From Fear to Flow: Designing Community Center to Mitigate Gender-Based Violence

Tampubolon, Christina Rachel (2026) From Fear to Flow: Designing Community Center to Mitigate Gender-Based Violence. Other thesis, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember.

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Abstract

Menyadari bahwa lingkungan binaan dapat berperan dalam mengurangi Kekerasan Berbasis Gender, strategi desain arsitektur yang inklusif dan inovatif menjadi sangat penting. Dengan menggabungkan prinsip-prinsip teori Defensible Space dan perspektif feminis dari Matrix: Women and the Man-Made Environment, desain ini bertujuan untuk menciptakan lingkungan yang lebih aman dan inklusif, yang secara langsung merespons kebutuhan spasial serta pengalaman hidup kelompok rentan, khususnya perempuan yang mengalami kekerasan seksual. Desain ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana prinsip Defensible Space dapat diintegrasikan secara bermakna dengan prinsip spasial feminis dari Matrix, yang menyoroti bagaimana desain arsitektur dan perkotaan sering kali mengabaikan atau meminggirkan kepentingan perempuan. Terinspirasi dari La Rambla di Barcelona, sebuah bulevar kota yang hidup dan dinamis yang menghubungkan berbagai bangunan, landmark, dan hunian, desain ini membayangkan ulang sebuah tapak yang pemanfaatannya kurang menjadi pusat komunitas yang dinamis, aman, dan inklusif. Dengan menerapkan pendekatan Everyday Architecture, desain ini mengadaptasi pola spasial dan perilaku utama pengguna La Rambla melalui strategi ”drawing the everyday” yang kualitasnya kemudian disintesis dan diimplementasikan ke dalam desain. Strategi ini mencakup analisis bagaimana orang bergerak, berkumpul, dan menggunakan ruang, serta menggunakan partisipatif secara tidak langsung dengan memanfaatkan riset dan studi empiris yang telah ada mengenai bagaimana perempuan memaknai rasa aman dalam ruang publik yang berkaitan dengan Kekerasan Berbasis Gender.
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Acknowledging that the built environment can both perpetuate and mitigate Gender-Based Violence (GBV), an innovative and inclusive design strategy becomes essential. By combining principles from Defensible Space theory by Oscar Newman and the feminist perspective of Matrix: Women and the Man-Made Environment, this project seeks to create safer, more inclusive urban environments that respond directly to the spatial needs and lived experiences of vulnerable groups, particularly women and children who have been the victims of GBV. The design explores how Defensible Space can be meaningfully integrated with Matrix’s feminist spatial critique, which highlights how traditional urban and architectural design often neglects or marginalizes women. Drawing inspiration from La Rambla in Barcelona, a vibrant urban boulevard connecting landmarks, buildings, and housing, the design reimagines the underutilized site as a dynamic, safe, and inclusive community center. At its core, the space aims to foster a sense of belonging and social support, helping women to feel engaged and empowered rather than isolated or fear of GBV.Applying the Everyday Architecture approach, the design captures and adapts key spatial and behavioral patterns from La Rambla through the “drawing the everyday” strategy. This includes analyzing how people move, gather, and inhabit space. The Everyday Architecture approach also includes an indirect participatory approach, utilizing existing research and empirical studies on how women perceive safety concerning Gender-Based Violence in public spaces.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Defensible Space, Everyday Architecture, Kekerasan Berbasis Gender, La Rambla, Pusat Komunitas, Community Center, Defensible Space, Everyday Architecture, Gender-Based Violence, La Rambla
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA9074 Pedestrian areas
Divisions:	Faculty of Civil, Planning, and Geo Engineering (CIVPLAN) > Architecture > 23201-(S1) Undergraduate Thesis
Depositing User:	Christina Rachel Tampubolon
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2026 00:57
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2026 00:57
URI:	http://repository.its.ac.id/id/eprint/131924

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