Design of Engku Putri International Ferry Terminal with Adaptive Re-use and Regionalism Approaches in Batam

Abstract

Sea transportation is very important for Indonesia, which geographically has a sea area that is wider than land. Port become an important place as a means of moving away from sea transportation modes. However, to plan a port that can become the image of a city as a gateway from outer nternational sea is a functional contradiction, where a port is a public facility that does not need to be seen from a strategic point of view and the image of a city which represents an area that is needed to be seen from a strategic viewpoint. Engku Putri International Ferry Terminal Batam Center is the development of adaptive reuse and regionalism approach in order to create an ease of circulation in an effort to enhance the ferry terminal as an international gateway via sea lanes from Singapore and Malaysia to Batam, as well as an icon and landmark that becomes the first impression when foreign tourists enter the city of Batam. In order to achieve an international ferry terminal that has the characteristics of a region where it was established and which considers the circulation to minimize the travel time of user, it is done by improving the physical area using a regionalism approach and good circulaton in room programming. To make this design different from other international ferry ports in Batam that apply modern concepts to building forms, the application of regionalism as an architectural design approach is able to improve the quality of the International Ferry Terminal design which upholds the identity of Batam city which is known as the land of malay. With this, it can create a new branding on the international ferry terminal that brings the values of Malay culture as well as minimizing the time movement of passenger in ferry terminal that reflects Batam.