This study explored the relations of urban design qualities, the adaptability and people’s preference for walking on a commercial street. The research employed survey research method using a self-administered questionnaire applying Likert scale and multiple rating scale techniques. One hundred and three respondents participated in the study. Descriptive statistics and correlations analysis were used to answer the research questions. Results indicated the adaptability quality of a street may depend on the spatial quality of the street such as legibility, human scale, coherence, and imageability while it does not correlate with the appearance of the street such as transparency, complexity, and enclosure. Meanwhile, people’s preference of a street for walking may depend on both qualities. Implications of the findings will discuss further in the paper.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords:Urban Design Qualities; Walkability; Commercial Neighbourhood; Adaptability

Perkembangan sebuah pusat kota dalam upaya untuk meningkatan kualitas lingkungan dan sosial masyarakat dapat dilihat dari keberadaan ruang terbuka publiknya serta seberapa besar pemanfaatannya, karena kedepannya ketersediaan ruang terbuka publik akan semakin sulit didapatkan, sehingga penting merencanakan ruang publik yang sudah ada agar tidak hilang akibat kurang pemanfaatan ruang tersebut bagi masyarakat maupun lingkungan sekitarnya Penelitian ini mengambil studi kasus di alun-alun Merdeka kota Malang. Dimana kondisi alun-alun Merdeka Malang yang ada sekarang penataannya lebih di fungsikan sebagai ruang terbuka hijau di tengah kota dari pada pemanfaatan sebagai ruang yang menampung aktifitas publik. Untuk itu perlu penataan setting fisik alun-alun yang dapat berfungsi, baik sebagai ruang terbuka hijau serta dapat mewadahi bebagai perilaku dan aktivitas publik di pusat kota. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi faktor penentu setting fisik dalam beraktifitas di ruang terbuka publik. Landasan teori yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah teori mengenai ruang terbuka publik, behavior setting, lingkungan dan perilaku. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah pengguna alun-alun Merdeka Malang,metode pengumpulan datanya menggunakan place-centered mapping dan person-centered mapping. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa penataan setting fisik dalam ruang publik, dapat mempengaruhi perilaku pengguna dalam beraktifitas di dalam alun-alun.

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Sumbersari, a village with wonderful natural views has the potential for ecotourism development in Malang City. As a part of UB Forest area, Sumbersari will be completed with homestay among its existing residential area. This study aims to develop a design guideline of homestay construction. The guideline is essential to ensure buildings and environment will be developed neatly and designed appropriately. A Number of data were collected through site observation and interviews with the local community. Data were examined to seek appropriate components in the guidelines acceptable by residents. This study proposed the size, rooms, layout, typical materials, structural system and typical furnishings for homestay.

The development of a digital management system to support historical building assets’ management process based on public participation is the latest innovation in preservation, conservation, and restoration activities of historical buildings. In line with the importance of applying Good Governance principles in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution in Malang city government, it is essential to develop a Governance Digitalization system to support sustainable tourism in heritage tourism management. This study aims to establish a digital management framework system for Tangible Culture Heritage based on HBIM to manage historical building assets in Malang. This system focus on the cultural heritage assets of Malang City that represents the three developments in the Dutch Indies architectural style. The BIM capability implemented in historical buildings in Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) terminology can bring complexity and depth of information to historical buildings towards a sustainable lifecycle heritage management framework. This research implements the 3D modeling automatic reconstruction method (3D Laser scanner) processed with Building Information Modeling (BIM) based software. The process consisted of 3 (three) stages: identifying and mapping Historical Landmark Buildings, developing 3D content models, and generating HBIM data viewer application. This study’s results reveal that using 3D laser scanning technology can accelerate the recording process and object modeling of the HBIM library, offering high accuracy and efficiency in recording complex structures and architectural elements. The final result of HBIM modeling is translated into interactively present the 3D model and 2D documentation of Historic Building Information Models through the HBIM mobile data viewer.