Landscape Engineering Adjustment for Designing the Public Green Open Space of the ex-Kacangan Market, Boyolali Regency

Abstract

Ex-Kacangan market is one of the focuses for the development of green open space in Boyolali. The site is currently an empty land that is filled with demolition waste. As a result, the site’s characteristics have changed. The slope of the land makes the site threatened by various disasters such as floods, landslides, or erosion. The purpose of this research is to make recommendations for the design of the ex-Kacangan Market land as a public green open space that can maximize potential and minimize existing constraints. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method referring to the landscape design process of Booth (1999) accompanied by an analysis of the effect of demolition waste on the quality of the site as the design basis. The basic concept of “urban retrofitting” is the basis used in the landscape design of this research. The concept is applied to the design concept through the interpretation of Mount Merbabu as an icon of the Boyolali landscape. The design is in the form of adjusting the slope of the land through site grading, making drainage channels according to the amount of runoff, and selecting efficient and economic materials on the site.