Street furniture concept in Pasar Buah and Bukit Gundaling Based on place identity

[摘要] Tourism is one of the largest sources of the foreign exchange for a country, that encourage many developers to develop it. Karo District located in the province of North Sumatera, Indonesia, which has many tourist destinations with natural and cultural resources, including Pasar Buah and Bukit Gundaling. To develop Tourism, one of way is with increasing place identity in tourist destinations. Unfortunately, place identity in Pasar Buah and Bukit Gundaling are still lacking, so it needs improvement, one of that is the Street furniture in Pasar Buah and Bukit Gundaling. This study aims to design the concept of the Street furniture planning in Pasar Buah and Bukit Gundaling. The method used is a qualitative method, that is design street furniture using five groups elements of street furniture: decorative element, service furniture, trade furniture, signaling furniture, and advertisement furniture. The result of this study is the concept of the design street furniture of Pasar Buah and Bukit Gundaling, which can use to improve place identity in tourism of Karo District.

[发布机构] Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, 9 Dr.T.Mansur Street, Medan; 20155, Indonesia^1;Toba Lake and Sustainable Tourism Working Group, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia^2

[效力级别] 经济学

[关键词] Cultural resources;Foreign exchange;IS design;Place Identity;Qualitative method;Street furniture;Tourism;Tourist destinations