CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION

L-R: The musical and fashion transformation phenomena

 PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION

L-R: Transformation of Jalan Braga, Bandung

BANDUNG TODAY
PHENOMENA OF THE CITY
 URBAN FABRIC

Jalan Asia-Afrika/ Alun-Alun Kota Jalan Otista/ Pasar Baru Jalan Braga
 URBAN FABRIC

Siliwangi Jalan Aceh Cilaki

Main Frameworks
 RESEARCH REFERENCE

The Architecture of the City, Delirious New York, Project Zagreb: Transition as
Aldo Rossi Rem Koolhaas Condition, Strategy, Practice,
1984, MIT Press 1978, Thames and Hudson Eve Blau & Ivan Rupnik
2007, Actar
 THEORETICAL POSITIONING

Structural Anthropology, The Theory of Permanence, The Society of Spectacle, Reconsidering Indonesian Identity
Claude Lévi Strauss Pierre Lavedan Guy Ernest Debord in Architecture at the New Millennium,
1972 1926 1967 Achmad Deni Tardiyana
2005
Systems Approach in Devising Research Perimeter
 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

1.  Devise methods for immersing in the chosen urban condition.

2.  Devise ways of understanding the structure of the urban condition.
3.  Identify variables that make up and influence the urban condition.
4.  Investigate the relationship between the urban condition and the city’s fabric.
5.  Choose a moment within the urban condition and formulate an understanding of the relationship
between physical and social structures.
6.  Develop strategies for creating interactive relationships between physical and social structures.
7.  Devise appropriate methods of representation and communication.
8.  Define the perimeter and analyze the structure of this urban territory.
9.  Investigate the variables that make up this urban territory.
10.  Investigate different ways of transforming it into a potential territory of action for an urban hub.
11.  Devise appropriate methods of representation and communication.
12.  Prepare preliminary proposals for a direct hub at the architectural scale and an urban hub at the urban
scale.
 SPATIAL AND STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS

1.  Explore the potential of the designed direct hub as an urban component and explore its relationship to
rule-based urban systems.
2.  Reassess the territory of action as a potential urban hub.
3.  Identify and make use of relevant agents and initiatives.
4.  Define and design the direct role of the urban hub by producing design simulations and other strategic
representations of the idea.
5.  Define the relationship between the proposal for the urban hub and the city's infrastructure, fabric and
rule-based systems.
6.  Speculate on the interrelationship between the three hubs: the situation, the direct hub and the urban
hub.
7.  Finalize the strategy for the urban hub, model and represent its spatial configuration.
8.  Finalize the rule-based systems required to procure and support the urban hub and devise appropriate
methods of representation and communication.
9.  Compile the whole process as a design thesis.
 TOPICS STRUCTURE

Prof. M. Danisworo (Jakarta)

on urban design development in Indonesia.

Achmad Deni Tardiyana (Bandung)

on urbanism, economic development and social needs in Bandung.

Adi Purnomo (Jakarta)

on urban dwellings in Indonesia.
 TOPICS STRUCTURE

Kevin Mark Low (Kuala Lumpur)

on contextual approaches in tropical urbanism and architecture.

Winy Maas/ MVRDV (Rotterdam)

on urban density.

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam)

on globalism’s impact on urban transformation.
 TOPICS STRUCTURE

Caruso St. John (London)

on character of buildings in urban context.

Peter Zumthor (Haldenstein)

on tactile and sensory qualities of spaces and buildings.
 PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY

METHODOLOGY USER METRIC FRAMEWORK

PROCESS Review of Existing Data and Literatures

Interview with Stakeholders

Parametric Survey

SURVEY Cultural Complexity

Technological Density

Metropolitan Index

Hyperactivity of the City

Demographic Growth Patterns

 SURVEY
Measuring the complex cultural composition based on:
CULTURAL COMPLEXITY 1. Numbers of language or dialects used per sq.m

2. Numbers of cultural practices difference per sq.m

Cultural Practice and its Complexity
 SURVEY
Assessing usage of of technology by dwellers based on:
TECHNOLOGICAL DENSITY 1. Numbers of wireless hotspots per sq.m
2. Users of Facebook/ Twitter/ BlackBerry/ iPhone per sq.m

Technology Usage

Quantifying globalization impact index on the city:

METROPOLITAN INDEX 1. Numbers of Starbucks/ McDonalds/ Circle K, etc.

2. Idea per sq.m by the mapping of creative practices

Creative Practices
 SURVEY
Understanding daily practices by measuring:
HYPERACTIVITY OF 1. Frequency of traveling and commuting patterns
THE CITY 2. Speed of movement and commuting per hour

Traveling and Commuting Patterns

Demographic impact on varying socio-economic conditions:
DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH 1. Fertility rates or number of births per sq.m
PATTERNS 2. Health impacts and mapping of diseases per sq.m

Varying Socio-economic Conditions

Design Process Cycle
Hafiz Amirrol
for Pre Thesis Seminar AR 6195