Bukit sari town house at semarang
January 6th, 2010 admin Edit

This town house is designed to be leased by expatriates working in semarang. The building is deliberately articulated to provide tropical greeneries between the surrounding environment and building. Dark old wood, terracotta roofing, paras or locally palimanan stone flooring and wall paint’ng of white, grey and milk brown colours creates a situational composition that is different to one another to fit the user and the façade of each unit is designed differently as well to avoid boringness. It turned out the users like it very much! They appreciate such individual treatment of the facades even though the layout floor plan is more or less the same.

The existing contoured land that faces bukit sari valley of ungaran area in semarang, on the other hand allows this townhouse to be designed in such away that each room has equal views. The contour is also a potentialpoint to be articulated into a terrace planting this townhouse to be designed iin such a way that each room has equal views. The contour is also a potential point to be articulated into a terrace planting with a swimming pool being the centre of outdoor activity and panoramic view in this complex.
The Wave Rasuna Epicentrum, Jakarta
January 4th, 2010 admin Edit

The housing problem is something which always rears its ugly head in this modern era,And the increasingly limited space to be turned into residential areas is only adding to the predicament. However the recent development of vertical villages, or more commonly known as apartments, might just be the answer. Of course it doesn’t mean that the existence of apartments in large cities will completely eradicate the housing problem in the areas. On the contrary, they can sometimes pose other dilemmas such as the uncomfortable feeling of being ‘trapped’ in a limited space inside an apartment or the fear of global warming as a result of the green house effect caused by glass-front high rise buildings. There are also concerns about lack of open green areas in the vicinity of the apartment buildings. Bearing these in mind, PT.Bakrieland Development Tbk is introducing its latest offering in the residential market, ‘The Wave,’ which is a part of the Rasuna Epicentrum development.

This apartment block consists of a vertical housing complex which is fully integrated with other existing in the locality and incorporates an eco-friendly design. Employing the green architecture concept, The Wave showcases a comfortable pedestrian circulation along with vast green areas throughout the compound at its crowning feature. This pedestrian circulation also functions as an open area which links other blocks in the compound. The design is chosen to prevent the common segregated feeling seen in many superblock projects in the greater Jakarta where each block appears to stand alone without any link to other blocks. This tends to result in haphazard pedestrian lanes, something which is hoped to be avoided in The Wave apartments.

Set on an area of 3.5 ha, The Wave Rasuna Epicentrum is a part of Rasuna Epicentrum superblock. In line with the green architecture concept of the building, 70% of the available site is deliberately turned into open green spaces which function as a pedestrian area, a park, and a public circulation lane complete with various supporting facilities, such as lighting. Smooth transition is evident in the integration of its architectural shapes. The pedestrian area which leads to various places in the compound is designed to be comfortable and safe for the occupants to use. In addition, the apartment’s eco-friendly design highlights its humanistic approach to improve the quality of life for its tenants by enabling an efficient a well as optimum interaction between them.

The shapes of The Wave’s facades are obtained from the architectural analysis of drop off circulation, main circulation, human circulation, open areas, people’s attitude of their natural surroundings, as well as the site contour. This analysis results in the construction of 2 blocks, with the rear block built as high rise building while the front takes the form of a low rise building. This arrangement provides a wider and clearer view of the surrounding areas from all apartment units. One major selling point of The Wave is its array of wide open spaces planted with lush greeneries that bridge part of the compound. This connectedness helps make the public spaces appear as an entity. Another plus point here is the rood top garden at the crown of the low rise apartment which functions as the first podium where occupants can socialize or conduct other outdoor activities. The garden is also used as a green area to reduce the heat from the sun, noise as well as air pollution. The 9-tower apartment features on organic design which enables it to capitalize on the view around the building. In addition, this design maximizes natural illumination and air circulation into the building.