THEMATIC MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT SEMARANG

• Main Author: Indah Sari, Anggun
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/39312
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

This final project design project is a museum and science center with special theme, Physics Mechanics for children. The project is located at Soekarno-Hatta road, Pedurungan, Semarang City where is the urban fringe area. This project is a fictitious project belonging to Semarang City Government. The project site is surrounded by trade, service, and residential areas. Area of the site is about 17,500 m2 with total building floor area about 8900 m2. The building consists of 3 floors containing the exhibition space and 1 floor of the basement. This final project project is a design project with typology of a museum building that forms a science center with a specific theme of Physics Mechanics. The goal of this project is to increase the child's attractiveness to learn about Physics Mechanics so that children can be inspired, explore and create useful mechanics in the future. The building is designed based on an analysis that focuses on the needs and the main user character of children aged 4 to 12 years where the child's brain development must be optimized through good stimulation. In addition, with consideration of exploring the theme of Physics Mechanics applied to the architecture of buildings and exhibition displays are also a consideration in design. The attractive and iconic museum building can attract domestic and foreign visitors. The buiding mass and exterior is designed according to the concept of "Mechanics Playground". The museum building and science center is a fun educational vehicle for Physics Mechanics learning.