Protected Looseness in Residual Spaces: Towards Child-Centered Recovery in Post-Conflict Urban Settings

Nurshadrina, Mahira (2026) Protected Looseness in Residual Spaces: Towards Child-Centered Recovery in Post-Conflict Urban Settings. Other thesis, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember.

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Abstract

Anak-anak di lingkungan pasca konflik seringkali tersisih dari kehidupan publik, terbatas pada tempat penampungan yang mengutamakan keamanan, namun mengabaikan kebutuhan mereka untuk bermain, bereksplorasi, dan belajar. Dalam The Child in the City (1978), Colin Ward melihat anak sebagai warga aktif yang secara naluriah mengklaim ruang di sekitarnya. Ward menekankan bagaimana ruang-ruang residual seperti jalan, lahan kosong, dan celah-celah informal menjadi aspek penting bagi eksplorasi dan integrasi. Tantangan muncul ketika kualitas ini harus dikembalikan pada konteks pascakonflik, di mana reruntuhan menghadirkan peluang bermain sekaligus risiko bahaya. Untuk menjawab keterbatasan tersebut, tesis ini menggabungkan pemikiran Ward dengan Trauma-Informed Design (TID). TID menawarkan prinsip keselamatan, prediktabilitas, regulasi sensori, dan dukungan emosional, namun penerapannya pada konteks urban pascakonflik yang berfokus pada anak masih terbatas. Sintesis keduanya menghasilkan konsep Protected Looseness, sebuah pendekatan yang mempertahankan keterbukaan ruang residual namun menambahkan perlindungan berlapis dan petunjuk spasial yang peka trauma. Melalui kerangka ini, fragmen kota yang rusak dibaca ulang sebagai ruang potensial bagi permainan aman, pemulihan agensi, dan reintegrasi anak dalam kehidupan komunitas. Penelitian ini merumuskan kriteria dan strategi desain yang mendukung pemulihan, familiaritas, dan kemandirian anak, sekaligus menawarkan kontribusi bagi pengembangan pendekatan arsitektur di lingkungan terdampak perang.
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Children in war-affected environments are often excluded from public life, confined to segregated shelters that prioritize safety but neglect their need for play, agency, and learning. This lack of inclusion influences children’s emotional well-being, social growth, and connection to their surroundings. According to Colin Ward in The Child in the City (1978), children are active citizens who inevitably claim their environments and should live in the same world as adults, not in isolated or artificial zones. He argues that residual spaces such as streets, vacant lots, and informal gaps play an important role for children’s exploration, learning, and integration. The challenge, then, is how to reintroduce these qualities in post-conflict conditions where ruins and abandoned sites are both opportunities for play and sources of danger. To address this limitation, the thesis integrates Ward’s descriptive insights with Trauma-Informed Design (TID), which provides prescriptive principles of safety, predictability, sensory regulation, and emotional support. While TID offers pathways toward recovery, its applications have been limited within child-centred post-conflict urban settings. The synthesis of these two perspectives produces the concept of Protected Looseness, an approach that retains the openness, improvisation, and exploratory qualities of residual spaces while embedding layered protection and trauma-sensitive spatial cues. Through this combined framework, the thesis repositions post-conflict urban fragments as settings where children can safely explore, regain agency, and gradually reintegrate into community life. The research contributes design criteria and spatial strategies that support recovery, familiarity, and autonomy, advancing architectural approaches for children in war-damaged environments.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ruang Residual, Trauma-Informed Design, Lingkungan Pascakonflik, Agensi Anak, Protected Looseness, Residual Space, Trauma-Informed Design, Post-Conflict Environment, Child Agency, Protected Looseness
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA2750 Architectural design.
Divisions:	Faculty of Civil, Planning, and Geo Engineering (CIVPLAN) > Architecture > 23201-(S1) Undergraduate Thesis
Depositing User:	Mahira Nurshadrina
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2026 04:34
Last Modified:	30 Jul 2026 04:34
URI:	http://repository.its.ac.id/id/eprint/139637

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