Tambale as a Determinant of Residential Spatial Planning in The Kaili Ledo Community, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tambale is a common element of houses in the Kaili Ledo community, which is used as the terrace, front porch, courtyard, and living room. Tambale comes from the native language of the Kaili Ledo tribe, who inhabit the Palu Valley and the original Kaili Ledo Raranggonau settlement in the East Mountains of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tambale is unique because it is the determinant of space in the residential spatial process when building a house, adding new rooms, and arranging a space. It is the first determiner made, added, and set. As a vernacular product of the society, it is also a communal space used by the nuclear family and the community because the Kaili people like spiritual, cultural, and social gatherings and celebrations carried out together. This study explores Tambale as a determinant of residential spatial processes. It uses grounded theory as a research method, which will construct meaning and symbols from the nature of the space. It concludes that Tambale, as a vernacular product of the Kaili Ledo community, differs from other residential spatial processes anywhere in the world. Indeed, it is a dominant determinant of space in the dwellings of Sou, Palava, and Banua.