CONCRETE RIVER / KALI BETON

re-thinking spaces of urban infrastructure in jakarta

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[ mass interiorization ]
[ urban ] chronology

+ 22 years megalomaniac modernism

+ 32 years of authoritarian rule
+ public [official] - private partnerships
+ econocentric growth and globalization
- social welfare and protection of the poor
- human centered urban planning

= widening socio-economic gap

= ease of access and privatization of public land
= diminishing public spaces
= [ mass interiorization ]
[ interior ] urban landscapes

2003 2004

eviction of informal settlements

2009 in Latu Menten

development of mixed-use real

estate, Seasons City
[ interior ] urban landscapes

2006 2009

community Emporium CBD Pluit

sports facilities Pluit Junction
Mall
[ interior ] urban landscapes

+ urban fears and inaccessibility

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[ extensions: productions of ambiguous zones ]
definition.
ambiguous zones, also known as “rumija” = rumah milik jalan

river / canal
banks

train tracks

“ kolong tol ”
extensions of the [ interior ]

+ underutilized spaces

+ fragmented urban fabric

+ rapid urbanization in bifurcated directions

informal

2003 2008

formal
+ colonization of ambiguous zones is common in other places

Guang-Shen Highway, Pearl River Delta

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[ case : rawa bebek ]
+ historical images of Rawa Bebek area
+ In 2007 and 2008, squatter or informal settlements were cleared

+ Frequent fire incidents along with the stigma of “premanisme”

+ Aftermath of the fires and reconstruction
2008
the governor signed an agree-
ment to zone the space as
Ruang Tanah Hijau [RTH]

the allocated budget for the

toll-way is
Rp 872,763,000
approximately

$ 94,250
[rawa bebek RW 13]
+ neighborhood
 PART 1 -­ CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES

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+ Pluit

+ + Kota
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+ kolong tol
scenes and
community
programs
+ participation and local diagnosis
 + commited
local
leadership

+ mobilizing individuals

+ involving the community

+ potentials
[ urban ] politics
+ empower grassroots advocacy

+ re-thinking informality

+ local diagnosis through participation is good governance

[ urban ] environment
+ underutilized spaces -> socially generative landscapes

+ innovative spaces are needed to re-create the ‘public’

+ remove boundary conditions created by infrastructure

[ urban ] poor
+ productive spaces for community development

+ participation as a tool for empowerment

+ participation as a tool for accurate diagnostics

+ accumulation of political voices

+ capacity building to fight poverty

+ subverting their stigmatized image

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+ increase ambition and long-term planning

$ 384
$ 172
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million
Seoul River Walk
$ 94,250 NYC highline
kolong tol
+ increase public particiaption

+ intellectual activism

+ opinions and ideas

THANK YOU