Morphology of Residential Environment of Singengu Village in Mandailing Julu, North Sumatra

Abstract. This study aimed to determine the morphology of the residential environment of Singengu Village in Mandailing Julu between 1880 and 2019. This time frame was taken because primary data that available were refer to that range of years. This research is an interpretive historical research that narratively constructs the morphology of the residential environment in Singengu Village through four sources: archives, documents, evidence from the location, and explanations from interviewees/eyewitnesses. The result showed that the morphological component of Singengu Village’s residential environment includes three main aspects, namely: land-use pattern, building layout, and the road network. The roads in Singengu Village’s residential environment are quite unique because they were formed after the construction of the residential area and not vice versa. Aspects of the land use and urban design patterns have a typical Mandailing character because they are consistent with the local concept of bincar-bonom.