Water Tower of Medan as a Character of the City Tourism

One of the biggest cities in Indonesia is Medan, the role of this city is quite significant in the development of Indonesia as a whole. The influx of local and foreign tourists year by year is increase. Tirtanadi Water Tower area is a historical district because it was built in the Dutch colonial era and the unique shape makes this tower be the landmarks of city. For it this study seeks to generate solutions to organize the Water Tower area and shows its potential. With qualitative approaches and theories about the potential of place so this research is expected to produce the proposed area arrangement to become one of the tourist attraction of the city.