U Siahaan’s scientific contributions

There are still people with disabilities in society who consider them a burden. However, in fact, every child with special needs such as a blind people has the right to have a decent life like any other community. So, we need an orphanage for the blind people with a blind space approach that aims to provide social services to blind children by helping and guiding them towards reasonable personal development and having work skills, so that they can be independent, live properly and have responsibility, both for himself, his family, and society. This research used a qualitative descriptive method by collecting literature studies from national and international journal articles regarding the blind orphanage, collecting data related to the research location and conducting a comparative study of similar buildings in Central Jakarta. This research resulted in a blind orphanage design with a blind space in Jakarta approach that provides disability facilities for visually impaired people, educational facilities, and activity facilities for visually impaired people. It is hoped that the design of the Blind Orphanage can accommodate the activities of the Blind people in Jakarta.

Indonesia is known as an archipelago state that has more than 17,000 islands with a coastline of more than 81,000 kilometers. Therefore, the economic life of the Indonesian nation is largely centered on the coastal areas. Population growth along the coastline has resulted in fishermen choosing to live close to their source of life and building their economy there. Rapid population growth, and the scarcity of available residential land resulted in fishermen building denser settlements, expanding towards the sea and ultimately giving the impression of slums along the coast. It is felt that vertical settlements (flats) will provide solutions to problems in the conditions of these slum settlements. The effort to rejuvenate the fishing village in Penjaringan Village is the topic of this research with the limited vertical settlement approach, which takes into account: behavior patterns, habits, activities and daily needs of fishermen. A vertical development with a limited height is also seen as fulfilling the concept of sustainable development, where all fishing activities can be accommodated on a narrow area of land and do not sacrifice too much open land which is already small in the coastal area. In addition, fishermen’s life and cooperation between them can be facilitated by carrying out a compact upward design. This is one solution that will differentiate this fishing village from other settlements. This development is declared successful if all the goals that have been set together can be achieved and bring benefits to the group of residents.

Culinary facilities are now experiencing rapid development and are increasingly popular among the public, especially teenagers in Jakarta or tourists who deliberately want to taste Indonesian culinary. This can occur due to changes in the lifestyle of the people of Jakarta in fulfilling food consumption. The people of Jakarta consume food not only to meet their basic needs, but also to find satisfaction with taste, service, atmosphere and scenery and it can be made as a hangout place with friends, colleagues, etc. With the changing patterns or trends of this society, it has prompted many entrepreneurs to build many culinary buildings in new locations. Going down the street in Jakarta to find a culinary place, is definitely very fun. Once fanatical food hunters, they are willing to take the time to hunt for their favorite dishes. Amazingly, this hunting continues to grow so that it often creates new communities. The fact that culinary activities will never die has even become a new hobby and new lifestyle for the people of Jakarta. As with the complexity of the city of Jakarta, the culinary in Jakarta is very varied. Almost all food both from within and outside the country can be found in Jakarta, one of which is in the area of Jalan Sabang which is already famous for its culinary hawker centers that can be enjoyed by any group of people, both upper, middle and lower class. It could be said, Jalan Sabang is a culinary facility for public spaces, especially for the Central Jakarta area