CONSERVATION AND FUTURE FOR KUTAI

Most homes are still there Kutai in the State has been given a new look to a very low income Kutai house in its original form. Here and there, a structural component Rumah Kutai has been exaggerated and made modifications without retaining the main features of Kutai. Accordingly, the work of preservation and conservation is felt absolutely necessary in order to preserve the architectural heritage as well as extending the life of Kutai house concerned. Any structure that has decayed shall be replaced with the new material appropriate to the circumstances and needs. Among the modifications is often done on the Kutai house is like a thatched roof replacement or Nipah to zinc; Jeria blade floors to floor boards as well as woven wall Tepas replaced with sheets of wall board. Even additional space as there is also a porch area that has been done. Although there is a replacement and addition, as described earlier, but the original structure of the architecture is still able to maintain its own identity as structural columns, beams, beams, joists roof, doors and windows, and stairs that are still in original condition.

Rumah Kutai Di Kampung Teluk Sareh