Behavioural and functional based design of high-rise public housing project in Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Jakarta, which is the largest metropolitan city in Indonesia, has a population of 10.37 million people and an area of 661.5 km2. Jakarta’s population density of 15,677 people/km2 is still far from the ideal population density of 100 people/km2. With a high population density, vertical housing development (high-rise residential buildings) is an essential development goal. Indonesian high-rise public housing is focused on fulfilling technical requirements with a perspective only from the designer or developer. In contrast, in the construction of vertical high-rise public housing, a performance-based design that is focused on the user is needed as one of the main stakeholders. Results from survey and partial least square modelling concur that three elements (behavioural, functional and technical) have a 68.3% influence in determining user satisfaction. Each of the elements contributes a positive influence, with the behavioural element as the highest influencer of 44.5%, followed by the functional element at 38.6% and the technical element, which only has 15.4%.These results can also be interpreted as the overall success of the high-rise public housing project.