DESIGN OF UBUD TOURISM INFORMATION CENTER WITH PLACEMAKING AS DESIGN APPROACH

• Main Author: Gde Banyu Priautama, I
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Arsitektur
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/39548
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Ubud is one of a favorite tourist destination in Bali, because Ubud has unique character which is related with art, and culture from their local society. Unfortunately, the uncontrolled tourism development in Ubud region effected to the unique character which resulted to bring down quality of tourism in Ubud. Ubud tourism information center is a respond as an effort to maintain the unique character of Ubud by giving an education and information about tourism in Ubud especially for tourist or visitors. Ubud tourism information centre using placemaking as design approach. As a tourism services facility it has a demonstration and exhibition place, outdoor stage for an art perform and other additional facility. Ubud tourism information center also an educational media for visitors and has a program which engage local communities as artist to demonstrating art as an Ubud identity and character. This facility will be loecated between Ubud monkey forest tourist attraction and Puri Ubud, whisch is the location ot the site must be close to the center of tourism activity and tourism attraction, but not disturbing the cultural and tardition activities of local communities. To preserve Ubud’s that has became the main attraction of tourism, a placemaking concept is applied to create a space that memorable and functional towards user based on their intrinsic character. Analitical process on Ubud’s character using placemaking concept will produce development factors of space concept. This later on will be applied in to the design. The result of the analyses shows that development factors of space concept in Ubud are ornament, material, shape, proportion and also architecture layout. Application of this concept into design is intended to give character into the space, providing impression to users. Thus it is hoped to create a better understanding of Ubud’s by users as a tourism destination.