Showing posts with label urban design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban design. Show all posts
09 January 2009
Kahayan
Settlement of Kahayan Riverbank district has location in centre of Palangkaraya city. The district has shape of grid pattern, and formed by stilt housings that located about 3 meters from the ground. Every house connected to the
Kahayan Riverbank district is susceptible to some disasters like flood and conflagration. In the rains session, water level in Kahayan riverbank will increase up to 3 meters and enter the house. While, conflagration disaster is often occur to the settlement because it made by wood material and high density of the houses. Nevertheless, this condition was not influenced people of the settlement to move to another place that more safely. Local government often offers people of settlement some places to use as a new settlement.
There are many boats for rent that you can use to trace
17 December 2008
space for children: children safety and security
0 c o m m e n t s Posted by infinity space at 1:44 AM
“...The needs of children and youth, particularly with regards to their living environment, have to be taken fully into account. Special attention needs to be paid to the participatory processes dealing with the shaping of cities, towns and neighbourhoods; this is in order to secure the living conditions of children and youth and to make use of their insight, creativity and thoughts on the environment...’. (Paragraph 13, Preamble to the Habitat of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, 1996).
Many public spaces or public facilities were designed to accommodate our need, but, often they were design without consideration to children need. Children have different need, it is meaning not only for their ability, activities, but also for their accessibility.
Safety and security are primary considerations for children activities in a public space. A public space must have an ability to protect them when are using public space, like car accident, tripped in the stair, lose in a swimming pool, and even from a abduction.
Although they have children insurance (accident insurance), an architect or urban designer has ability to guarantee their safety and security through design. Design approaches must consider children need as proportion, scale, dimension (bench, table, room, etc.), accessibility (stair, ramp, door, etc.). Thorough those consideration, children have ability to use public space and do their activities.
Except those design consideration, material selection is also influencing children safety. Some material contains chemical element that effected cancer. Without holistic consideration for public spaces design, there is no guarantee for children and also our safety and security. We can do our activities in public space optimally. (the infinity space)
Many public spaces or public facilities were designed to accommodate our need, but, often they were design without consideration to children need. Children have different need, it is meaning not only for their ability, activities, but also for their accessibility.
Safety and security are primary considerations for children activities in a public space. A public space must have an ability to protect them when are using public space, like car accident, tripped in the stair, lose in a swimming pool, and even from a abduction.
Although they have children insurance (accident insurance), an architect or urban designer has ability to guarantee their safety and security through design. Design approaches must consider children need as proportion, scale, dimension (bench, table, room, etc.), accessibility (stair, ramp, door, etc.). Thorough those consideration, children have ability to use public space and do their activities.
Except those design consideration, material selection is also influencing children safety. Some material contains chemical element that effected cancer. Without holistic consideration for public spaces design, there is no guarantee for children and also our safety and security. We can do our activities in public space optimally. (the infinity space)
26 November 2008
Hong Kong, one of most beautiful city in the world, with some highrise building that cover some commercial functions. The uniquely about Hong Kong is a dialogue between natural environment and built environment. And that communication is shown in the peak.The is a building that located in top mountain and shaped as a curve building with metal material cover its surfaces. From top of The Peak, we can access visually to all of Hong Kong area, Central, Victoria Harbor, and even to New Territories. Some famous building like, Bank of China that was designed by famous architect I.M.Pei, HSBC Bank, etc.(the infinity space)
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