INTERIOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARY WITH BIOFILIC APPROACH (CASE STUDY: LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA)

• Main Author: Marini
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/53050
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The library collection is an important attraction in a library, but the facilities and layout of the room are also important to be able to provide a serenity and comfort atmosphere for the user activity in the library. A library at a university is one of the important things that must be fulfilled which aims to support the student learning process. The small number of visitors seen in the Library of the University of North Sumatra is the reason for this design and research is conducted with a purpose to provide comfort to visitors who come. This design and research uses a biophilic design approach which examines that human beings love natural environments and are at their optimal capacity while in them. This design approach aims to make users get serenity and comfort in this library. The research method used is a quantitative method with data collection techniques by questionnaire to understand the comfort of this library based on biophilic design pattern. From the results of testing the convenience of this library, there are eight aspects that are less comfortable according to users, namely the surrounding natural scenery from inside the room, indoor plants, the presence of sound from nature, dynamic / nonrigid furniture forms, the use of natural materials as furniture, the shape and arrangement of furniture. and color, vision in the reading room, connection of natural system in the library. These results become the focus of the design for the reading room and library collections. The research results from the evaluation of this library design are successful in providing comfort to this library with the prospect pattern having the highest response with a score (451), lighting (448), visual connection with nature (441), room comfort (437), connection with natural systems (437), on-rhythmic sensors (432), complexity and order (432), mysterious patterns (429), way finding (429), non-visual connection with nature (428), connection with natural system (426), risk patterns (424), biomorphic shapes and patterns (419), refuge patterns (395), and thermal and airflow variability patterns (388)