A Study of Vertical Landscape Application for Apartment in Jakarta

Abstract

Jakarta as the capital city of the country is the center of business administrative with high population and density and keeps growing. This resulted in the limited amount of land available for housing. One solution is to builds an apartment which is a vertical residential building that can accommodate many heads of households. In addition to limited land for residentials, there is also less land for green open space. Greening can be entered in apartments vertically with the application of vertical landscape. Vertical landscape is applied by utilizing vertical spaces in the apartment, can reduce ambient air temperature, reduce the heat of sunlight, absorb dust and pollution, and increase the aesthetic value. Therefore, the design of the apartment with the application of vertical landscape is needed to produce a vertical residential building with a comfortable and ideal environment to live in.