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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 13(3), pp. 1958 - 1975
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130337
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The Role of Traditional Balinese Frontage Elements on Creating Active Street Frontage Identity in Ubud-Bali
Gede Windu Laskara *, I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra , Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra , I Nyoman Susanta
Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
The role of Active Street Frontage (ASF) identity is crucial in Ubud as a world-renowned tourist destination. The traditional Balinese street-frontage (TBF) elements provide a sense of place and identity in Ubud that has economic, social, and environmental impacts. This study seeks to examine the influence of TBF components on creating ASF identity in Ubud. The TBF elements under examination comprise such as fence walls (penyengker), green areas (telajakan), foyers (lebuh), roadways (marga), gates (kori), walkways (rurung), and crossroads of primary highways as a civic center (catuspatha). This study employs a descriptive qualitative methodology that incorporates field observations and comprehensive interviews. TBF's elements are not merely architectural features but encoded cosmological and spiritual narratives. The findings indicate that "TBF's activeness" brings the existence of sensory complexity and dynamic socio-cultural moments that encourages tourists to walk. The emergence of traditional space adaptability defines the unique identity of Ubud's ASF. For tourists, TBF elements encourage walkability, due to the physical uniqueness and cultural activities involvement. For residents, the TBF not only has a physical role but also promoting collective identity, community bonds, and a sense of belonging to the area. Cognitively, TBF fostered place attachment through daily rituals and communal practices, embedding collective memory of ASF identity.
KEYWORDS
Balinese, Active, Street-Frontage, Identity, Traditional, Ubud
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[1] Gede Windu Laskara , I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra , Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra , I Nyoman Susanta , "The Role of Traditional Balinese Frontage Elements on Creating Active Street Frontage Identity in Ubud-Bali," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 1958 - 1975, 2025. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130337.
(b). APA Format:
Gede Windu Laskara , I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra , Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra , I Nyoman Susanta (2025). The Role of Traditional Balinese Frontage Elements on Creating Active Street Frontage Identity in Ubud-Bali. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 13(3), 1958 - 1975. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130337.