Petani Pasar Marabunta (Farmer Market): Transforming a colonial heritage building to a fish market by providing a circular water source and public local economic values for the community of Bandarharjo, Semarang

The Marabunta Farmer Market (Petani Pasar) project is a fish market design proposal for water-related integrations in the coastal community of Bandarharjo, Semarang. Located on the north coast of Java, Semarang city was an important port and centre for food trading activities. These local activities, such as fishery, markets, street...

Rhizospheric Gotong Royong: A new cooperative vernacular architecture in Bandarharjo to face ecological and existential threats

The poor neighbourhood of Bandarharjo in Semarang, Indonesia is faced with unprecedented existential threats. The land is sinking, while the sea rises and monsoon floods intensify. The current generic building culture is not ready to face these problems. Historically, however, the indigenous architecture of Indonesia had a very rich palette of...

Living with the waste: Creating a better life image by constructing decentralized waste management in Kampung Kranggan, Semarang

Waste has always been with humans, and its amount will increase drastically, along with rapid urbanization and globalization. Improperly treated waste causes problems such as water pollution and disease, impedes living quality. Developing countries suffer more because of their hysteretic economic and social development. Landfill, as the...

A Moveable Feast in Semarang: Designing an Urban Vending Network by Creating Conditions and Opportunities in Order to Facilitate and Manage Street Vending Activities

Semarang is one of the biggest cities in Indonesia under the process of urbanisation, which threatens the underdeveloped capacity of the city. Street vendors booming is an evident phenomenon of urbanisation, it is a new way of urban living to survive in the urban capitalist growth circumstances. Being the majority of the informal sector, street...