Architecture Profile of the Trees in Malang City as a Biology Learning Source
Nurul Fajryani Usman, Sri Endah Indriwati, Sulisetijono, and Fatchur Rohman
Universitas Negeri Malang
Abstract
The Parks in Malang City are valuable assets for people who function as the main producers of producing oxygen. Aside from being a producer of oxygen, parks in the city of Malang are also used as open laboratories to be used as learning resources for students in knowing the characteristics of plants. This study aims to determine the architectural profile of several trees based on their branching patterns in Malang city parks. The method used in this research was survey and direct observations in the park. The data was analyzed descriptively by describing tree architectural patterns based on the pattern of branching in several trees in Malang City Park. The tree was photographed and then described and recorded the results. The results showed that the architectural patterns of several trees showed six stem architectural patterns. The pattern includes patterns of Champagnat, Holtum, Corner, Leeuwenberg, Troll, and Koriba. The results of this architectural description were used as sources of information for urban spatial organizers and used as learning resources that in the form of parks architecture encyclopedias in Malang City.
Keywords: architecture, Malang, parks, trees
Topic: Botany