Investigating the Eco-community Concept toward Socio-Spatial Quality in Sector 7 and 9, Bintaro, South Jakarta
Abstract Bintaro Jaya commits to carry out the Eco-community Concept in all of its development area, including sector 7 and 9. The Eco-community Concept aims to shape a sustainable environment; besides, it has another purpose to create and increase environmentally friendly community. Most of real estate growth in Indonesia has revealed individualist phenomena because developers only focus on the built-environment and they often override community needs that led to the deficient quality of environment and community. Otherwise, the Eco-Community implementation in sector 7 and 9 has claimed to have the sustainable urbanism eminence that strengthened and supported community lifestyle. Therefore, this paper investigates the Eco-community Concept in sector 7 and 9 based on the ecological architecture and sustainable urbanism by cultivating physical data, survey and interview with the developer. It discovers spatial and social quality in both sectors, then it fathoms about how the developer socialized the Eco-community Concept and how the community reacted and used facilities in both sectors. How does the quality of the built-environment and its community? How does the Eco-community Concept affect community lifestyle? Finally, this study will underline social and spatial pattern for better sustainable urbanism on other areas for the direction of improvement.