The efforts of local community in preserving cultural heritage in the city of Semarang – Indonesia

Cultural heritage on the island of Java-Indonesia has a lot of diversity. The community’s sense of belonging to their local culture provides an effort to preserve and protect their culture through cultural tourism activities that reflect community creativity and provide economic value. The purpose of this research is to explore and identify the architectural design features of creative economy space for cultural tourism in Semarang built by the local community. This research method uses a qualitative descriptive method. The results of this study provide knowledge that the architectural design of creative economy space built by the people of Semarang generally uses the potential of its local natural and cultural resources. It also reflects the vernacular architecture built by the local people. In the new normal period, local government ensure all tourist destinations must have a health protocol of Covid-19.