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Jan

28

The existence of Semarang Diponegoro Park, Today

Filed Under research studies, urban design

Diponegoro Park (Taman Diponegoro), located in Semarang city area, have significant change from its function for the park and one of node area there. The difference happen from the past and today with its main function, as was activity here used to be an active park. Later on, this place had just become a passive park. At the early 1900’s, -at the colonial age-, People in Semarang consider this place as an active park, where people can do sport and recreation activities in this place, an interesting place to visit for the hedonist at that time. This can be identifies as an open space function, those were used for recreational space in another housing places.

Now, this park has just became as one of city node, where just used by vehicles to circulate and maneuver to move around from one place to another, no people activity can be held in this park. Thomas Cartsen, one of Indonesian architect designed this place to be like colonial park’s concept, the European classic style. The symmetrical designs, fountains, pathways, nodes and several vocal points, can be describe as classic style. Trees were placed off at surrounding of this park, created an enclosure with dramatize vista when we go into it.

Another change was, at the first, Cartsen designed this park to be the same level as with the road, in order to give an enjoyable vista for travelers passing around it, matched with the theory of view from within and view from without. And now, this park has been change, the level was increased, and so with the placement of a lot of closing trees has been put surround there everywhere, so travelers cannot enjoy the beautiful landscape again from the outside. This can be fact that, the change of the urban design in some areas, can make impact for the activity support around there. Andie Wicaksono, © ar-chi-tect.org taken from Andie Wicaksono’s thesis : “Pengaruh sarana komersial terhadap karakter lanskap”, article has been published in Indonesian language at enclosure journal, UNDIP, 2003. Colonial map from Prof Sidharta’s collection, taken with permission.