Stella Matutina Septania PERANCANGAN INTERIOR DAN PRODUK BAGI KOMUNITAS PRAJANARA DENGAN PENDEKATAN ETNOGRAFI

Indonesia is known by the abundance of culture and art in each of its regions. One of the cities that has adistinct cultural art is Ponorogo City in East Java. Ponorogo city is very well-known for its performance artwhich is called Reog and Jaranan. However, in modern days, Reog and Jaranan have been constantly associatedwith mystical beliefs and dark magic, therefore people start to abandon it. To resurrect the art of Reogand Jaranan, a community known as PRAJANARA (Padepokan Reog dan Jaranan Surabaya) is founded.This community is based in Surabaya and aims to conserve and develop Reog and Jaranan. This communityheld various cultural festivals and performs in numerous government events regularly to raise public’s awarenessabout the culture. They also conduct meetings called Sinau Budaya to share knowledge about Reog andJaranan. This community keeps growing and has potential to be even known, hence it needs a space toaccommodate their activities and needs. Through ethnography method, the author directly study the community’sbehaviours and characters, then comes up with a design of an open-space community space that answers thecommunity’s present and future needs.