Artikel Proseding : Green Technology Concept on Sensory Garden for Mental Disability at Sumber Dharma Extraordinary School

Garden is an open space on the side of the building with potential development for soft and hard elements. Many people think that the remaining space is not well developed so it just impressed the building's complement. The study focus is on green open space design for disabled children in extraordinary schools, with locations in Sumber Dharma Extraordinary School (SLB) Malang. In these schools, children with autism have a sensory system disorder and are not adaptive to their environment, and the child's mental retardation is weak in learning. The role of open space can help students learning through experience-based outdoor learning process. Students can move on by learning and playing on theme parks: therapy and education. As a means of therapy can train the five senses and social relationships with others. The role of green technology can be educated to students to pay attention to their environment, such as using recycled materials for verticulture, storing rain water for watering plants, development of parks that invite birds and so on. The problem of this study is how to make concept of simple green technology that supports stimulus activities for children with autism so that the quality of life is better. The method of research is qualitative, while the analytical method refers from the theory of Gold and Hakim about architectural design. The objective of the study is to find recommendations for the design of sensory parks with green technology applications and the conclusion is a means of education, a garden with simple technology capable of recovering children with special needs in schools