| dc.description.abstract | Merdeka Cultural Center
Adaptable Cultural Center for Cultural Development in Bogor
with Open Building and Adaptive Reuse Approach
Being connected with local and
international culture is important in
the modern era to develop our identity
and knowledge. Vast knowledge of
cultural works and literature widens
our world and opens up various possibilities
to enrich ourselves to ideas
that will lead us to a better future.
However, the current reading interest
in Indonesia is still facing a crisis,
as the reading interest rate is only at
0.001%, putting Indonesia’s reading
interest rating in 60th place from 61
countries (Ministry of Communication
and Informatics, 2016). With globalization
and a free market ahead of us,
we need to take a step to increase the
reading interest to give us a competing
chance in the global environment.
The pandemic outbreaks in recent
history often brought up significant
issues of health protocols and
measures that are often overlooked
in the design approach of buildings.
With the recent COVID-19 outbreak,
we are taken by surprise by the viral
contagion of the virus and faced difficulties
in adjusting to the situation,
resulting in the closing of many public
and private buildings with a vast
number of them facing uncertainty
on their survival in the future. On the
other hand, with lockdown and physical
distancing protocols going, people
need safe recreation and public
space to unwind from the stress.
Merdeka Cultural Center aims
to accommodate the people with various
ways to learn and engage themselves
with cultures, even during an
unpredictable pandemic outbreak by
paying using open building approach
to ensure that the building is able to
be sustainable with different situations
that might occur, and keeping
the people engaged with cultures in
safety conditions.
Keywords: Cultural Center, Jalan Merdeka, Adaptable, Open Building
Approach, Adaptive Reuse Approach | en_US |
