Users Perception of Public Space at Malioboro STR
Users Perception of Public Space at Malioboro STR
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1 Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2 Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Keywords:
Perception, Public Space. Placemaking
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activities, both economic, social, and cultural Project of d. Active engagement, the existence of social interaction
Publik Space (2010). Based on this understanding, the between users of activity.
public space must function to accommodate the activities e. Accessibility, some activities support the perpetrators of
carried out by its users, while the function of open space activities such as pedestrian paths, crossings, and
includes Hakim (2003): intermodal.
a. Social Function
A public space that functions as a place for socializing, Table 1. Definition Placemaking
playing, exercising, getting fresh air, a place to wait, Sources Definition
Saptorini Placemaking is a process of forming
creating a means of cleanliness, health, and harmony.
(2018) public spaces where there is the interaction
b. Ecological Function between individuals and communal, which has
Public space serves as a place to balance the ecosystem, for to do with the physical environment during
example, as an appropriate absorption and as a green open activities.
space.
The activity's user's interest triggers various activities Cresswell, Placemaking is the process of
2004; increasing the meaning of a space-based on
that can be carried out, especially in public open spaces.
Carmona et changes that can be measured in the form of
Human behavior in free public space is divided into (Gehl, al. 2010; Roe changes in design and not measurable in the
1996): 2014. way of context, history, processes,
1. Type of activity: connectedness, and meaning.
a. Necessary activity
Routine activities carried out by humans and took place
Martin, 2013; Placemaking is the meaning of a place
does not affect the environmental conditions; for example, Tobias & that is formed based on the identity of public
users do activities related to work. Muler Wahl, space.
b. Optional Activity 2013
Activities that take place and depend on the physical PPS The process of creating a space becomes
a public space as a forum for all communities
condition of the environment, weather, etc. For example,
by strengthening the relationship between the
activities looking for inspiration in the Malioboro street users and the existing public space.
corridor in the afternoon or morning Placemaking refers to the cooperation of
c. Social Activity physical, cultural, and social elements that can
Activities carried out together, such as talking, making define a place that can accommodate it.
passive contact such as listening, and seeing between users
who do not know each other. That Placemaking refers to the cooperation of physical,
2. Time cultural, and social elements that can define a place that
Morning, noon, afternoon, and night can accommodate activities in it so that the definition, in
3. Activity Patterns general, is a process of changing a space into a place, or
Human activities in outer space can be grouped into living space into a place so that it is more fun, interest and more
patterns and moving patterns Ashihara in Zulestari, (2014) able to have meaning by the user of the space.
a. still to observe around
b. Move
4. Classification of activities based on age
5. Gender
Based on the criteria for the quality of public space,
according to Carr (2003), among others:
a. Comfort, one of the mandatory indicators in determining
the success rate of physical corridor space. The length of
time the activity performer is at one point is used as an
indicator of a person's comfort level towards a corridor.
Comfort can be influenced by environmental mitigation in
the form of natural factors that affect comfort temperature
and wind speed, physical comfort supporting elements in
the way of street furniture elements, psychological
convenience, comfort, space for social interaction, and its
time activities. Figure 1. Placemaking by PPS
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b. Relaxation is still related to psychological comfort where
this condition is formed so that happy and healthy
From figure 1 explained that placemaking form project
conditions can be achieved, which can be achieved by the
for public space divide by four variables:
presence of elements of plant and water.
a. Comfort and image
c. Passive engagement of passive activities such as sitting
(safe, clean, green, walkable, sittable, spiritual,
and or observing the surrounding conditions is strongly
charming, attractive, historic)
influenced by the surrounding conditions or surrounding
- Reflecting local identity and culture
enclosures.
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- There is room to sit, useful lighting elements, The distribution of questionnaires is with a random
landscapes, and street furniture provide convenience sampling method in a closed questionnaire type. Based on
and comfort this, the variables in this study are as follows.
- Performers comfortable activities in the space
Table 3. Placemaking variable
provided
Parameter Variable Code
(Uses & Activity) - active U1
b. Access and linkage
(connected, proximity, continuity, accessible, - fun U2
convenient, walkable, readable) - special U9
- Ease to reach and easy to find Comfort & Image - safe C1
- Sidewalks accommodate and provide pedestrian
- sittable C7
comfort
- Provides various choices of types of transportation - attractive C8
c. Uses and activity Access & Linkage - readable A4
(active, fun, vital, unique, real, useful, indigenous, - walkable A5
celebratory, sustainable) - accessible A7
- variety of activities
Sociability - diverse S1
- Activities on the ground floor edge sidewalk open
and invite visitors - interactive S7
d. Sociability - welcoming S8
(welcoming, interactive, friendly, pride, neighborly,
cooperative, stewardship, diverse) The placemaking is chosen through a theoretical
- the community can carry out joint activities approach related to public open space with the location of
- social interaction. research conditions. The scoring method uses four scales
from Linkert:
3. Research Method - Placemaking is low when the value range of 0 % - 25
The research location is in the Malioboro street corridor %, shows that starting from the absence of
after revitalization. This research uses qualitative and placemaking occurs in the observation corridor so that
quantitative methods. The qualitative approach is obtained the corridor is only useful as space.
by using behavior mapping with place centered mapping - Less Placemaking, the value range of 26 % - 50 %,
so that it can be known what types of activities and physical refers to the tendency of placemaking which can only
settings are used. Quantitative which are obtained from the meet the needs of one activity performer and physical
questionnaire at the research location at night where the elements that are still not supported in the formation
activities in the corridor at night occur at the busiest of placemaking in the street corridor after the
activities compared another time. revitalization of Malioboro as a public space.
The questionnaire was distributed to 3 groups of users - Enough Placemaking Value range of 51 % - 75 %
of different activities. Based on data from UPT Malioboro is shows that the tendency of placemaking that occurs
2018, the user of activities in the observation corridor is can only meet the needs of 1-2 activity users and
divided into three types, including user as Visitors, user as physical elements that have helped the formation of
seller, and user as a community. There were 60 respondents placemaking, or have been able to meet the needs of
in the research in which 20 people were involved in each public space for all users but have not been supported
activity. With the profile of the respondent, the position by physical elements that maximum.
and activities are as follows:
- High Placemaking The range of values of 76 % - 100
% which addresses the Malioboro street corridor has
Table 2. User Variable
User Activity been able to meet all placemaking variables as a
Visitor Observe corridor of public space for all activity users, both
Talking visitors, sellers, and activity users and supported by
Eating physical elements that have helped all activity users.
Taking photo
4. Results and Discussions
Seller Selling food
Malioboro Corridor is a famous corridor in the city of
Selling non-food
Yogyakarta. This street's location is right in the heart of the
Community Cycling
city of Yogyakarta, where it is located linearly from the
Art Community
Sultan's Palace to the Yogyakarta Monument and Mount
Pedicab worker
Merapi. This corridor became a historic area that later
Delman worker
developed into the image of Yogyakarta's city with a variety
of functions. Based on data obtained from Badan Pusat
Question of the questioner related to how placemaking Statistik Yogyakarta, from 2011 to 2015, there was an
is in the revitalization of the Malioboro corridor. They can increase in the number of tourists and will continue to grow
find out placemaking efforts in the observation corridor. each year. Therefore, the diversity of activities is higher and
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Based on table 4, the social activity becomes a dominant Table 6. Users as Community Data
activity, so addressing the corridor's function based on Pedicab Delman Art - Bicycle -
Community community
existing theories does function as a corridor with social
Total 151 52 18 126
functions.
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From the results at the Malioboro street after 4.2. Physical Setting
revitalization for community users also found two types of
the same position during the activities carried out by
community such as pedicabs, Delman, art – city, and bicycle
- communities while on the Malioboro corridor. Most
position of this user is placed or moving. For pedicab and
Delman, there are moving at Malioboro street. But the
bicycle community stay and move on the pedestrian way
then make a conflict between pedestrians and bikers.
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Place centered mapping was cut into three parts to b. Place centered mapping – seller
clarify the data obtained in the existing by considering Based on the results of place centered mapping, it can
dividing based on the intersection points that exist along be seen that users as a seller do the most activities in the
the Malioboro corridor. pedestrian ways with a moving position, and when in a stay
position seller using physical settings such as benches and
a. Place centered mapping – visitors lighting when doing activities.
Based on the table of types of activities carried out by
the user of the activity, the place-centered mapping results Table 9. Physical Setting for User Seller
can be seen the distribution of visitors indeed with social No Type Picture
1 Pedestrian
activities where the activities are carried out with various ways
positions by visitors, namely sitting, standing, and moving.
The physical settings used by visitors to social activities
include:
2 Long chair
without backrest:
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utilizes pedestrian ways to conduct their activities and Table 13. Seller – uses and activity placemaking perceptions
empty spaces between vegetation used by the community Active Fun Special
U1 U2 U3
to place their vehicles. Other activities come from the art Total 74 58 52
community. The art communities do their performance Score 93 % 73 % 65 %
with the utilization of space between a chair with backrest Code high enough enough
and pedestrian lights.
Table 14. Community - uses and activity placemaking perceptions
Table. 11. Utilization Physical Setting for Community Active Fun Special
U1 U2 U3
No Type Picture
Total 66 59 55
1 Pedestrian ways
Score 83 % 74 % 69 %
Code high enough enough
Chart (figure. 11) from tables 12, 13, and 14. From that
chart, visitors have the lowest score for variables, which
means the visitor has less attachment.
2 Vegetation
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