Abstract
Old town means an historic or original core of a city which signifies the city’s origin growth. When the city develops and expands its built area, the emergence of a new development center will be inevitable. This study focuses on the connection of the old and new development center of Balikpapan city. In defining the mentioned connection, the authors use Space Syntax theory and depthmapX[net] software to analyze connectivity, integration and choice of the observed networks. Space Syntax analyses helped defining the spatial configuration of the old and the new center of development of Balikpapan city which has higher scores in main connectors and lower scores in local streets which also defines the movement and accessibility of the observed area. It is hoped that this study would be beneficial in guiding the planning and design of the future development of Balikpapan city that is appropriate with its spatial configuration.
Highlights
Old town means an historic or original core of a city which signifies the origin growth of that city
This study focuses on the connection of the old center and the new center of development of Balikpapan city
The study found that the origin growth of Balikpapan city was around Mathilda Oil Well that was found in 1897
Summary
Old town means an historic or original core of a city which signifies the origin growth of that city. When the city develops and expands its built area, the emergence of a new center of development will be inevitable. The old center and the new center of development will have different urban textures that characterized its own morphology characteristics. The aspect of movement is a focus of morphological investigation. Morphological view of street patterns is taken by Bill Hillier as abstract configurations in order to understand their inherent properties and their effects on movement (Kropf, 2011). This study focuses on the connection of the old center and the new center of development of Balikpapan city. In defining the mentioned connection, the authors use Space Syntax theory and depthmapX[net] software to analyze the connectivity, integration and choice of the observed networks
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