The growth of cities from agropolis to metropolis, to then evolve to megapolis –with interstated zones- is considered the growth of human civilization. In any city evolution, cultural development should follow. Moreover, city evolution does not stop on the functional development demographically and geographically.
The city as human’s habitat zone does not only need centers of economy and business. The city does not only need centers of cultures. For instance, in the forms of cultural centers, covering the development of art, creativity, and technology.
Viewing the growth of the city as the center of culture and civilization development, various city facility, especially the shopping centers or the malls, must be looked at and positioned as the centers of culture and civilization. With this kind of thought, we place the mall as part of the human enlightenment central. Thus, the mall, aside from being a trade center and strategic part of the economic growth, can also be viewed as the pond of cultures.
The part as pond of cultures becomes ever so strategic. Especially in developing city facility as the community center, playing the part of social understressed reduction. At least, as the urban cultural center, malls need to be designed in such a way that it gives sufficient space for the longevity of the humanity recovery process. Moreover, the tendency of city growth with all its complexity, tend to degrade human interaction space.
Referring to the thought, the mall as the cultural center of the urban society, in many ways have given large benefits. Be it in pushing the urban society’s creative process, and also in creating human’s harmonious atmosphere. Particularly in fulfilling human’s needs and desires in achieving social harmony.
Imagine, wouldn’t it be great if every mall manager prepare a room for urban society interaction with the dimensions of aesthetic, artistic, and ethic those are offered by the cultural products; starting from the quality art products with high economy value, all the way to handicrafts. Surely the urban society will regain their in depth spirituality dimension, as they fulfill their economical consumption needs.
Subsequently, the awareness in making the mall as urban society’s cultural center, will push the growth of a new awareness in public of the essence in harmonizing spiritual and physical needs. And the mall as the community center will grow into one of the enlightenment center with positive impact.
Imagine, wouldn’t it be great if every mall manager prepare a room for urban society interaction with the dimensions of aesthetic, artistic, and ethic those are offered by the cultural products; starting from the quality art products with high economy value, all the way to handicrafts.
In the midst of urban society’s complexity and dynamic which are easily absorbed by various under pressure situations, the existence of malls as the uptown cultural pond will become more catharsis. The benefit will manifest in the growing public mental health that in many ways may reduce violence. This includes reducing city crimes and violence.
We will say, whoever runs the mall that is capable of making the mall cultural center or cultural pond for the urban society, will benefit much economically, culturally, and also morally. Moreover when in the future, from their part as the cultural pond, mall may grow as the new civilization space for the visionary urban society. In the hands of developers and mall owners that care for humanity, mall will evolve into the city civilization ride.
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