The architect’s adaptive capacity: public perception of the architect adaptive capacity in coping with disaster

Abstract

Architects play an important role in building the concept and design of housing so that they can meet aesthetic, functional and safety standards for residents, especially for Jabodetabek people who are in disaster prone areas. This study wants to see how people’s perceptions of the architect’s adaptation capacity to disasters contained in the design and concept of housing built. The research method uses mixed methods Neuroresearch that is explanatory research. The population is the inhabitants of all housing complexes throughout Jabodetabek. Sampling technique used is random cluster sampling. The number of residents in 94 housing complexes taken randomly is 753 households. The results showed that the architect was considered by the community to be quite adaptive to the disaster risk mitigation seen in their housing design. There are two important aspects to be able to improve this perception, namely architects need to understand various current threats and understand how rescue mitigation can be done when a disaster occurs