Exploring the Spatial Arrangement of Local Settlement

Karawang, a regency located in West Java province is undergoing a rapid growth, affected by the building of the Purbaleunyi and Cipali tollway system. Interestingly, amid the ever-expanding growth of urbanization that demands for more land acquisition, traditional settlements exist in the mix of this process. One of them is Kampung Salapan in Desa Gempol Kecamatan Banyusari, a village that preserves settlement patterns according to its ancestral customs. The purpose of this paper is to construct values derived from a traditional settlement spatial arrangement through inductive qualitative analysis method. The finding in this research is a local wisdom in spatial arrangement uniquely represents the character of Kampung Salapan. The knowledge gained from this research could be an invaluable input in developing conservation area that preserves traditional values of Sundanese local settlements in Karawang