Design of a Digital Art Gallery in the Open Space of Ex-Taman Ria Medan Using a Green Architecture Approach

Abstract

Medan City is a city with a rich culture, very diverse history, and also has many very interesting tourist attractions to visit. According to the North Sumatra Culture and Creative Economy Agency (Disbudparekraf) also stated that Medan has great potential to become one of the shopping tourism objects in Indonesia. This has led to the development of many Medan City tours that are more directed at shopping centers, culinary and others related to shopping tourism. Medan currently still lacks a special space that can be a place for digital art expression. The art gallery itself is a place that has a function to display various arts that will be shown to the public, especially art that will be displayed digitally. The design of this gallery art uses digital technology to display works of art. The design of digital technology in this gallery applies the principles of green architecture so that it can produce environmentally friendly buildings. One of its applications is a green base area in the form of a landscape that will be created on the art gallery land located in the open space of the former Medan City amusement park, then the technology used does not impact the environment and is also energy efficient. This digital art gallery is expected to become a new landmark for Medan City which not only attracts tourists but also promotes art and culture by considering environmental sustainability.