Hortipark Lampung as environmental friendly urban horticulture concept in Lampung Province

Abstract

There are negative sides of city expansions and rapid urbanization such as the decline of green open space, pollution, natural disaster, etc. Hortipark Lampung as an urban horticulture is one of the solutions for those bad effects of urbanization especially in Lampung Province. The planning of Hortipark Lampung was designed for harvest, open space creation, aesthetic, architectural, recreational and psychological purposes. In designing the Hortipark Lampung, existing condition of proposed site was observed. Some approaches also were applied in designing Hortipark; (1) environmental approach, (2) tourism approach and (c) educational approach. By comparing the urban concept and related theories and applying optimization approach the new design of Hortipark Lampung was proposed.