DESIGN TEGU SIMPANG LIMA TAKENGON INDONESIA

Takengon City is the capital of Central Aceh Regency located in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, located at an altitude of 1200 m above sea ​​level, with the cool weather Takengon City is also nicknamed land above the clouds. The inhabitants of Takengon consist of various living tribes and ethnicities side by side, the majority of the population of Takengon are of the Gayo tribe. Apart from the cool weather There are also several tourist objects in Takengon that are often visited by the public local and outside the region. Such as Laut Tawar lake, Pukes cave, Loyang Koro cave and also historical buildings to visit. This city has a lot of potential for forming a very important city image studied more deeply, this potential is obtained based on the mental map of the Spatial Plan Takengon City Region 2007-2020. This research will be very useful later the offices contained in the City of Takengon in maintaining and enriching studies related to urban planning. The potential that exists in the city of Takengon is overwhelming the researchers feel to examine more deeply about the study of the elements forming the image of a city found in Takengon City through Kevin Lynch's theory reference in his book The Image Of City (1960) is it true that in Takengon City there are elements that are described by Kevin Lynch, namely Landmarks, Paths, Edges, Districts (Regions), and Nodes (vertices).