CREATIVE COMMUNAL LIVING MIDDLE-CLASS APARTMENT IN GEDEBAGE, BANDUNG

• Main Author: Zakira Fillah, Annisa
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/39381
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The increasing number of people and the needs of residences in Bandung led to the development of vertical housing such as apartments to keep growing. Middle class apartments are already developed in Bandung and mostly being an option for young workers and college students. In Summarecon Gedebage as a Bandung Teknopolis development area, apartments are provided to complement some community activities in the area. With an area of about 1.9 hectare, this apartment provides comfortable residential environment for residents and also integrated with the surrounding context. The outlined contexts in this project are the characteristic of the middle class people and the land characteristics of Gedebage with high flood potential. By conducting a survey and small research on the user there are some problems found in the use of apartments such as social issues and productivity. Other issues are also derived from the site context such as ecological issues and building transparency to the neighbourhood. These issues are elaborated together with the value that the initiator wants and developed to the design concept of "Creative Communal Living". Located in Bandung's second city center area, this mid-class apartment offers a comfortable and well-equipped residential area with the most wanted support facilities for the residents. The quality of spaces with more fresh and closer to nature are presented in every facility so it can be an added value of this apartment. Open spaces such as the retail plaza, playground, and public parks area also integrated with the environment, thus reducing the gated community.