Violation of rules as an urban kampung spatial practice

This paper explores alternative spatial practices rooted in daily life, demonstrating how everyday experiences reflect the intricate relationship between the human body and space. Focusing on the urban kampung society, the study investigate the existence of boundaries within their living spaces, particularly how these conditions define rigid territories and spatial restrictions. This research employs a case study approach at the Peneleh Dutch Cemetery in Surabaya, utilizing observation and drawing-based creative inquiry as both analytical and reflective methods. Drawing, in this context, serves as an investigative and argumentative medium, revealing readings from a specific perspective. The cemetery's boundary wall acts as the central point of inquiry; its presence as a barrier between the cemetery and the surrounding kampung elicits diverse community responses, shaped by their daily needs. This study reveals that people's daily actions inherently create their own spatial practices, often diverging from conventional interpretations of space. Even when these activities represent a reaction to established rules, the violation of these rules is not framed as a transgression, but rather as a maneuver and an alternative idea for articulating architectural space and constructing the meaning of place.