ACTA TECHNICA CORVINIENSIS - Bulletin of Engineering

ACTA TECHNICA CORVINIENSIS – BULLETIN of ENGINEERINGCONCLUSION AND RECOMENDATIONThis paper analyses the results of aninvestigation in Manado city, North Sulawesi,into local citizens aspirations for different typesof urban open space related to the socialfunctions. The result will serve in theimprovement of urban design decision formaking renovation of some public space designwhich will contribute urban greenery systemplanning in Manado city.In case of Manado, limitation of number andvarious activities are caused by spatial conditionwhich could not represent the real need ofusers. Some activities are taken in wrong placeslike playing on the parking area or on the street.Some elements of public open spaces areproperly unused and inattentive while someother are over capacity, like pedestrian andpaving for doing exercises. Public open space ispublicly accessible open space which includesstreets, civic spaces and parks. Well-designedand managed public space is an integral part ofthe character, economic attractiveness anduniqueness of a place. The quality of publicspace plays a major role in the economic, socialand environmental sustainability of our cities.According to UU no 27/2007, Indonesiaregulation on spatial planning, 30 % of urbanland use area should be reserved for urbangreenery system. Thus will consequently lead toplanning the open space not only as acomplementary object, but included in the mainsystem in planning and management of urbanland area.DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONBrief description of design and/or amenitychanges recommended to improve the qualityof settings as a place for people to use and enjoyin Manado open space are:Quantitatively, urban open space, mainlyneighborhood space, should be providedand well distributed in each cluster ofhuman settlement in appropriate sizeneeded and suitable density of population.One focus in one place could avoid visualcomplexity in urban plaza. Sculpturesshould be well scaled.Food vendors are supporting elements inpublic realm, and they should beaccommodated under the certainconditions.Jogging trail should be served in manycircumstances, and should be designseparately with vehicles.Since the microclimate is very hot, itshould be more vegetation and canopy forshading the area (Syafriny R andSangkertadi, 1999)Night lighting is important element shouldbe provided in each public places.REFERENCES[1] BARKER, R G, “Ecological psychology:Concepts and methods for studying theenvironment of human behavior”,University of California Press, Stanford,1968.[2] FRIEDMANN, A., ZIMRING, C. & ZUBE, E.“Environmental Design Evaluation”, NewYork: Plenum, 1978.[3] GRADY CLAY, “Real Places: AnUnconventional Guide to America'sGeneric Landscape”, University of ChicagoPress, 1998.[4] HARYADI and SETIAWAN, “Environmentarchitecture and behavior: theory,methods and application”, Project Reportfor the Development of The EnvironmentalStudy Centers, Directorate General ofHigher Education, Department ofEducation and Culture, Indonesia, 1995.[5] JACKSON, J.B. "Vernacular space", TexasArchitect, Vol. 35 No.2, 1985.[6] KAMPSCHROER K. AND WINDSOR, J.H."Strategic Post-Occupancy Evaluation"Paper for the International Conference onPost-Occupancy Evaluation: Closing theLoop, UK, 2004.[7] LYNCH, K. “A Theory of Good City Form”,MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London1981.[8] POLUAN, S.J. and SYAFRINY, R. “Quality ofopenspaces in Manado. Case study atcampuss and colleges area”. Researchreport, Sam Ratulangi University ResearchCenter, Manado, 1999.[9] PREISER, W. and RABINOWITZ, H. & WHITE,E.T. Post-Occupancy Evaluation”, (Eds.)New York: Van Nostrand ReinholdCompany, 1988.2010/Fascicule 2/April­June /Tome III 125