Community Centre for Kampung Kota: An Environment Behavior Approach
Keywords:
Kampung Kota, Community Centre, Culture Responsive Design, Environment Behavior Approach, Medan IndonesiaAbstract
Kampung kota are parts of Indonesia’s urban systems, its intensive communal life contributes to cities’ structure, but the design of community centers remains insufficiently explored. This study aims to develop a culturally responsive design framework for organizing communal space through activity patterns identification and formulate corresponding design guidelines for Kampung Kota in Medan, Indonesia. The study adopts a research-by-design approach, begins with a theoretical synthesis, subsequent field surveys, environment-behavioral mapping and interviews, and design exploration. The result offer affordance-place by providing various choices for public interaction space, accommodating all ages group’s needs, local-skill oriented construction, and express local tradition.
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