Third place adalah bagian penting dalam pembentukan suatu komunitas dan juga sebagai tempat untuk melepas penat dari kegiatan rutin. Third place memberikan kesejajaran dan keselarasan, dimana orang-orang yang di kenal dapat di temukan dan juga memberikan tempat yang netral dimana orang bisa datang dan pergi sesuka hati (Oldenburg, 1989). Bagian terpenting dari third place, adalah menuntun ke bahagiaan, dimana orang dapat merasakan kehadiran sesame, tempat untuk berinteraksi yang di penuhi kegembiraan. Apartment Margonda Residence Satu dipilih sebagai contoh studi kasus karena dapat menunjukan keberagaman di dalam hunian vertikal. Kebanyakan dari penghuni adalah pelajar yang dimana mereka membutuhkan ruang publik untuk berkumpul dan beraktifitas. Ada juga unsur eksternal dan internal yang dapat mencegah terbentuknya third place. Skripsi ini tertuju kepada kehadiran third place di Apartment Margonda Residence Satu. Tertuju kepada penghuni, fasilitas umum, unsur-unsur penunjang, kenyamanan, dan halangan yang mencegah terbentuknya third place. Unsur-unsur tersebut sangatlah penting untuk mencakup pengertian tentang keberadaanya third place di hunian bertingkat.

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Third place become an important factor in the forming of community it also become a place of escape from the daily routines. Third place provide equality and leveler, where the regulars with familiar faces could be found and it provide neutral ground where people are able to come and go as they please (Oldenburg, 1989). The importance of third place it leads to happiness, where people are able to enjoy each other company, a place where the interaction is filled with playful mood.

The Apartment of Margonda Residence One is picked for the study case because it is able to represent the mix used vertical housing. Most of the residents are students where the need of public place to contain their activities is in high demand. There are some external and internal factors that prevent the third place from forming.

This thesis focuses on the existence of the third place in the Apartment of Margonda Residence One. Focusing on the residents, the public facility, supporting factor, comfort, and what obstacle that prevent the third place to form. These factors are important in order to acknowledge the existence of the third place in the vertical housing.