Design of Flat House in Terban, Yogyakarta with Bioclimatic Concept
Abstract
Yogyakarta is one of the most visited cities in Indonesia. Many visitors came for tourism purpose,
livelihood, or even for educational purpose. Badan Pusat Statistik in DI Yogyakarta have
recorded that the population density in Yogyakarta City itself has reached 13,413.42 person/
km² in 2020 with only 32.5 km² land area. This result as an issue related with spatial availability,
especially in several locations at the center of the city like Terban. Many housing in Yogyakarta
have not yet implement the sustainable principles, especially in lighting and thermal
elements. For instance, instead of having a design that may control unwanted heat, house
owners prefer to use air conditioner. This is important enough knowing how rapid technology
development nowadays and how it affected the world in a large scale. Compared to 8-10
years ago, the average temperature is increasing up to 1 degree celcius per year. Of course,
external factor such as the carbon footprint from vehicles also affects the climate.
In order to solve the current spatial issue, effective spatial design can maximize the functional
spaces and increase the user capacity. The idea is to create residential building which will
focus on enhancing the space vertically. It will be multi-storey building, but not necessarily a
one mass building like an apartment, so that the house quality of each unit can be enhanced
as well. The flat house will be designed through bioclimatic approach which allows us to design
based on the response towards the existing climate that wil be focusing on the thermal
and lighting aspect of housing design. The performance-based design method will be used in
order to be able to analyze whether the housing quality aspect already reach the design goals
or not.
The flat house complex consists of multi-mass buildings in which each mass consists of four
storeys that will be used collective for small-scale families. The house plotting will be divided
based on the spatial function and lighting priority resulting in the existence of inner courtyard
as gap between each mass. The housing unit has been simulated in terms of daylighting and
several thermal aspect as well as energy usage calculation and has accomplished the project
aim of housing quality enhancement.
Keywords: Flat House; Indoor Housing Quality; Bioclimatic Design: Urban Context
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