DESIGN OF COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS WITH PLACEMAKING APPROACH AS FORMING CHARACTER OF CHINATOWN

• Main Author: Rahmawati, Alfiani
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/35922
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Commercial area is one of important areas of a city. In commercial area there are trade activities that bring the city into spark and life, during the day and night. Malang has a main commercial area called the Pasar Besar. This area consists of the main market buildings and is surrounded by shop houses with various trade activities. In addition, the Pasar Besar Malang area is also famous as the Chinatown of Malang City. However, currently the condition of the commercial area is losing the character of the area, especially the main corridors, and the physical condition of the area decreases which causes there is no public interestto visit and do trading in that commercial area. Therefore, a design simulation is needed for the commercial area Pasar Besar Malang that has characteristics and activities that support the commercial area. The approach used in designing in this paper is a placemaking approach with Chinatown characters. The purpose of this paper is to design a commercial corridor of Pasar Besar Malang as a space or place that lives with the forming elements of the Chinatown character. The design use qualitative prescriptive method, therefore the potential of the site can be maximized, while the problems can be minimized in accordance with the circumstances. Based on the design variable, each corridor has different potentials and problems, therefore the design carried out on each corridor is different. This paper will provide the design of the commercial corridors Pasar Besar Malang as a lively and attractive public space based on Chinatown characters with the creation of the image, activity, and form. The commercial corridors Pasar Besar Malang will be developed as an area that has the potential as a tourism area.