Vernacular architecture is the architecture derived from life values and culture that exist in a particular place. Therefore, vernacular architecture is believed to have and keep a variety of local knowledge that have been tested in overcoming various problems related to the natural environment. If current day, a variety of issues related to human life in the built environment were found that should be constructed to see how far the local wisdom has been observed in all the planning and design of the existing. Natural environment, sometime cause problems in human lives, is also keeping potential solution to this problem. It is very important to understand various heritages of local knowledge, particularly stored in vernacular architecture, of the community to create a harmonies’ life between human and built environment. This study aims to reinvent the forms of local knowledge that derived from the architecture that evolves on wetland environment. The vernacular architecture that was studied is Banjarese dwelling in South Kalimantan. Local knowledge is tested in this study arrested through cultural expression of wetland environment. The result can be sustainable development concepts and guidelines for areas that have wetland characteristics. Key words: local knowledge, wetland architecture, Banjarese dwelling, sustainable development.