The Effect of Trees Covering and Canopy Forms On Aesthetic Quality of Some Type of Building

Abstract

The city development in Indonesia directs to less control situation both physically and visual aesthetically. At last, height, architectural, layout and building become the power of its architecfthat will cause more impact visually or aesthetically in urban area. The study of city tree stand has done to decrease the visual impact aesthetically. The main purpose combine the tree stand closing to the building on other building is to beautify the building, other building and urban landscape generally. This research utilized experimental method and computerized simulation. Daniel and Boster (1976) evaluated aesthetic quality with Scenic Beauty Estimation (SBE) method. This closing, and (3) the form of tree canopy. The type of building consists of 4 variable, high, medium, simple, and slumped bUilding. The level of covering tress consist of 5 variable, without covering trees, 20%,40%, 60%, 80% covering trees to the building at the tree level. The tree canopy form consists of 3 variable, rounded, columnar and conicle shape. This parameter is test using Anova. Generally, the research shows that the covering of trees stand can effect every aesthetic quality landscape with building background. It can be seen that the higher the level of covering stand to the building the higher the aesthetic quality. In this research, the crown of the tree not show differences to the aesthetic quality significantly. The magnitude of the aesthetic quality depend on the level of covering and types of building.