Cultural heritage of the peranakan batik kidang mas house of Lasem, Central Java, Indonesia

Peranakan houses are becoming more marginalised due to the changing times in Lasem and various identities crisis regarding the houses that appear among the local community. Even though the houses are the legacy of tangible artefacts and intangible attributes of society that are inherited from the past generations; they have to be maintained in the present and preserved for the benefit of future generations for in-depth cultural understanding. This qualitative research used phenomenology and narrative approaches to seek the cultural heritage elements within the Peranakan Houses in the area of Chinatown, Lasem. The findings of the study indicate that the embodiment of cultural heritage elements within the houses has become an essential role in constructing and identifying building identity, which is a part of cultural preservation.Disciplinary: Architecture, Interior Design (Phenomenology), Southeast Asia History, Religious and Believes Studies. 2020 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.