Abstract:
Riverside’s houses have specific traits that created by natural form, such as river’s water level,
and river edges. Developments give rise to problems, namely: How typology building forms that are highly dependent on
the river water. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The method used is a qualitative method, with a descriptive analysis of
the conduct, as well as the study of the relevant literature to gain an understanding of the order of the settlements by the
river. Result: This study found that, typology of the house Musi river bank happens comprised of: home floating on water
that can move because it has no foundation; house floating on water that cannot move because it has a foundation that is
embedded in the soil at the bottom of the river. Type the form space in which occur on the mainland are distinguished at
the height of the face of the conservatory floors corresponding to the status of nobility from the occupant of the House.
While the type of the stage above the water, the type form of space it has the same high floor height, this shows the status
of occupants that is the ordinary society. Conclusion/Application: Musi river settlements into a tourist attraction of the
city, and become cultural preservation and building up to now.
