PENERAPAN ARSITEKTUR PERILAKU PADA PERANCANGAN RUMAH SUSUN BAGI NELAYAN

Abstract

The need for residence which is directly proportional to population growth bringsabout density and dinginess of fisherman settlement at Lorong Proyek, Bagan DeliVillage, Medan Belawan Subdistrict, North Sumatera. Density and dinginess in this areahave caused it to be improper so that the alternative in handling it is by designing anapartment for the fishermen who are dominated by low income people. A livableapartment should have a standardized residence without ignoring fishermen’s goodbehavior in the residential unit and its vicinity so that it can accommodate their needs,based on users’ satisfaction-based observation and design evaluation and by payingattention to the analysis on their behavior and needs while they live in the apartment.The process of designing an apartment was obtained from questionnaires andobservation through behavior setting, time budget, and behavioral mapping.Theobjective of the research was to yield design criteria which applied behavioralarchitecture in designing apartment for fishermen. It was expected to be able to copewith the problem of the decrease in the environmental quality to become a livableresidence which could accommodate apartment dwellers’ behavior/activity for fishermen.