Urban Heritage Towards Creative-based Tourism in the Urban Settlement of Kauman - Surakarta

Abstract

Urban heritage is one of the manifestations in architectural value; serving a tight sustainability in the past, present, and future era. Nowadays, the existence of urban heritage tourism with having unique value and local wisdom potential has not been handled optimally. Moreover, the main functions have changed permanently for creative urbanism. The aim of this research focuses on the spatial of urban heritage and the creative economic that involve an active local community toward creative-based tourism. It is based on explorative descriptive method combined with the mapping spatial of a unique and local wisdom, including potential physical characteristic. The research location is the Kauman urban settlement; having a valuable unique and original local wisdom potential, and also its activities which still exist. The result of the research, in spatial macro, shows that the existence layout of the Kauman urban settlement has not been handled optimally. Moreover, it tends to lose its characteristics because it is not protected. In addition, the spatial micro shows that many historical buildings have changed its form, façade, interior, and function. The tendency can be seen from the buildings which are commercialized as batik showrooms, home-stays, shops, and restaurants.