THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL CONFIGURATION IN THE THERMAL AREA OF FORT ORANJE PUBLIC SPACE IN TERNATE CITY

Asri A Muhammad,Ardhya Nareswari,Arif Kusumawanto,Firdawaty Marasabessy

doi:10.3846/20297955.2017.1402719

Asri A Muhammad, Ardhya Nareswari + Show 2 more

Open Access

https://doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2017.1402719

Copy DOI

Abstract

Crowded city will be impact to the temperature of urban areas. This condition is commonly known as the urban heat island effect. It’s impact to the activity that happened in the urban space. Recently, Fort Oranje (urban space/square) that has history value has been revitalized as an urban public space that is crowd visited by Ternate’s people. Therefore, the thermal comfort becomes an important thing and that is available to the users. The research is aim to know the influence of space configuration change to the aspect of thermal comfort in the urban public space. The method that is used in this research is empirical measurement and simulation method using Envi-MET software. This method is used to simulate the condition of thermal area in Fort Oranje. The result of this research showed that space configuration that change before and after the development of Ternate waterfront city impact to the thermal conditions in Fort Oranje public space.

Highlights

Fort Oranje area is a trace of Dutch colonial legacy in Ternate
Fort Oranje public space is located in Gamalama district which is the center of business district (CBD) in Ternate city and belongs to Kota Tua (Old Town)
This study aims to monitoring the thermal comfort of public space by analyzing changes in space configuration that affects it

Summary

Introduction

Fort Oranje area is a trace of Dutch colonial legacy in Ternate. Fort Oranje has been revitalized into an urban public space. Fort Oranje public space is located in Gamalama district which is the center of business district (CBD) in Ternate city and belongs to Kota Tua (Old Town). Fort Oranje area, initially and directly adjacent to the beach but the reclamation of the beach and the increase in density of buildings in the Gamalama district causing this area is no longer on the beach. These conditions affect the movement of the wind to the Fort Oranje, the movement of wind to the area is obstructed by the buildings that continue to grow around it. The thermal comfort of the outdoor area arises from the effect of building mass configuration on the temperature in an area (Lippsmeier 1994)

Objectives

Methods

Findings

Discussion

Conclusion