<strong>ACTA</strong> <strong>TECHNICA</strong> <strong>CORVINIENSIS</strong> – BULLETIN <strong>of</strong> ENGINEERINGin coastal zones is multifunction area; consist <strong>of</strong>recreation, commercial and leisure. Morninghours, people do some exercises regularly, andduring the day, commercial and cafeteria arepredominant the whole area. Teenagersoccupied some interesting spot area after schoolhours, talking with friends or playing. Theyenjoy the beautiful scenery <strong>of</strong> the sun goesdown to the sea, and it is the best moment in thecity. Sunday morning and holidays, the placesare more crowded because some people fromthe region come to visit the area.Manado It plays important role for socialgathering. It has only 3654 squaremeters wide.People use the field mainly for sporting facilityparticularly playing football. Sometimes theyused for exhibition, social gathering andpromotion affairs, or ceremony religious on thecelebration day. There are pedestrian waysaround; outside the short fences enclosed thefield. Ketang Baru field has only one access fromneighborhood street.Figure 3: Bahu Mall and Mega Mall seaside areaResemble Bahu Mall, Mega Mall area is relativelynew development and still going underconstruction in some parts. The main activitiesin this area are commerce, sporting, publicentertainment and baystreet cafe for enjoyingbeautiful scenery <strong>of</strong> sunset. Some parts <strong>of</strong>reclamation area (16%) belongs to the localgovernment <strong>of</strong> Manado and proposed to beallocated for urban greenery system.Community Open spaceTwo objects chosen as neighborhood openspace in Manado are Ketang Baru field inKampung Ternate and Bantik field in Malalayangdistrict. At Ketang Baru, a community openspace lies on the center <strong>of</strong> high density district inFigure 4: Ketang Baru and Bantik FieldAt Malalayang districts, a small public openspace 2378 m2 lies on the north side <strong>of</strong> maincorridor Trans Sulawesi. It is the only open spacein the middle <strong>of</strong> housing settlement area in thesouth part <strong>of</strong> Manado. Covering by grass court,people use it for playing in the afternoon or justwalking and passing through. Sometimes theyuse for special occasion like musical shows orcultural events. Maintenance <strong>of</strong> this space ismanaged by local authority; they create somedecorative garden as a borderline with TransSulawesi. This kind <strong>of</strong> community open spaceserved more than 50 000 habitants in theneighborhood.OBSERVATION APPRAISAL OF PARTICIPANTSUrban Community in Manado generally uses theopen space available for leisure andentertainment or doing some exercises in themorning. For particular groups, especially1222010/Fascicule 2/AprilJune /Tome III
<strong>ACTA</strong> <strong>TECHNICA</strong> <strong>CORVINIENSIS</strong> – BULLETIN <strong>of</strong> ENGINEERINGteenagers, the need <strong>of</strong> public space is importantfor social activities or special occasion likeplaying games and friendship gathering. Fornew couple, the existence <strong>of</strong> public open spaceis necessary for doing some sport or playingwith children and other family. Obviously, theimportance <strong>of</strong> open space is to refresh urban airquality, however it has to be taking into accountits social aspect for accommodate the needs <strong>of</strong>expression and education for urban community.shopping, 50sport, 75w alkingentertainment,156through, 21Figure 5: People come to public open space inManado for discovering and entertainmentMost <strong>of</strong> the respondents stated that they enjoyedmuch the ambience <strong>of</strong> urban air quality, andthey felt inconvenient being in the objectsbecause <strong>of</strong> heats <strong>of</strong> microclimate and therubbish. Although there are some trees forshading, they do not function well to reducetemperature. Local authority has provided sometrash containers in each corner, but trash andwastepaper are scattered around.Usability, 81Others, 18Availability, 84Ambience, 117Figure 6: Personal interest being on public openspace in ManadoUrban Plaza / central square (TKB andSparta Tikala)Urban plaza is an urban form that draws peopletogether for passive enjoyment. (Jackson JB,1985). Lynch K (1981) suggested that the plaza isintended as an activity focus, at the heart <strong>of</strong>some intensive urban area. Typically, it will bepaved enclosed by high density structures andsurrounded by streets, or in contact with them.Observation <strong>of</strong> two plazas indicates that themost intensively area used are seating and stageperformance available on the sites. On TKB,linear seating was occupied in the afternoonhours. There are not enough plants or canopyfor shading that makes the place become veryhot during the day. Children under 12 years oldlikes to play on the stage in groups after school.The density <strong>of</strong> fixtures stays inattentively in TKBand space is very limited and narrow. Since2007, local government has eliminated the smallcafé and food vendors. Fences are demolished,substituted by change <strong>of</strong> level around the edges.Replacement <strong>of</strong> theatre has totally changeorientation <strong>of</strong> the space. Although two fountainswere added in the square, that could not help toreduce temperature <strong>of</strong> microclimate during theday. Meanwhile, at Sparta Tikala, some attractivefocal elements like statues and decorative plantsbring special interest which encourages peopleto stop by, stay a little longer for enjoying theatmosphere. Although these two plazas wereprovided by some trash containers, the placewas littering by food wrappers and s<strong>of</strong>t drinkcans in the open areas.Table 1: Existing Condition <strong>of</strong> urban plazasSituation TKB (1) TIKALA (2)SpatialShapesAccessBorderlinesDimension<strong>of</strong> spaceMaterialsusedHeightFixturesSquare74 x 33 m2 entrance gateson east and westsidesFences and trotoiraround andshopping arena innorth andWestside2442 m2concrete floorwith decorativegarden50 cm from streetlevelBenches, publictoilet, opentheatre,sculptures,fountain,decorative gardenTrapezium105 x 93 mMain entrance at theeast and west sides.Streets around withhigh traffic density9765 m2Grass court in themiddle, surroundingby pedestrian /lightconcrete anddecorative garden10 - 20 cm from streetlevelBenches, stage, trashcontainer, sculptures,series <strong>of</strong> flag posts,decorative garden2010/Fascicule 2/AprilJune /Tome III 123