Identification of Public Space Vitality Factors during the Covid-19 Pandemic Using Cloud Computing

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in radical changes in urban life. People are encouraged to avoid crowds and public activities, which have been forming the vitality of urban life. Vitality as quality is a factor that is avoided and controlled, it will certainly affect the design of urban public spaces considering that the Covid 19 pandemic is not yet known when it will end. The vitality of public space is the result of the interaction of activities, the physical environment, and meaning. Research shows that during the pandemic, the intensity of activity in urban public spaces has decreased significantly, especially in commercial areas, but there has been an increase in natural public spaces. In conditions of restrictions on activities in public spaces, then in the retrieval of data through cloud computing by accessing data from the cloud built by the institution using the internet. This paper will discuss the characteristics and factors that determine the vitality of the public Space with the case of DKI Jakarta. Sports, recreation, fulfillment of daily needs, and socialization as characteristics of the vitality of public spaces. While the vitality factor comes from the internal characteristics of the public space, namely flexibility, fulfillment of needs, diversity, and design. Meanwhile, mixed land use factors and accessibility to public facilities have no significant effect. The method used is quantitative with the data source coming from the cloud which is accessed via the internet.