APARTMENT DESIGN WITH A WATER-SENSITIVE APPROACH

• Main Author: Darmana, Asep
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Teknik (Rekayasa, enjinering dan kegiatan berkaitan)
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/44716
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The development and urbanization in almost every major city in the world have negative impact to the environtment by increasing hardscape/paved area which leads to decreasing absorption area and eventualy might cause flooding. Despite being located at ±768 AMSL and having a relatively high precipitation, The City of Bandung is facing challenges of potable water supply and prone to flooding. It is caused mainly by two reasons; (1) the disability of Bandung public water company (PDAM) to provide clean water for every household in Bandung, leads to groundwater over extraction, and (2) decreasing of absorption area due to increased paved area caused by development. Conventionally, urban stromwater has been managed using an open-ended approach where water is used only once and then disposed off. Naturally, a closed-loop system is used which based upon microrecycling of water as the foundation of the hydrological cycle. Watersensitive approach tries to mitigate stormwater management in a built environment as close as possible to natural principles of water cycle. This thesis will study and formulasied the principles of water-sensitive housing based upon current developed water-sensitive design concept and pinciples. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that a water-sensitive apartment design could be a part of the solution to the water issue in urban area. The two main strategies in this thesis are (1) stormwater management employing sustainable approach such as bio-swales, bioretention basin, and wetland, and (2) on-site domestic wastewater treatment to optimize on-site water management. Those strategies are integrated into architectural design and site planning as well as a part of educational aspect for resident and the public pertaining to water-sensitive design and urban water issues in general.