Persepsi dan Preferensi Masyarakat terhadap Tingkat Kenyamanan Taman Merdeka Metro sebagai Ruang Interaksi Sosial di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

The covid-19 pandemic has resulted in changes in people's behavior, activities, and social space, thus triggering changes in the comfort level of visitors in the Merdeka Park area. This study aims to identify and analyze the comfort level of Merdeka Park as a social interaction space based on perceptions and preferences; and make recommendations for the design of Merdeka Park based on the results of the analysis of community perceptions and preferences. The analysis was used in this research are spatial analysis and descriptive analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods. Based on the results of the study, the comfort level of Merdeka Park is included in the very comfortable category as a social interaction space. The percentage of park comfort value is 84.1% which is generated from the average percentage of all parameters. The park's carrying capacity is 58 people per day with the addition of playing and sport rooms, as well as the addition of lawn facilities. The recommended design in this study is improving facilities, adding facilities, structuring vegetation, and adding vegetation

Kajian Desain Healing Garden di RSUD Ahmad Yani sebagai Media Terapi Psikologis Berdasarkan Persepsi dan Preferensi Tenaga Kesehatan

In urban communities, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused psychological and mental disorders. Health workers are most affected and vulnerable to psychological disorders, especially those working at Covid-19 referral hospitals such as the Ahmad Yani Hospital. As a result, psychological therapy facilities or media that can improve the psychological health of health workers are needed. The research aimed to determine the urgency and need for healing gardens among health workers, to know about health workers' perceptions and preferences regarding healing garden design, and make recommendations on criteria and design concepts for healing gardens in the Ahmad Yani Hospital area. The study's methods included the distribution of questionnaires and interviews. Descriptive analysis with crosstabulation and frequency techniques is used. A healing garden in the Ahmad Yani Hospital area is regarded as necessary as a psychological therapy medium for improving the psychological health of health workers. During the Covid-19 pandemic in the hospital environment, 97.3% of participants said they needed a green open space that functions as a relaxation area to improve psychological health, and 94.6% said they needed a healing garden. Colour parameters, materials, concepts, space, plants, plant strata, plant functions, facilities, areas/locations, and healing garden criteria are all preferences for health workers. Health workers' preferences for healing garden design are generally relatively consistent across gender and age groups. A nature-oriented healing garden design is the recommended healing garden design for the Ahmad Yani Hospital area (biophilic design)

Studi Persepsi dan Preferensi Masyarakat Terkait Tingkat Kenyamanan Taman Merdeka Metro sebagai Ruang Interaksi Sosial

Pandemi Covid-19 mengakibatkan perubahan perilaku/aktivitas dan ruang gerak sosial masyarakat sehingga memicu perubahan tingkat kenyamanan pengunjung di area taman. Selain itu, kenyamanan termal juga ikut memengaruhi kenyamanan pengunjung dalam beraktivitas sosial di dalam taman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis tingkat kenyamanan Taman Merdeka sebagai ruang interaksi sosial berdasarkan persepsi dan preferensi; mengetahui hubungan antara kenyamanan termal dengan kenyamanan taman sebagai ruang interaksi sosial; dan membuat rekomendasi desain Taman Merdeka berdasarkan hasil analisis persepsi dan preferensi masyarakat. Analisis yang digunakan berupa analisis spasial dan analisis deskriptif dengan menggunakan metode berupa uji validitas, uji reliabilitas, skala Likert, skoring, dan perhitungan Temperature Humidity Index (THI) dan daya dukung. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, terdapat kenaikan nilai THI dari sebesar 2,4 dan penurunan tingkat kenyamanan pengunjung sebesar 0,09 (indeks nilai) sejak sebelum pandemi ke masa pandemi. Terdapat juga perubahan kebutuhan ruang di masa pandemic Covid-19 sebesar dua kali dari daya dukung semula untuk tiap orang per hari. Sehingga rekomendasi yang diberikan di dalam penelitian ini adalah berupa penataan ruang dan tanaman agar tingkat kenyamanan pengunjung taman meningkat