Envisioning the Future of Jakarta
Gotong Royong City International Architectural and Urban Design Competition
Through this competition we would like to encourage architects and urban designers to research, dream, and speculate about Jakarta and its future. If we can liberate ourselves from petty politics and bureaucratic planning, what would a Gotong Royong Jakarta be like? What architectural and urban configurations might emerge from such a vision? Agricultural cities? Landscape urbanisms? Zones of hyper-density? Cultures of Congestion? Bioclimatic highrise forms? Can western urban models inspire at all: from Haussman’s Paris, Archizoom’s No-Stop City, Rogers’ Compact Cities, to MVRDV’s 3d city? What other models might emerge from Jakarta itself? Kampung highrise? Desa-kota hybrids? Kinetic urbanism of warungs and PKLs? There are endless possibilities; it is up to you to propose creative, provocative, relevant, and well-researched architectural and urban design ideas for Jakarta. How might the different agencies in the city work hand-in-hand to achieve mutual benefits. Show in your design how the old spirit of ‘Gotong Royong’ might be revived and reinvented as a tool to reform urban life!
More information on the competition can be found on the Gotong Ryong website