new habits during and after this pandemic to maintain the health of the house’s occupants and
prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Responding to this phenomenon, this paper proposes
ideas for layout modifications for small-sized houses based on the COVID-19 safety protocols for
the flow of activity.
1.2 Layout
Designing a layout is one of the most fundamental parts of interior design which takes a lot
of analysis (White, 1983). In residential design, the number of occupants, space needs, space
function, comfort, and safety are aspects to consider alongside aesthetic value (Simbolon and
Nasution, 2017). The user aspect is a basic factor in designing a room—the concept of the room
always adjusts to user activity. This activity will influence the sequence of space and affect the
zoning area (Karlen and Fleming, 2016). The space planning process usually begins with defining
the problems and is then translated into bubble diagrams of activity flow, followed by block plans,
finally ending with layout design. The zoning area itself usually begins with a public space that is
considered a free space where everyone can pass through (Snyder, 1979). In a level of a private
house, that area can be the outdoor space, carport, terrace, or the sitting area after the main entrance
that welcomes visitors. However, a public area does not mean that anyone is free to pass through
or get in, but rather to separate the character of the space with more private areas, such as family
room or bedrooms;; service areas contain spaces such as storage and a kitchen. Thus, the re-layout
proposal in this article is designed following this method with a consideration that the zonation of
a house is categorized into public, private, and service areas.
2 METHOD
This research is conducted in mixed quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method is
performed through a Google Form questionnaire of which there were over 240 respondents spread
out from Sumatra, Java, and West Nusa Tenggara who shared their new household cleanliness
procedures to prevent COVID-19 as well as difficulties with areas in their homes still in need of
some adjustments. The next method is qualitative where we formulate the flow of activity based on
the data collection through questionnaires and apply it to the layout samples taken from the smallest
sized houses offered by real estate developers in the Podomoro Park Residence of Bandung and
PIK 2 Residence by Agung Sedayu Group in Jakarta. Those home sizes were Akasha Type at 66
m 2 , Asoka Type at 36 m 2 , and PIK 2 Millennial Type at 60 m 2 . Since the problem exists only
in the public area of a house or in the transition space from public to private areas, the redesign
experiment was only performed on the first floor, and the second floor remains unchanged as the
whole area is private and already filtered by the floor below.
3 RESULT
3.1 A new flow of activity inside houses post COVID-19
The questionnaires collected information from respondents contained a variety of answer selections.
First, we aimed to find out as many new safety and hayiene habits as possible as well as many
obstacles as possible for implementing those habits in their houses. Four of possible selectable
habits featured on the questionnaire are: (1) increasing the frequency of handwashing (91.3%),
(2) changing clothes after outdoor activities (73%), (3) cleanse luggage or belongings after travel
(57.7%), and (4) cleanse household surfaces that are exposed to physical contact, such as the floor,
chair, doorknobs, etc. (50.2%). As for the obstacles, the most distinguished problems were (1) the
lack of space for changing outfits near the house’s entrance (91.3%), (2) the lack of a proper area
for sorting items especially after a grocery trip (36.5%), followed by (3) the lack of space to store
disinfectant products near the entrance (27%).
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prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Responding to this phenomenon, this paper proposes
ideas for layout modifications for small-sized houses based on the COVID-19 safety protocols for
the flow of activity.
1.2 Layout
Designing a layout is one of the most fundamental parts of interior design which takes a lot
of analysis (White, 1983). In residential design, the number of occupants, space needs, space
function, comfort, and safety are aspects to consider alongside aesthetic value (Simbolon and
Nasution, 2017). The user aspect is a basic factor in designing a room—the concept of the room
always adjusts to user activity. This activity will influence the sequence of space and affect the
zoning area (Karlen and Fleming, 2016). The space planning process usually begins with defining
the problems and is then translated into bubble diagrams of activity flow, followed by block plans,
finally ending with layout design. The zoning area itself usually begins with a public space that is
considered a free space where everyone can pass through (Snyder, 1979). In a level of a private
house, that area can be the outdoor space, carport, terrace, or the sitting area after the main entrance
that welcomes visitors. However, a public area does not mean that anyone is free to pass through
or get in, but rather to separate the character of the space with more private areas, such as family
room or bedrooms;; service areas contain spaces such as storage and a kitchen. Thus, the re-layout
proposal in this article is designed following this method with a consideration that the zonation of
a house is categorized into public, private, and service areas.
2 METHOD
This research is conducted in mixed quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method is
performed through a Google Form questionnaire of which there were over 240 respondents spread
out from Sumatra, Java, and West Nusa Tenggara who shared their new household cleanliness
procedures to prevent COVID-19 as well as difficulties with areas in their homes still in need of
some adjustments. The next method is qualitative where we formulate the flow of activity based on
the data collection through questionnaires and apply it to the layout samples taken from the smallest
sized houses offered by real estate developers in the Podomoro Park Residence of Bandung and
PIK 2 Residence by Agung Sedayu Group in Jakarta. Those home sizes were Akasha Type at 66
m 2 , Asoka Type at 36 m 2 , and PIK 2 Millennial Type at 60 m 2 . Since the problem exists only
in the public area of a house or in the transition space from public to private areas, the redesign
experiment was only performed on the first floor, and the second floor remains unchanged as the
whole area is private and already filtered by the floor below.
3 RESULT
3.1 A new flow of activity inside houses post COVID-19
The questionnaires collected information from respondents contained a variety of answer selections.
First, we aimed to find out as many new safety and hayiene habits as possible as well as many
obstacles as possible for implementing those habits in their houses. Four of possible selectable
habits featured on the questionnaire are: (1) increasing the frequency of handwashing (91.3%),
(2) changing clothes after outdoor activities (73%), (3) cleanse luggage or belongings after travel
(57.7%), and (4) cleanse household surfaces that are exposed to physical contact, such as the floor,
chair, doorknobs, etc. (50.2%). As for the obstacles, the most distinguished problems were (1) the
lack of space for changing outfits near the house’s entrance (91.3%), (2) the lack of a proper area
for sorting items especially after a grocery trip (36.5%), followed by (3) the lack of space to store
disinfectant products near the entrance (27%).
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