blueprint, layout plan, and existing image or direct observation of the research object and interview. The research result referred to the spatial morphology of Margorukun Village andthe villager's activity to build local cultural wisdom in Margorukun Village

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