Spatial and behavior analysis for improving the Siantan Hilir health center into a Type-D Hospital

Abstract

The public awareness increasingly for the importance of quality and safety of services in health services such as hospitals or health centers. The Siantan Hilir Health Center has classified as complete facilities comparing to other health centers in Pontianak City. From this condition, it is necessary to formulate studies and strategies for improving facilities that refer to the Minister of Health Regulation. This study aims to: 1) as a basis for a feasibility study to improve the status of the Siantan Hilir Health Center into a Type-D Hospital in Pontianak; 2) as a basis for planners to accommodate planned functions; 3) as a basis for effective and efficient circulation planning relate functions in the environment. The research method used the descriptive qualitative approach for describing the current situation to identify the existing conditions of the Siantan Hilir Public Health Care. Space syntax analysis is used to find out the intelligibility of space in the Siantan Hilir Health Center space layout, as seen from the connectivity, integrity, and mean depth of space and behavior mapping. The results are the analysis of spatial layout configuration and the performance of building user behavior to improve the Siantan Hilir Public Health Care into a Type-D Hospital.