HUBUNGAN KONFIGURASI GUBAHAN DENGAN PEMANFAATAN RUANG PUBLIK TEPI SUNGAI DI KAWASAN PERMUKIMAN KOTA Studi Kasus: Karangwaru Riverside Sae Saestu (KRSS), Yogyakarta

Abstract

The utilization of riverside in the city as a residential area has threatened the ecological function of the river. Karangwaru Riverside Sae Saestu (KRSS) is a public space that was built as a strategy of urban river revitalization. This chosen strategy wants people to get the benefits of public space thus indirectly sustain the program of river revitalization. Not only does physical design hereby determines the success of a public space but also its ability to invite people to come and use it. Meanwhile, the intensity and the diversity of users become the main reason to asses the quality of public space utilization. This study identifies the type and function of KRSS as a public space, describes and assesses the quality of utilized patterns of KRSS based on its diverse activities, and assesses the relationship between KRSS� configuration and its utilization. This study employs a mixed approach between qualitative by using field observations, and quantitative simulation by using space syntax simulation. KRSS is a public open space with street as dominant typology, the inspection path for the pedestrian, supported by squares at several locations. The principal functions of KRSS are circulation paths, greenbelt, a means of social and recreational activities. The success of KRSS rises from the utilization of public space which happens most of the time, the diversity of activities that occur, both the principal and the corresponding function caused by the user's choice to adopt the space. The relational configuration of KRSS by its utilization has different tendencies associated with this type of activity and its spatial conditions. Activities of movement relate to the integration (R2= 0.559), although it has no realation with spatial integration that has clear visibility due to the open condition visually. Meanwhile, the static activity has no relation to the spatial integration, but rather shows the relationship of visibility (R2= 0.537) mainly due to the existence of the typology of square. Therefore, the user�s choice has more influenced static activity which is related to socio-cultural factors as customs and social ties