Rebirth of the Malacca Shophouse: A typological research: Traditional Values in a Contemporary World

Asian regions change from small towns to a metropolis in the blink of an eye, traditional architecture, and with it traditions itself disappear without notice. This fast renewal has lots of positive effects and the living standard is increasing each day. In the Architecture however we see the tendency of building high dens and large scale...

The Case of Jakarta: A City with an Isolated Bus Rapid Transit: formulating a design strategy to establish an integrated transit oriented development in Jakarta using the existing bus rapid transit system

Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia, a developed country in the Southeast Asia. With the population of 23 million, Jakarta and the surrounding area is the 4th largest urban area in the world. As the result, Jakarta suffers from inadequate facility such as severe traffic jams caused by too much commuting from areas around Jakarta, and air...

Finding Sustainable Solutions for Situ Babakan: A preventive approach towards slum forming in kampong peripheries in Jakarta

Kampongs in Jakarta are usually associated with slum areas because it is an informal part of the city that does not get any support in development from the government. What used to be an informal settlement area consisting a group of inhabitants with specific background, has merged with the urban tissue of the city and become part of the city....