Designing Furniture that are Aware of Noise Absorption Case Study of Library of Jakarta

Abstrak

Library is an institution that is tasked with collecting, managing, storing, disseminating and preserving information. One of the new library destinations at this time is the Jakarta Library which is located in Taman Ismail Marzuki as one of the components in the TIM cultural area. The Jakarta Library is designed with an achievement strategy to be a place where communities can gather, learn and develop together. In the Jakarta Library, right next to the book reading area, there is a children’s area, where they spend their time reading books and playing. The relationship between the children’s and adult areas of the library is an interesting consideration. Based on data and surveys conducted by the author, there are complaints about noise from children. The most important factor that can support the success of a library is how to make library visitors feel comfortable in the library. This comfort requires changes in supporting facilities that can make users comfortable in the library with “noise control”. A caring attitude towards noise attenuation can minimize the occurrence of excessive sound disturbances, disturbances that can interfere with the concentration and focus of readers in the library. Through this research, it is expected that noise control becomes an important thing to consider for the comfort of library visitors. The way that can be done is by designing and changing the interior design and furniture in the Jakarta Library that can absorb and direct noise. Furniture is an important consideration considering its function that is directly in contact with space users, space users move according to their needs and each activity requires acoustic considerations for the sounds that disturb or cause them.