People and Urban Space in Medan: An environment behaviour approach

Wahyuni Zahrah; Shella Lie

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.235

Authors

Wahyuni Zahrah Department of Architecture, University of Sumatra Utara, Jl. Perpustakaan Ged.J.07 Kampus USU Medan 20155, Indonesia
Shella Lie Department of Architecture, University of Sumatra Utara, Jl. Perpustakaan Ged.J.07 Kampus USU Medan 20155, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.235

Keywords:

Urban Space, Built Environment, Environment Behavior, Medan

Abstract

The paper means to explore how people use and perceive the shop house corridor as the most built environment found in Medan, Indonesia. The research observed the adaptation and or adjustment pattern of people in their built environment. The study did an interview with users of the space to get people perception of the built environment quality. The result indicates that people used space mostly for market activities, in particular for the mobile street vendor. The users make some adaptation to fit their needs. They “divided” urban space and mark their territory based on the “unwritten agreement” and tolerance.

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