The Functional Transformation Buildings in The Old City Semarang Based on The Urban Sustainable-Conservation Concepts

Abstract

Conservation and Sustainability are inspiring the region of the Old City in Semarang. As the meanings of both words, the aim of conservation and sustainability in this region is addressed to secure long-term harmony between man and nature, to achieve continuous enhancement in the environment, and to increase the quality of life for humans and other life forms. Several buildings in the Old City Semarang show sustainability in how they interacts with people and public activities. The buildings change into public facilities that serves people in daily public activities. The transformations of their functions are very closed to society. This paper discusses cases on term how the buildings secure their conservation and sustainability by statistical methods and descriptive analyses. Respondents had been taken from customers who visited to the buildings. The results show that certain buildings have a better maintenance than others as public facilities. Moreover, the greater the interaction of buildings and public activities, the better the maintenances have been represented by the buildings