Alteration of traditional Batak Toba's culture consequence of the time development

Abstract

Traditional architecture is the expression of the human creation which is one of the element cultures grow and evolve along with the growth and development of the cultural community, ethnic, or nation that elements in form persist for a long time frame but accordance with the development and growth of a community or ethnic pertinent. Toba Batak society has known the residential area as they lived, called Huta (village). The district is a territorial form of Tobanese. In one Huta, there are several houses and barns. Currently Huta was much abandoned and some of them still stay to make alteration in shape of the buildings they occupied. Alteration times give occasion to good changes, whether it caused by internal factors as well as external factors and indirectly will fade and mixed completely as one. The movement culture process in Toba Batak has given occasion to the movement culture that contained in the traditional architecture as well, such as alteration of the building physical that began to change in accordance with current needs. It is necessary to anticipate of these alterations by doing some adjustments. To find out the alteration that happened in the Toba Batak Traditional Architecture then conducted observations in the field so that will obtained whatever that influence these alterations mentioned and is there any part of the culture that still maintained. In analyze the alterations mentioned, made some assumptions to find out consequences of the alterations.