PLAYSCAPE Case Studies: Taman Pramuka, Koridor Jalan Cendana and Taman Supratman

• Main Author: KUSUMA CINTAMI (NIM. 28915005), PRIMANINGTYAS
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/29985
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

<p align="justify">As a garden city, Bandung is actively developing thematic parks to bring back public interest to the park as well as improve social relations between communities. But on the other hand there is a dilemma in which the increasing number of park visitors is in line with the increasing area of pavement due to the way of thinking of the people / visitors who more appreciate the artificial elements than the natural elements that exist in the park. Minimizing pavement and adding green space to the urban environment is one of the goals to be achieved in the presence of playscape, while also providing a multi sensory experience with nature as its focus. Thus, playscape is expected to encourage people, especially in the era of common devices with sedentary lifestyles, to be more active in outdoor environments and to create tangible interaction and social interaction. Given the location of the site located not only around the commercial area but also around educational facilities and settlements and not far from the city center then this playscape also serves as a means of education and recreation by presenting a creative and imaginative space. A number of design criteria result from theories and hypotheses regarding playscape and behavior, as well as site analysis. The design criteria include security, sustainable material, fun-features and play behaviors in which it is divided into several aspects of the forming landscape, such as circulation access, visual access, vegetation, infrastructure, users and activities. A playful playscape design takes the site at Taman Pramuka, Jalan Cendana corridor, and Taman Supratman is expected to answer the needs of the surrounding community for green open spaces. Multi-access circulation is applied to equally distribute visitors, facilitate access to activity pockets, and facilitate disaster mitigation. The use of Mounding as a fun feature is also used as a symbolic barrier between inner and outer space. Diverse contour designs (up and down), along with multi-access circulation, also form different pockets of activity that can be both separating and closer. The pockets of this activity also confirm the existence of certain territories and privacy. The design facilitates visual access that helps control the inner space to the outer space or vice versa and between the pockets of activity that is formed. Seats are designed with unusual shapes so visitors can use them according to their respective perceptions. As part of the hydrological concept, along with retention ponds, the water channel in the middle of Pramuka Park is maintained and added features of the fountain above it that can be used to play while enhancing the sensory experience. The choice of material used in hardscape is a permeable material that has the ability to continue water until it can be impregnated by the soil, otherwise it can be used for long periods of time and minimal maintenance. While softscape in the form of vegetation is selected based on activity zone that is sport area, leisure, camping, and observation with criteria according to requirement of each activity. Samania saman and Swietenia mahagoni which are included in sites endemic vegetation will be maintained and are part of playscape design.<p align="justify">