MODEL OF TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENT LANDSCAPE OF LAKKANG ISLAND BASED ON LOCAL CULTURE

Lakkang Island is one of the districts that still maintains cultural and traditional values and it is located within the provincial capital. Lakkang Island is also used as a cultural tourism destination by the Makassar City government. The impact of urban development affects all areas of the city with the modern style and culture of the city. The effort to mapping the landscape model of Lakkang Island is one of the cultural landscape preservation efforts that still maintained for the purpose of cultural tourism destinations. This research aims to identify the character of the traditional settlement landscape, analyze traditional landscape forming elements, and develop a landscape model for the traditional settlements of Lakkang Island. The method used in this research is descriptive method, through literature studies, interviews, and field observations. The analysis was carried out descriptively and spatially. The landscape character of Lakkang Island shows a flat landform with landscape features that shape it. The landscape character forming elements of Lakkang Island are formed by natural landscape features and man-made landscape features. The traditional settlement landscape model of Lakkang Island is in the form of a nucleated cluster pattern with a unique spatial pattern. The center of the model is bamboo forests in the form of conservation green open spaces. The core zone consists of settlements flanked by conservation zones in the form of mangrove forests, nipa forests, and bamboo forests, surrounded by utilization zones in the form of gardens, rice fields and fishponds and protected by buffer zones in the form of Tallo River. The traditional activities of the Lakkang Island people do not leave their territory, except for the laying offerings ceremony.