The Design of New Kampung Baru: Melting Point Between Seashore and in-land Village as a Celebration of Diversity in Balikpapan Abstraction of Nusantara Architecture”

Abstract

Since 1800s, Balikpapan has been popular destination for people from other islands to trading things until they ended up become permanent dwellers in the city; starts from Banjar, Bugis, Jawa tribes, and Tionghoa ethnic comes to Balikpapan. It causes Balikpapan to be not only rich in its nature, but also in terms of people and culture where each tribe still maintains their traditions. Kampung Baru is a floating village located in the western part of Balikpapan and is famous as a mobility center to get to the capital of the archipelago because of the many speed boat ports and kelotok boats there. With its crowded condition due to raising populations, the settlements in Kampung Baru, which is already inadequate from the very first starts to become more dense. With developments that are very close to each other and many people using this place, the Kampung Baru area is an area that is prone to collapse due to unstable building structures and is also prone to fire due to the narrow distance between buildings. Apart from that, access and circulation for the people is also disorganized because the roads tend to be narrow and a bit dangerous due to some of the wood that is brittle and railings that have fallen off. Therefore, it is necessary to review Kampung Baru Settlement and its revitalization so that it becomes an adequate place fo dwelling as well as improving the quality of life of the people by providing unique characters of the diversity of culture comes from newcomers in Balikpapan City using an abstraction of Nusantara architecture.