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Central Sulawesi has the longest coastlines in Sulawesi and consists of the coastal and the small islands that occupied by communities. In community life, cultures factor important role in the establishment of settlements, especially on the settlement areas with a specific and unique characteristics. The coastal communities are a group or communities with unique culture traditions, mostly inhabited the coastal settlement in the coastal areas and the small islands. Cultural uniqueness is reflected on their settlement with reflection of the characteristics on the function and the form. Concerning various aspects of the local culture including the cultural and hereditary character passed down from generation to generation. The study was conducted with qualitative approach of phenomenology by way of data retrieval of naturalistic and the inductive analysis techniques. Coastal settlements inhabited by families or groups who have family ties. They are known as the sailors with the main livelihood as a fisherman. Therefore, they build a settlement in the water or near the water. Composed of residential the settlement with the houses on stilts form, use the wood materials which partly or wholly on the water. The main orientation was the sea so that staying house to have a two-way street toward the sea and as a public space and social space. Each unit of houses neighborhood and connected with the street or standing in the water tetean. Tetean are made of wood and use the wooden pillars that plug into the water (the sea). Tetean not only as an access, but the multi-purpose space, where a ‘tetean’ used as play space, relationship space, event space (circumcision, marriage, school ceremonies, etc.), space to work and make a living. These activities support the cultural life of coastal communities. The local culture of coastal communities is very instrumental in the establishment of the settlements, especially in the form, the order of settlements and neighborhood as well as supporting elements.
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