The Role of Aquarium in Increasing Visitors Interactivity in Interior Design of Jakarta Aquarium

Abstract

Interactivity is a must paid attention factor when giving different attraction through public aquarium. Direct interaction between manager of aquarium and visitors when introducing information about current collections of animals is most likely ineffective. The phenomenon can be seen from changes of lifestyle in society which day after day become more adaptive through usage of technology advances in obtaining information practically and cheerfully. Advances in information technology should be applied for public aquarium in order to increase interactivity through usages of touch screen system information, aquarium display that made possible for visitors to interact closely with collections of animals, etc. This serves purposes to explain interior design process of Jakarta Aquarium that will present interactivity towards visitors in getting information about collection of animals (educational facility), giving different experience (recreational facility) as well as indirectly building interest of visitors in preserving richness of Indonesian waters through beauty if exhibited animal collection (conservational facility). The method used in Jakarta Aquarium interior design is development of design concept which creating design solution with paying attention to usages of information medium towards various visitors of aquarium.