Perancangan Pusat Literasi di Sub-Wilayah Medan Utara (Arsitektur Tropis)

Abstract

Education in Indonesia basically has quality standards that can be said to be far behind other countries. Meanwhile, the quality of a country's education is inseparable from the literacy ability of its people. Literacy is one of the most essential things because it is closely related to a person's ability to absorb information, analyze, comment, and think critically about the information he gets. The condition regarding literacy in Indonesia is also very worrying. This is indicated by various data that explain the low literacy rate for education in Indonesia, the lack of collaboration between institutions, and the absence of integrated systems and facilities. By looking at the development of the population and also education in the city of Medan, this is not supported by the products that have occurred in the educational support buildings. One of them is the Literacy Center which contains sources of knowledge and learning for the community regardless of ethnicity, religion, race, or social level. Based on the elaboration above, the design of this literacy center will be adapted to the needs in the field of education and is expected to be able to create and redevelop the literacy culture of the people of Medan Labuhan District with the design results being developed through a tropical architectural theme approach that will be more integrated and feel comfortable with the user while in the literacy center building.