Abstract
Contemporary perspective is to transform the theory reading of space in Asian cities, particularly to the reading of kampung in Surabaya. Kampung (urban village) are commonly read as a disorder neighbourhood located in a modern urban area. Through the perspective, analysed inside out of urban spaces, the kampungs is read not only on the physical structure but the meaning behind the use. It is compulsory to consider the three parameters of urban observation for this perspective: theoretical concept, phenomenological scope, and point of view. In this research, these observed parameters: theory of townscape by Gordon Cullen, phenomenon of public and private space in the kampung, and applying the research method of ground research. Cullen’s theory one of well known Western-centric theory is needed to be included since Asian still lack of theoretical presence. The observation of the phenomenon is to extend the theory and to read urban spaces in greater Asia including studying meaning behind the urban structure. The result of this research has shown that unfixed urban elements in the kampung create stronger sense of urban enjoyment than fixed elements. The unfixed are related to the social activities occurred that identify the fluid condition of private and public usage.
Highlights
The need to have a perspective that can make existing urban theories more relevant in regard of their ‘application’ in specific urban settings is crucial, in order to understand urban settings which very different from those urban settings in which or for which most urban theories have been developed
The case study of kampung Keputran are older than the city of Surabaya, Indonesia
In answering the first objective, the case of the Keputran kampungs, the research has demonstrated that meaning development is more important than the art sense of the environment
Summary
The need to have a perspective that can make existing urban theories more relevant in regard of their ‘application’ in specific urban settings is crucial, in order to understand urban settings which very different from those urban settings in which or for which most (western) urban theories have been developed. This article aims to provide an alternative approach for Asian scholars, to read and understand an urban situation like a kampung. People in Asia still look at theories like Townscape from Cullen, because there are still very few Asian theories available. Building on the work of Nihal Perera, this article applies a ‘contemporary urban perspective’, that is a postcolonial approach and a concern for the production of meaning in urban settings, to make one such Western theories theory, Gordon Cullen’s “Concise Townscape” from 1961, specific for an Asian context of today. The case study of kampung Keputran are older than the city of Surabaya, Indonesia. At first, they were settlement areas of people who work at sugar cane fields. When the city grows and expands, kampungs become part of the city; they are located scattered around the central city including
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