PUSAT KONSERVASI EKOSISTEM LAHAN BASAH DENGAN DENGAN KONSEP EKOWISATA DI DESA BANARAN, KULON PROGO, DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

Wetland have vital role to keep the balance between land and water ecosystem which is very important to the plant and wildlife. The design of Wetland Conservation Centre in Kulon Progo Regency is motivated by some issues, those are the importance to increase Indonesian’s knowledge of wetland ecosystem, the opportunities to develop wetland tourism  in Banaran Village, and the urgency to restore and conserve the wetland ecosystem in Trisik Beach area. The purpose of this design is getting a design of area and building which can be functioned as a conservation activities, education and tourism space that able to contribute in enhancing the quality of existing wetland habitat in Banaran village, Kulon Progo Regency, and also act as a space that can facilitate community and local people conservation related activities with the implementation of ecotourism concept. The design problem is how to implement ecotourism concept in site planning and also space programming of Wetland Centre, so that it can contribute in the enhancement of ecological quality of the wetland habitat even also to the surrounding area. The method used is the method of designing architecture based on ecotourism concept. The results obtained are the design of visitor centre building and the landscape design of the wetland area which applied the ecotourism concept in the design process, i.e. site zonnification based on site’s sensitivity level, the use of signage and circullation path which is classified into three type of path so that it can minimize the disturbance to the site, application of local and nature material, such as bricks, coconut timber, etc in building interior and exterior, management of greywater and drainage based on Low Impact Development System, and the application of solar panel in landscpae area which is friendly to wetland habitat and wildlife that live in it.

Keywords: Architecture, Conservation, Ecosystem, Ecotourism, Wetland, Wildlife.