Low-Energy Based Urban Design Architecture in Indonesian Tropical Cities

• Main Author: Prayitno, Budi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Engineering
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/92179/1/12_low%20Energy.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/92179/
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The form of future built envlronment should be based on a responsible . approach to nature and the use of energy potential of the natural resources. Therefore, the design of building and urban spaces must be interpreted as a complex system of material and energy flows. lndonesian cities are resources in tropical built form areas and have a high primary content. The relationship between cities and tropical environment should be developed to achieve a symbiosis between energy use in urban activities and energy supply of natural system. To achieve the bdsnce of ecologica: system the various urban activities of neighborhoods, buildings and open spaces, infrastructure and their functional, transport and communication system should be subject to a process of modification and reconstruction that follows nature recycles of renewal. As the design recommendation, this paper notes that the proposed model of low energy-based tropical city by using the passive low energy system and skeieton infill in the citywide linkage delineate the three main system of biophysical, infrastructural and urban form and their interrelationship and determine the optimal form and pattern for different types of urban spaces and based on criteria of suitability, efficiency and compatibility.