IAW 2016 - “KOTA TUA JAKARTA

IAW 2016 “THE REVITALIZATION OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN KOTA TUA JAKARTA”

Sketchup, Autocad, Adobe Photoshop

Background

Kota Tua is a remainder of Oud Batavia, as the first walled settlement of Dutch in the Jakarta area. The area gained importance during the 17th - 19th century when it was established as the de facto capital of the Dutch East Indies. This inner walled city contrasted with the surrounding villages, orchards, and rice fields. Dubbed as “The Jewel of Asia” and “Queen of the East” in the 16th century by European sailors, the area was a center of commerce due to its strategic location within the spice trade industry archipelago.

Issue

East Kali Besar is a part of the Fatahillah Museum area that has a great historical story behind it. Once, it was a crowded street that served as a riverfront activity. This area was a center of a trading company in the past. But nowadays, East Kali Besar street looks boring due to minimum activities in that place. People rarely know about East Kali Besar street. Tourists only visited the Fatahillah Museum as a place of destination. Some problem issue that we found in there is about street vendors and also a messy parking lot. This is could be the potential thing to restore the old memories of East Kali Besar street through the proposed design.

Creative Promenade

The Creative Promenade’ came along as the main concept of this project. The idea is to change the passive to be an active area as another crowd and new generator to attract tourism.