Transformation of Shared Space in a Riverside Rural Settlement, Teluk Meranti District, Pelalawan Regency, Riau, Indonesia

Shared space can be a solution for limited space in daily activities. The use of shared spaces is found in urban areas, villages, and riverside settlements such as in Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia. This settlement before 2009 was an area that was not connected to the land transportation network. The intervention of road construction by the government caused this village to be connected to the road network, which led to many changes in the use of shared space over time. This research aims to describe the transformation of shared space in riverside rural settlements in various aspects. Data collection methods included interviews, documentation, archival recordings, and direct observation. The data analysis method used is explaining change and explaining causation to describe changes over time and the factors that influence them. The findings of this research show that the transformation of shared space in riverside rural settlements occurs in four aspects: (1) human aspects, that is, forms of interaction, access control system, circulation access, ownership of riverside street, ownership of kampong street, and ownership of undeveloped inter-house space; (2) space aspects, that is: function (kampong street, riverside street, building, front of house/streetside space, undeveloped inter-house space, river mouth), place of interaction, street dimension, building form, physical control system, and building orientation; (3) human and space aspects, that is: the function of river bank space and the dimension of undeveloped inter-house space; and (4) means of transportation. © 2024 by authors, all rights reserved.