Title:
STUDY OF SOCIAL SPACE IN OPEN SPACE CASE STUDY OF KAMPUNG KELING, MEDAN CITY

Authors:
Abi Bhisry Siregar, Morida Siagian and Nelson M Siahaan

Abstract:
To survive and be sustainable, urban villages certainly face big challenges due to the dynamics of development and changes occurring in the form of need in planned open space settlements due to the need for meeting places and joint activities in the open air. With joint meetings and relationships between people, it is likely that various kinds of activities will arise in open public spaces. A form of need in open space settlements that are planned because of the need for meeting places and joint activities in open spaces. With joint meetings and relationships between people, it is likely that various kinds of activities will arise in these open public spaces. Spatial circulation occurs due to activities and series of activities that form pathways and connect existing activities. The circulation geometry with which it accommodates and the combination of several paths will form a configuration of the t activities that are traversed. Open space is a public place where people carry out routine and functional activities that bind a community, both in the normal routine of daily life and in periodic celebrations. Public space is generally defined as a physical and visible place in the city or wherever we gather. The third room is a special place outside the home or office where people can gather. Open space which is always located outside the mass of the building can be utilized and used by everyone and provides opportunities to carry out various activities. A form of need in open space settlements that are planned because of the need for meeting places and joint activities in open spaces. With joint meetings and relationships between people, it is likely that various kinds of activities will arise in these open public spaces. Spatial circulation occurs due to activities and series of activities that form pathways and connect existing activities. The development of urban areas as centers of economic and governmental activity has triggered an increase in the need for space. Until the 1960s Kampung Keling was still dominated by the Tamil community, and after that they gradually sold their land to the Chinese community. In the 1970s this residential area developed into the most elite commercial area in Medan City.

Keywords:
Open Space, City Village, Activity, Spatial Circulation, Social Space, Kampung Keling

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2023.6223