Open space is a part of the community's needs for leisure. Open space can have many forms and functions. One of them is the traffic island and street median. Traffic Island and street median has potential as a media of display to form character and give a mental map for an area. Character of a region can be shaped with elements inside, one of these with the placement of the artwork. Artwork can be a an element mental map to guide a person to move from one point to other, especially in big cities such as Jakarta. The Medan Merdeka road is surrounded by traffic islands, up to now still not have character and appeal to form a mental map of its users. This study aims to create the artwork design can shape the character and attitudes docket in the Medan Merdeka Area. This activity is carried out on the grounds of The Medan Merdeka region in 16 weeks with the method of direct observation and interviews. The Output from this research includes the design artwork on the traffic Island to has function as a mental map in the area.
Over the last few years, revitalization through painting in the slum area become popular in some cities in Indonesia. The attractive colors and illustrations have escalated the village on social media, especially for youth. The study focuses on investigating the roles of art in Kampung Pelangi potential for city landmark. Interviews and observations were done as a preliminary study, and survey online intended to understand the university students’ perception as a youth representative. The results have investigated that despite art has brought the dominant visual in the landscape, the unity with the existing landmark is needed to bring harmony to enhance the current image of the city.Keywords: New urbanism; landmark; the role of art; student’s perceptioneISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i9.1541
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