Agritourism in Bati-Bati with Ecological Architecture Approach

Universitas Lambung Mangkurat

Project idea

Tourism trends in Indonesia are currently experiencing a transformation from mass tourism to alternative tourism which prioritizes natural and cultural potential to become unique and have its own characteristics with more tourist activities carried out in open spaces. Tanah Laut Regency as part of the Banjarbakula Metropolitan Area is projected to become an agricultural center. This is reinforced by the Detailed Spatial Plan for the Bati Bati District to develop this area as a center for local activities based on processing industry and agriculture. However, there are still quite a lot of former traditional diamond mining areas in Bati-Bati. Agrotourism emphasizes nature conservation so as to create a sustainable ecosystem for the area. The development of agrotourism in Bati-Bati as an alternative tourism combines elements of plantations, local social culture and ecological restoration in the area to create sustainable tourism.

The architectural problem that can be formulated based on the description of the background above in designing Agrotourism in Bati-Bati is how to design a sustainable agrotourism area through regional planning and architecture based on an ecological architecture approach? The sustainability aspect of agrotourism can be achieved if the area arrangement and architecture in the area can have as little negative impact on the environment as possible and the management is oriented towards environmental preservation.

Project description

This project uses Hayat Basulur concept with an ecological architecture approach is used through a symbolic analogy method by emphasizing the transcendence between humans and nature. This concept adapts the philosophical term put forward by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, namely Rhizome (rhizome). Deleuze-Guattari created a metaphor of a system of thought in the form of a rhizome with the nature of being spread out, directionless, without beginning and without end and allowing each individual to have their own view so that they can grow and develop without limits. The nature of rhizomes that grow together with tendrils that bind each other is used to create an agritourism character that harmonizes human activities and local cultural characteristics with the post mining environment so that they can grow together into a tourism system that is ecologically sustainable in its neighborhood system and architecture.

Technical information

The principles of ecological architecture that form the basis of the Hayat Basulur concept are grouped into three elements that form ecologically sustainable agrotourism, namely through regional planning, architecture, and connectors as ties and links between functions. The application of the concept in the form of regional planning takes the form of regional zoning which is organized based on activity groups, activity flows, and consideration of the preservation and rehabilitation of the natural environment in areas that are connected to each other so as to form an integrated agritourism system. Regional architecture takes the form of building arrangements with an orientation that prioritizes balance between nature and the socio-cultural context of the region so that contextual and ecological architecture is created. Meanwhile, regional connectors take the form of circulation arrangements based on the flow of activities and resource management cycles in the region.

The Hayat Basulur concept is also implemented on a regional and macro scale so that it can increase the tourist attraction of religious tourism areas around agrotourism so that there is continuity and synergy between tourist attractions. The implementation of the Hayat Basulur concept is carried out in 3 phases. The first phase is the development of an agrotourism area, the second phase is the development and improvement of facilities and tourist attractions in the area by adding street furniture, and the third phase is the development of a new tourist area around the agrotourism area.

Based on the results of land use analysis, zoning arrangements are based on land use patterns that follow the flow of tourist activities, grouping regional functions, as well as ecological considerations that include responses on the rehabilitation of ex-mining land, local climate and existing vegetation. Therefore, the zoning division in the agrotourism plan is divided into 5 zones
namely amenity zones, industrial zones, lake tourism zones, agrotourism zones, and zones development.
1. The amenity zone accommodates visitor reception and service activities agrotourism with amenity facilities such as visitor centers, ticketing, houses food, workshop house, and souvenir stall. This zone is placed on the north side and directly adjacent to Jalan Datu Insad access so that visitors can access easy to access the area.
2. The industrial zone accommodates existing activities located on the site, namely industry mineral water processing and management office. This zone is in the middle of the area for ease of area management.
3. The lake tourism zone is the core zone of the area which presents a former restored lake mine with a wetland ecosystem as an attraction for visitors with facilities in the form of a prayer room in the middle of the island, a promenade that surrounds the lake, as well as wetland ecological tourism.
4. The agrotourism zone is the core zone of the area which provides a garden area fruit as an attraction for visitors with agro as the core activity takes every visitor from nursery to post-harvest. This zone located on the south side of the site with consideration of wider open land compared to other areas and as an area for regional ecological restoration.
5. The development zone is further development of agrotourism for support visitor activities. In this zone there are rubber forests so it is necessary efforts to preserve ecosystems in forest areas. Therefore, in this zone Place facilities with low activity intensity such as lodging facilities and natural tourism in the form of an ecological boardwalk which provides an immersive experience closer to nature for visitors. Efforts to maintain ecosystem sustainability This is done by providing accommodation facilities and fewer roads may not intervene in the land.

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