House Affordance Supporting Stunted Childs Motor Development: A Case of Stunted Childs House in Surabaya Azharine Purwa Jingga (a), Purwanita Setijanti (a), Dewi Septanti (a)
(a) Faculty of Civil, Planning, and Geo-Engineering, Institute Technology of Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya
Abstract
House becomes the first environment for a child to experience the world. House is the primary environment for children in the phase of growth and development, through the activities and interactions that occur in it. In childrens motor development, children will tend to act based on their perceptions of what is provided by their environment. This can be explained through the concept of affordance, where affordance can be understood as the potential provided by the environment for users to behave, act, and to perform in it. This becomes a problem when a house is inhabited by children with developmental barriers - in this case, motor development. One of the children with motor barriers is stunted child. To promote fine and gross motor development, particular attention must be given to the architectural proportions of dwellings, notably for a stunted child who faces obstacles to physical exercise. To meet the needs of stunted children, this research aims to determine the function of residential space based on elements which can afford childrens motor activities. By employing a phenomenological approach that focuses on the interactions of stunted children in their house which impact behavior and activities, the research findings should be able to suggest the idea of a stunting-friendly housing environment. The study employed a qualitative strategy and sticks to a naturalistic paradigm, prioritizing participant knowledge-that is, parents of stunted children-in its research design. Parents of stunted children who dwell in houses are the study participants. To see how kids interacted with their house environment, observations and interviews were done. The researchss conclusions should be able to suggest the idea of a straightforward, handicapped-accessible residential space that can be used in houses occupied by stunted children.
Keywords: Housing, Affordance, Motor Development, Stunted Children, Behavior.
