IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SPACE FACILITY IN CIMAHI CITY SHOPPING CENTER THROUGH CULTURAL APPROACHES

• Main Author: Fakhrini Boelhasrin, Afina
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/55662
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The city of Cimahi has great potential in the trade sectorbecause it is located in the path of regional economic activity and is adjacent to the capital city of West Java, namely BandungCity. However, this condition has a negative impact because the City of Cimahi has become obscured by the City of Bandung. Firstly, the attraction of Cimahi City facilities that access from the community has resulted in fewer visitors to Cimahi City's trade and the potential mentioned beforeby Cimahi City become wasted. The purpose of this study is to identify ways to increase the attractiveness of the Cimahi City Shopping Center, identify and interpret the problemsolution throughinterior design, and make designs that are closely related to the community in culture, identity, and culture so that the facilities can become a representation of the Cimahi City Local Community. This study will use a mixed method, namely a combination of qualitative and quantitative, also the data collection technique used is the distribution and comparative analysis. Determined design approachis to build several facilitiesinthe Cimahi City Shopping Centerthatare attractive, unique, different from similar facilities and inaccordance with the preferences of the main target users. The facilities that are determined to attract the community andbecame thefocus on the design are the main atrium and indoor garden. The main concept is toapplycultural element to the design, such as the application of bamboo and rattan as one of material produced byCimahi City to interior elements, the transformation of batik patterns from Cimahi City into furniture or room compositions, etc. The main concept is supported by presenting greeningmaterial to build an atmosphere based on the studio preferences of target users who like Shopping Mall with the nature-relaxing concept.