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357 integration in a city is perceived as a “part to whole” relation. see
Figure 2. The relation is not seen as an aggregative process which shapes global form but as an integration system which is
more macro city, modernity into the more micro one kampong, localtraditional value.
The study is done in two phases. The first phase is a literature study to explain the research premises and justify why
city kampong deserves to be revised. The objective is to position kampong as a reality in city modernizations in Indonesia. The
approach of social change theories are used for understanding the correlation between the local element kampong and modern
element city. Kampong is one of city settlement types. The settlement function is the
raison d’etre of kampong in the city. It is the state of art in architectural research which is done in the next
phase. The second phase is the empirical study done onto the three particular kampongs which has been chosen as the case
studies. Based on the empirical study about kampong space integration in the city, an analysis-interpretation method is done to
understand the kampong position in urbanity in Indonesia. The analysis is done by [1] recording building mass configurations and
spaces in the three kampongs as case studies and learning spatial configuration patterns from the existing condition on sites,
[2] through thorough participative examining and then formulating morphological themes which base the space configurations and
[3] interpreting factors which become the space configuration structure.