MAL SEBAGAI POTRET RUANG PUBLIK BAGI WARGA PERKOTAAN

Abstract

Mall has been a new page in the life culture of urban society. In recent time, mall is not only considered as shopping center but also turned to be public space as the place for the community to interact and create. Hence, the owner and the manager of the mall complete the building offered to the tenant with various facilities to fulfill the visitors’ necessity. To reveal the phenomenon, minor research is completed to acknowledge the tendency of mall as public space. Research upon the questionnaire method results on the gain of description that most of respondents as the citizen representation consider mall prossessing other function in that it is as public space. Recently, the presence of mall has created many new cultures completed with rituals in that it commonly that regulate the citizen. Moreover, mall has been able to stand as the icon and symbol of new culture for urban territory whereas inside of it, there are many rituals providing the citizen with new life style in where mall stands as either public space or recreation one