Analysis of Open Green Space in the Area of Sriwijaya University Indralaya

Sriwijaya University Indralaya is one of the government university located in South Sumatera with the land area +/- 700 Ha and the location is 38 kilometers from of Palembang city. In order to support the teaching and learning process, Sriwijaya University plans to develop green open space which can be utilized by every faculty. One of the faculty which have own and is willing to develop green open space is the agriculture faculty as Agroekoeduwisata area. This study is performed to support and to fullfill the facilities for the lecture and student in teaching-learning process and also utilizingthe green open space needed for the development of the Agroekoeduwisata area. The research objective to analyze user characteristics, analyze space requirements, and plan the arrangement location and shape of buildings in green open space. The location of this research is located in the Agroekoeduwisata area precisely behind the agriculture faculty Sriwijaya University Indralaya, Ogan ilir district, South Sumatera province. Respondents of this study are lecturer and students from all the Facultys in the Agriculture Faculty of Sriwijaya University Indralaya. This study retrieved the sample used the methods using the calculation of Slovin formula and proportional stratified random sampling. The questionnaire was distributed to 151 respondents who are 44 lecturers and 107 students. Furthermore, to analyze the need for green open space by direct interview and overall the analysis was conducted through interview and questionnaire that conducted by quantitative and qualitative descriptive methods. The results of the questionnaire are used as a reference to plan space requirements. Meanwhile, to obtain a site plan image, it is necessary to analyze the data in the form of situation analysis (height/depth of land used), quantitative and qualitative analysis based on respondents, space analysis, land zone analysis, circulation analysis and site plan analysis. Therefore, on that basis, this study obtained structure, layout, and shape of the building to plan a green open space in the Agroekoeduwisata area of the Agriculture Faculty of Sriwijaya University Indralaya.