Eco-architecture Sebagai Konsep Urban Development di Kawasan Slums dan Squatters Kota Bandung

Abstract

ABSTRACT Since the construction of the access highway Cipularang connecting the capital city Jakarta and Bandung affecting in many aspect rapidly. But at the same time, Bandung is not prepared both planning and control tools to support the city activities. Consequently Bandung city have decreased quality of physical, environmental or social. These problems appear to reduction of green open land, reduced soil bearing capacity with the change of green land converted to land up. Cikapundung river as the main river through the city of Bandung, did not escape from the problems. The mounting garbage, liquid/solid waste, soil erosion has made a sub-optimal functioning of the function that should. One of the areas in the watershed of Cikapundung is Pelesiran. This area as the rear of trade center Cihampelas. This region has gradually changes from a green area into slums even the squatters turned into a riverbank settlement. Its convenient location but the absence of planning and control device that anticipates the development of the region, resulting in a region experiencing a decrease in the quality of the physical, environmental and social. Echo-architecture is a design approach in addressing environmental degradation, where its realization is done consciously and full responsibility of the planners, designer as well as the community it self as main actor, participation and empowerment of communities in improving the environment through the application of the concept of echo-architecture will reach the state of the environment and resources in the future in a sustainable manner the carrying quality would be better. Keywords: Eco-architecture, Sustainable, Urban development, Slums, Squatters