Factory-Built Housing in Indonesia: Current Practice and Future Challenges
Abstract: Recent earthquake
and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra
has left Indonesia big
responsibility in fulfilling housing need for people who lost their
homes after this calamity. Use of mass-produced, factory-built systems for
housing construction is technology that can be used as a solution to this
problem. Factory-built housing can be defined as houses that are partly or all
constructed in factory environment, then are transported and erected/assembled
at permanent site. This paper is a summary of recent practices and potential
development of factory-built housing in Indonesia by considering several
Indonesian National Standard (SNI) which available. The aim of this paper is to
explain the possibility of factory-built housing technology in Indonesia. The study
synthesises information collected from review and analysis of trade and
scientific literatures, a series of site visits to factory-built housing
companies in industrialized countries; and discussions with academic
institutions and building regulators in Indonesia. Definitions and types of
factory-built systems are presented first followed by discussion of practical,
regulatory, standards, and scientific issues applicable in Indonesia. Findings
are identified as po-tential research needs in factory-built housing.
Author: Andi Asiz
Journal Code: jptsipilgg050003
